MUMBAI: Tips Films' Race will run in 1,600 screens worldwide this holiday weekend-beginning 21 March 2008.

Race, being distributed worldwide by UTV Motion Pictures, is all set to release in 26 countries. The film will have 3,600 shows per day.

Starring Anil Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan, Bipasha Basu, Katrina Kaif and Akshaye Khanna, the film will release across 1,300 screens in India, of which 450 are digitals. In the overseas market, it will release in almost 300 screens with 56 in the UK, 118 in the US, 30 in the Gulf, 14 in Australia and the balance in the rest of the world.

"Race is one of the most awaited releases of the year and we are releasing it during the festive season period. We have worked hard with the producers, exhibitors, partners, the media, brand associates to ensure it gets an unprecented promotion thrust and the widest possible distribution penetration worldwide," says UTV Motion Pictures director Siddharth Roy Kapur.