Karan Johar's "Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna" (KANK) has collected Rs 72 crore worldwide in the first week of its release.

This is the best ever opening of any Indian film abroad, a release from Dharma Productions, the Karan Johar production house, said in a statement here today.

Giving details of the first weekend collections as reported by EDI-Nielsen, a UK based network, the release said KANK which stars Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Abhishek Bachchan, Rani Mukherji and Preity Zinta, had opened at no. 6 of UK charts collecting 754,877 pounds.

In the US, it collected 1,047,403 dollars and opened at no. 17 at the US charts. Similarly, in Australia, it collected 178,000 dollars and opened at no 1 of limited release, that is prints less than 50, and no 5 of all releases.

In Singapore, KANK had collected 100,000 dollars and in India it has opened to an average of 97 per cent all over, the statement added.