Despite drop, 'Pushpa 2' nears ₹900cr mark in worldwide earnings
What's the story
Allu Arjun and Rashmika Mandanna starrer, Pushpa 2: The Rule, has crossed the ₹880cr mark worldwide, reported Sacnilk.
Despite a major drop in earnings on its first Monday after release, the movie is still doing well at the box office.
On Day 5 of its release, it witnessed a drop of nearly 55% in net collection as compared to its opening weekend performance.
Earnings analysis
'Pushpa 2' Day 5 earnings breakdown by language
On its first Sunday, the film collected a whopping ₹141.05cr, but fell drastically to ₹64.1cr on Monday across languages.
The regional language breakdown for Day 5 reveals that Pushpa 2 collected ₹14cr in Telugu, ₹3cr in Tamil, ₹50L in Kannada, and ₹60L in Malayalam.
Notably, the film's Hindi version trumped other regional languages put together with a collection of ₹46cr.
Collection report
'Pushpa 2' total collection in India by Day 5
By Day 5, the action-drama film had raked in around ₹593.1cr net in India.
The Telugu version alone contributed ₹211.7cr to this, while the Hindi version added a whopping ₹331.7cr.
The Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam versions of Pushpa 2 brought in ₹34.45cr, ₹4.05cr, and ₹11.2cr respectively to the film's overall Indian collection by Day 5 post-release.
Record-breaking performance
'Pushpa 2' sets new records in Indian cinema
Pushpa 2 has broken a number of records in Indian cinema. It became the fastest Indian film to cross the ₹800cr gross worldwide mark with a Day 4 collection of ₹829cr.
The film is also the first Hindi movie to cross the ₹70cr mark on two different days—opening day and third day.
Directed by Sukumar, it also stars Fahadh Faasil and will spawn a third part.