With becoming the highest weekend grosser in India to shattering all opening records in the overseas market, all has gone right for Baahubali in the last 3 days. Baahubali 2 has created a record that might be tough for Bollywood films to overcome in years to come. However, it showcases the power of Indian cinema and marks it strongly on the world territory. This movie is going to be remembered for ages to come and will be a great example for all the other movie makers in India.
The Hindi version of the movie collected Rs 128 crore in three days. This is the first time a Hindi movie has collected more than Rs 40 crore for 3 consecutive days. Baahubali 2 opened with Rs 41 crore on Friday which was the second biggest opening for a Hindi movie of all time. The film showed no footfalls on Saturday and collected Rs 40.50 crore. The advance bookings for Sunday was nothing sort of exceptional, and the film delivered with a collection of Rs 46.50 crore. This is the highest collection ever on a single day by any Bollywood movie. The Rs 128 crore-weekend collection for Baahubali made it the biggest opener of all time, demolishing the records of Sultan (Rs 106 crore) and Dangal (Rs 108 crore).
A lot of records were also shattered in the international arena. The movie grossed Rs 120 crores in the international markets with the US, UAE and Australia being the most dominating territory. The US was so dominating that Baahubali 2 opened to number 3 in the US just behind the Fast 8 and How to be a Latin Lover. However, it should be noted that Baahubali 2 opened in just 425 screens and brought in $10.5 million (Rs 67 crore) through the weekend, this proves that Baahubali 2 saw better occupancy than other Hollywood releases in the US.
Talking domestic, Baahubali 2 made Rs 300 crore in all languages combined in its opening weekend. The gross for the movie was Rs 385 crore. Looking at the trend, Baahubali 2 might cross Rs 500 crore by the end of this week at the Indian box-office.
Superstar Rajinikanth praised the movie by calling it the pride of Indian cinema, and saluted SS Rajamouli for his efforts to create the masterpiece.
Now it is just a matter of days before Baahubali 2 reaches the Rs 1,000 crore mark at the worldwide box-office and becomes the first Indian movie to do so. The next challenge however, is to become the highest grossing Hindi film, breaking the record of Aamir Khan-starrer Dangal.
It’s Monday, and the shows are going full house in Southern part of the country and a good 80 per cent occupancy in other Hindi territories. Looking at the trend, Monday won’t see much footfalls for the movie and Rs 25-30 crore collection is expected. It definitely feels like the Baahubali storm is here to stay.
