Box-Office: Prabhas' 'Kalki 2898 AD' beats Shah Rukh Khan's 'Jawan', mints Rs 415 crore globally in three days
Box-Office: Prabhas' 'Kalki 2898 AD' beats Shah Rukh Khan's 'Jawan', mints Rs 415 crore globally in three days
A blend of Hindu epic Mahabharata and science fiction, the big-budget film is produced by Vyjayanthi Movies and was released on Thursday in six languages: Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi and English.
Kalki 2898 AD, mounted on a whopping budget of Rs 600 crore, features Prabhas, Deepika Padukone, Amitabh Bachchan and Kamal Haasan.
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On the opening day, the movie earned Rs 191.5 GBOC and collected Rs 107 crore on Friday. It added Rs 152.5 crore for its day three collection on Saturday.
According to Prathyangira Cinemas, Kalki 2898 AD is running houseful in North America and has raked in USD 9.4 million at the local box office.
Netizens also observed that the film has beaten Shah Rukh Khan's Jawan as this 2023 blockbuster sold around 86,000 tickets on BookMyShow in an hour whereas Nag Ashwin's magnum opus sold 90,000.
A report by Zoom also spilled the beans on who took how much to join Ashwin’s vision. A source said, “While Kamal Haasan and Prabhas have been paid 100 each, Mr Bachchan has surprisingly been paid around Rs 35-40 crores. Considering he has always been a much bigger star than Kamal Haasan, this pay disparity makes no sense. Deepika has been paid approximately around 20 crores while Disha Patani, for her minuscule role, 12 crores."
What is the film about?
It begins and ends with a visual from the Kurukshetra war from Mahabharata. Prabhas is not only for comic relief but mythological vitality too. Bachchan plays the immortal Ashwatthama but his immortality hangs around his neck more like a curse than a blessing. Deepika is trapped in a world where Hassan’s unique and mysterious character is hell bent on making his Project K a success.
With added inputs from agencies