Box Office Report: Pushpa 2, Baby Zone, Max, and Barroz
Pushpa 2: The Rule Continues Record-Breaking Box Office Run Allu Arjun’s Pushpa 2: The Rule, released on December 5th, has completed 21 days in cinemas, marking three full weeks. The film continues to achieve fantastic earnings day by day, even in its third week. Pushpa 2 has already become the first Hindi market film to earn ₹700 crore and is the second Indian cinema movie after Baahubali 2 to have earned over ₹850 crore worldwide. Despite a significant reduction in screens during its third week due to new releases like Baby Zone and other new South Indian films, Pushpa 2‘s box office collections remain strong. Early trends suggest the film is now poised to cross ₹22000 crore at the box office.
Pushpa 2 Hindi Box Office Performance In the Hindi version, Pushpa 2 was released on approximately 4000 screens. The film registered a Hindi net collection of ₹72 crore on its first day. Within three days, it surpassed the ₹200 crore mark in the Hindi market. By seven days, the film’s Hindi earnings exceeded ₹400 crore. Pushpa 2 crossed the ₹500 crore milestone in Hindi by its tenth day and achieved over ₹600 crore in Hindi net collection within 13 days. The film made history by entering the ₹700 crore club in the Hindi market in just 19 days. On its 20th day, the Hindi net collection was ₹11 crore 75 lakh. On the 21st day, despite 60% of its Hindi screens being reallocated to Baby Zone, Pushpa 2 managed an estimated all-India Hindi net collection of approximately ₹15 crore. This brings Pushpa 2‘s total Hindi net collection for the first 21 days to ₹731 crore, with a Hindi gross collection of ₹864 crore. Projections indicate that the Hindi net collection of Pushpa 2 is expected to surpass the ₹800 crore mark. The film is set to hold three major records in the Hindi market: the biggest Hindi opening, the first film to earn ₹700 crore, and potentially the first to earn ₹800 crore. Pushpa 2 is an all-time mega blockbusters in the Hindi market.
Pushpa 2 All-Language Worldwide Collections Pushpa 2 has demonstrated historic earnings across all six languages of its release: Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, and Bengali. The film’s all-India net collection has surpassed that of both Baahubali 2 and Dangal, making it the highest-earning film in India based on net collections. The film recorded an all-India net collection of ₹170 crore in just 19 days, and earned ₹1 crore all-India from all languages on its 20th day. On its 21st day, benefiting from the Christmas holiday, Pushpa 2 is estimated to have an all-India net collection of approximately ₹25 crore. As a result, Pushpa 2‘s total India net collection for the first 21 days stands at ₹1205 crore, making it the first Indian cinema film to achieve an India net collection exceeding ₹1200 crore. Overseas, Pushpa 2 has also received a tremendous response, with its total overseas gross collection reaching ₹256 crore. Cumulatively, Pushpa 2‘s worldwide collection for the first 21 days is ₹1460 crore. The film is expected to cross the ₹1700 crore mark at the box office soon and is anticipated to surpass Baahubali 2‘s worldwide collection, which was in the range of ₹1800 crore. The lifetime box office collection for Pushpa 2 is projected to exceed ₹2000 crore.
Baby Zone Box Office Opening Varun Dhawan’s action-drama-thriller film Baby Zone, directed by Kali S., has received a strong opening at the box office upon its Christmas holiday release. The film was released globally on 3200 screens. The total budget for Baby Zone, including promotional costs, is approximately ₹85 crore. Notably, the film had already recovered a substantial portion of its budget before its release through rights sales: digital rights were sold for ₹50 crore, satellite rights for ₹18 crore, and music rights for ₹6 crore, totaling a pre-release recovery of ₹74 crore. On its first day, Baby Zone achieved an India net collection of approximately ₹14.5 crore, with an India gross collection of ₹16 crore 25 lakh. From the overseas market, the film earned in the range of ₹2 crore 75 lakh. This brings Baby Zone‘s first-day worldwide box office collection to approximately ₹20 crore. Given its budget and first-day earnings, this is considered a strong opening. If audience reception remains positive, the film is expected to become a big superhit at the box office, especially with upcoming holidays.
Max Movie First Day Collections The action-drama-thriller film Max, starring Kiccha Sudeep and directed by Vijay Karthikeya, had a budget of ₹60 crore and was released on 1400 screens worldwide. Although primarily a Kannada film, it was also dubbed and released on a limited number of screens in Tamil and Telugu, with the majority of its earnings coming from Kannada. On its first day, Max garnered a strong response in morning shows in Karnataka, with solid bookings for afternoon, evening, and night shows. The film’s first-day India net collection is reported to be ₹7.5 crore, resulting in an India gross collection of ₹8 crore 55 lakh. In the overseas market, Max earned ₹1 crore 25 lakh on its opening day. Consequently, the first-day worldwide box office collection for Max stands at ₹9 crore 20 lakh. This is considered a very good opening, especially given its budget.
Barroz First Day Box Office Performance Mohanlal’s adventure-fantasy film Barroz, which he also produced and directed, was released in five languages: Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada, on 1500 screens globally. The film, a dream project for Mohanlal, has a total budget of ₹70 crore, excluding his fees. While the film received the best response in its original Malayalam version, its performance in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Hindi was lower. On its first day, Barroz recorded an all-India net collection of ₹6.5 crore, and an India gross collection of ₹7 crore 73 lakh. The film performed well in the overseas market, earning approximately ₹4.5 crore on its opening day. This brings Barroz‘s first-day worldwide box office collection to ₹12 crore 23 lakh. The opening is considered decent for the film’s budget, and there is an expectation of a significant jump in collections in the coming days.