If you've been following the progress of the box office
juggernaut that is Baahubali 2: The
Conclusion (also spelt as Bahubali 2), then
you'll know that within just five days at the theatres, its collections amount
to a neat Rs 600 crore.
In reaching this figure, Bahubali
2 has already broken several records for Indian films, and also
set some new ones.As pre-release hype had mounted around part two of SS
Rajamouli's magnum opus, it was estimated that The
Conclusion would touch Rs 1,000 crore in box office collections — or 10
billion.And as Bahubali 2 rakes
in the moolah, the 10 billion mark seems very much within reach.
at roughly
$100 million.
Bahubali 2 released across nearly 9,000 screens in India and the world on
Friday, 28 April 2017. In some places, it had early previews on Thursday as
well.
The
film had already registered record advance bookings (tickets in core markets
like Hyderabad were sold out till Tuesday, 2 May, as soon as bookings opened)
and leading online portal Book My Show had reported 3.3 million ticket sales —
12 tickets every second — over Friday.
The
ticket sales were bolstered by the occupancy rates — 90-95 percent at theatres
in non-core territories and houseful shows in the target areas of Andhra,
Telangana, and sections of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala.
And on Saturday, 29 April, after a frenetic round of tallying,
it was revealed that Bahubali 2 had
made more than Rs 100 crore on its opening day alone.
By doing so, it left films like Dangal (opening
collection of approximately Rs 29 crore) and Sultan (Rs 36+
crore collections on day one) far behind. To put things in perspective,
just the Hindi dubbed version (Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam are the other
versions in theatres) of Bahubali 2 has
earned Rs 37 crore (although some reports have pegged this number at Rs 41
crore). This would put it on par with Salman
Khan's Prem Ratan Dhan
Paayo (Rs 40 crore) but still a little below Shah Rukh Khan's Happy New Year (Rs 44+ crore on opening
day).
In terms of overall collections, Bahubali
2 has already left the lifetime collections of its own predecessor
in the dust — Baahubali: The
Beginning had earned Rs 6.5 billion. As mentioned at the start of this
report, Baahubali 2 has
made that amount (Rs 6 billion) in its first week at the box office. Unofficial
figures are now pitching that total closer to Rs 700 crore.
At present, Bahubali 2 is the
Indian film with the third-highest box office collections. PK stands at the top spot
with Rs 792 crore, while Dangal is on
the number two position with Rs 730 crores. Baahubali:
The Beginning is on the fourth spot. Bajrangi
Bhaijaan, Dhoom 3, Sultan, Prem Ratan Dhan Paayo, Chennai Express and 3 Idiotsround off the top-10 slots.
Even as it makes waves in
India, Bahubali 2's
overseas collections too have been noteworthy.
Over its opening weekend, the film trumped the business of Tom
Hanks-Emma Watson starrer The Circle. It
was among the top-three earners at the
US box office, with Fate of the
Furious ($19,389,780) the highest earner, followed by How To Be A Latin Lover ($12,018,500)
at number two. Bahubali 2's
weekend collections in the US stood at $10,138,189.In US dollars, Bahubali 2's
earnings (using the unofficial estimate of Rs 7 billion) roughly translate to
$100 million.Where
does that put Rajamouli's epic in global terms?
Avatar (2009) — widely reported as the highest earning film (in
Hollywood, and the world) — has box office collections totaling over USD 2
billion (or more precisely, $2,787,965,087). Titanic (1999)
and Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
round off the two-billion USD club. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Ice Age:
Continental Drift and The
Secret Life of Pets finish the list of top-50 earning films in the
word — all with collections in the vicinity of $800 million. This is without adjusting for inflation [click here to
check out an inflation-adjusted list].
As of May 2016, around 330 Hollywood films had made more than $100 million in box office collections (this number is likely to have risen
by quite a bit over the past year). Snow
White and the Seven Dwarves and Gone With The Wind — both
from the early 1930s, are the oldest films on that list.
Looking outside of Hollywood, at the British box office, Star Wars: The Force Awakens is the
highest-earning film £123 million (little over $150 million) and Skyfall is the
second-highest — it clocks in at £103 million (around $132 million).
The Chinese film industry — the biggest in the world after
Hollywood — has as its highest earner, a film called The Mermaid, which has taken in over
3.3 billion yuan (a little over $430 million) at the box office.
Japan's top-earning film is Spirited Away (at ¥30 billion in
collections, that amounts to a little over $267 million); while South Korea's
top-grossing film is Admiral: The Roaring Currents (135 billion South Korean won, that converts to $120 million).
Will Bahubali 2 manage
to break into this elite club? As the film kicks off its second week in the
theatres, it'll certainly be setting new records before the juggernaut slows
down just yet.
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Date: May 03, 2017 12:05 pm | Updated Date: May 03, 2017 02:19 pm
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