The Raja Saab Blazing Box Office Debut
Pen India Superstar Prabhas’s film The Raja Saab has made a blazing start at the box office, proving Prabhas’s status as one of India’s biggest superstars. The Raja Saab achieved this year’s biggest opening on its first day. The movie has created a sensation across all its release languages: Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada. Prabhas’s films consistently achieve huge earnings in the South and also deliver blazing collections in the Hindi market. The Raja Saab marks Prabhas’s first romantic horror comedy film. Despite this, its strong box office opening confirms that Prabhas’s films are capable of earning over ₹100 crore. The film’s strong opening suggests it could become a major blockbuster.
The Raja Saab: Worldwide Language Performance
The Raja Saab was originally produced in Telugu but has been released globally in five languages: Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, and Kannada.
The Raja Saab Budget and Pre-Release Business
Prabhas’s film The Raja Saab was released on approximately 7000 screens worldwide across its five languages. The total budget for The Raja Saab is around ₹350 crore. Remarkably, the film’s producers had already recovered more than ₹250 crore even before its release. Its digital rights were sold to Jio Hotstar for ₹160 crore, satellite rights for ₹75 crore, and music rights to T-Series for ₹32 crore. This totals a pre-release recovery of ₹267 crore from digital, satellite, and music rights. The theatrical rights for The Raja Saab were sold worldwide for ₹325 crore. For the film to achieve a clean hit status at the box office, it needs to accumulate a gross collection of at least ₹500 crore, a target the film’s strong first-day performance suggests it can easily reach.
The Raja Saab Day 1 Box Office Collection Breakdown (India)
The Raja Saab recorded a blazing start on its first day. In Prabhas’s biggest market, the Telugu states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, the morning shows were completely housefull. Afternoon, evening, and night shows also maintained strong occupancy rates of 70 to 80%. Reports indicate that The Raja Saab earned approximately ₹55 crore gross collection from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana on its first day. Additionally, the film collected around ₹4 crore from Karnataka. Despite securing fewer shows and screens in Tamil Nadu and Kerala, the film still managed to earn approximately ₹4 crore from these regions. In North India, released in both Hindi dubbed and Telugu versions, the film collected approximately ₹13 crore from both versions. This brings The Raja Saab’s first-day all-India gross collection to approximately ₹80 crore.
The Raja Saab First Day Overseas and Global Collections
The Raja Saab received a strong response from overseas paid premiere shows. The first-day overseas occupancy for the film was also excellent. Reports suggest that The Raja Saab’s first-day overseas gross collection is approximately ₹30 crore. Combining its domestic and international earnings, The Raja Saab’s first-day worldwide box office collection stands at ₹110 crore, indicating that the film earned more than ₹100 crore globally on its opening day.
Dhurandhar Box Office Journey Continues
The action-thriller film Dhurandhar, directed by Aditya Dhar and starring Ranveer Singh, Akshay Khanna, Sanjay Dutt, R. Madhavan, and Arjun Rampal, was released on December 5, 2025. The film is currently in its second month in cinemas and continues to maintain a good number of screens, with collections performing well.
Dhurandhar Box Office Collections: Weeks 5-6
Dhurandhar recorded blazing collections for its first five weeks. However, with the release of the pan-India film The Raja Saab, Dhurandhar’s screens were significantly reduced as its sixth week began. Despite this, the film still retains a substantial number of screens for its sixth week. On its 35th day, the film earned ₹4 crore 50 lakh in the Indian market. On its sixth Friday, which is its 36th day, despite fewer screens, the film saw good occupancy in morning shows and strong bookings for afternoon, evening, and night shows. Reports indicate that Dhurandhar is earning ₹2 crore 75 lakh in the Indian market on its 36th day.
Dhurandhar India Net and Gross Collection Update
Dhurandhar’s initial 34-day India net collection stood at ₹836 crore 15 lakh. With its Day 35 earnings, the all-India net collection reached ₹840 crore 65 lakh. Following the estimated earnings for its 36th day, Dhurandhar’s cumulative all-India net collection has reached ₹843 crore 40 lakh. The film’s India gross collection stands at ₹951 crore 21 lakh. It is anticipated that the film’s India gross collection will exceed ₹1000 crore tomorrow.
Dhurandhar Total Worldwide Box Office & Verdict
Dhurandhar, with a budget of ₹280 crore, has so far amassed a worldwide collection of ₹1182 crore. With this strong performance, the film has been declared an All-Time Mega Blockbuster at the box office.