Akshay's Rowdy Rathore finds place in Top-5 Bollywood films of all times

What seemed like a successful film in the making is now challenging records at the very top. Rowdy Rathore, which is continuing to be a hurricane at theatres and still attracting audience by dozens, has now found a place in Top-5 Bollywood films of all times.

Akshay Kumar has recorded his first solo blockbuster now. What seemed like a successful film in the making is now challenging records at the very top.

, which is continuing to be a hurricane at theatres and still attracting audience by dozens, has now found a place in Top-5 Bollywood films of all times, what with Shahrukh Khan as well as Hrithik Roshan being edged out.

"

has now comfortably surpassed 120 crores in its third weekend itself, hence leaving behind the likes of

(115 crore),

(120 crores) and for that matter even Salman Khan's

(121 crores)", confirms a trade source.

However, Salman continues to post a challenge for Akshay since his

and

have covered a much greater distance by amassing over 140 crores each.

Akshay Kumar

"It would be quite difficult to cross that milestone though since in coming weeks, Akshay faces challenge from Shahid Kapoor (

) and

which arrive back to back", an insider adds, "However

would now come close to the 135 crore mark, which is a huge achievement considering the fact that Akshay was facing rough weather during last year. Now with both

and

doing so well and Akshay finding a very strong positioning for him (with Aamir Khan ruling from the top, courtesy

at 202 crores), things have heated up all over again."

The coming weeks would decide how the battle intensifies. While it is a given that Aamir Khan (

), Shahrukh Khan (YRF's yet untitled film), Salman Khan (

), Ajay Devgn (

) would all top the 100 crore mark, it is a wait and watch situation to see how many of them manage to break the new record set by Akshay.