The Raja Saab BO collection day 2: Prabhas film crosses Rs 65 crore
Prabhas's 'The Raja Saab' experienced a significant drop on its second day, netting an estimated ₹3.35 crore after a strong opening of ₹9.15 crore from paid previews and ₹54.15 crore on Day 1. Despite mixed reviews impacting walk-ins, the film has amassed ₹66.65 crore in its first three days, with its long-term success now hinging on weekend and weekday collections.
Prabhas's 'The Raja Saab' experienced a significant drop on its second day, netting an estimated ₹3.35 crore after a strong opening of ₹9.15 crore from paid previews and ₹54.15 crore on Day 1. Despite mixed reviews impacting walk-ins, the film has amassed ₹66.65 crore in its first three days, with its long-term success now hinging on weekend and weekday collections.
'The Raja Saab', featuring Prabhas, was released this week to a lot of excitement and great expectations. Advertised as a commercial film with "genre-change" written in the taglines, it was packing houses in all major centres due to the star power of the lead, stellar advance booking, and the buzz around it.
But, as the first weekend rolled in, the box office numbers began to dance.
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As per Sacnilk, the movie opened with paid preview shows, grossing a handsome ₹9.15 crore net in India. The film then followed up well on Day 1 (Friday) with The Raja Saab garnering a healthy Rs 54.15 crore net of which the Telugu version contributed a tall Rs 47.4 crore. The Hindi did Rs 6.15 crore, Tamil (Rs 0.4 crore), Kannada (Rs 0.1 crore) and Malayalam (Rs 0.1 crore) were introverted yet competent at the b.o.Also See: The Raja Saab Movie Review
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Sharp drop on day 2
However, the film has seen a sharp drop on Day 2 (Saturday), netting Rs 12.24 crore (early estimates) at the Indian box-office. The stark dip on a Saturday has been a talking point in trade. Mixed reviews from moviegoers, particularly around the film’s storytelling and genre, seem to have impacted walk-in and repeat audiences in several markets.The movie 'The Raja Saab' despite taking a hit on the second day, has still got a remarkable 3-days India net total of 75.14 crores mainly due to its huge first day collections.
With Sunday collections and the holds on weekdays coming into focus, the question will be whether 'The Raja Saab' can maintain the momentum to sustain its long-term box office performance. Sure, Prabhas has leveraged his star power to secure a stellar opening , but from this point on what matters will be the collections in the next few days as 'The Raja Saab' will hope to convert this tremendous opening into a long running box-office success.