MUMBAI: Though his film Speedy Singhs didn‘t do well domestically at the box office, its English version Breakaway has made producer Akshay Kumar proud by becoming the highest-grossing English film in the Canadian history.

The film, co-produced by Kumar‘s production house Hari Om Entertainment and Paul Gross, has broken records set by earlier crossover productions including Monsoon Wedding and 3 Idiots.

"We released the film in 51 theatres across Canada on 30 September this year and the box office returns ever since then have exceeded expectations," Canadian distributor Mark Sloane said in a statement.

The film, that released in some territories under the title of Speedy Singhs, centres around Toronto‘s Indo-Canadian community.