The film "Pushpa 2: The Rule" has made Rs 829 crore at the box office in the first weekend since its release, making it the "fastest Indian film" to cross the Rs 800 crore milestone in worldwide gross collections, according to the makers, who spoke on Monday. Released on December 5, the Telugu movie is directed by Sukumar. It also stars Rashmika Mandanna and Fahadh Faasil.
Production house Mythri Movies Makers posted the first weekend box office figures of the film on its official X page.
"The BIGGEST INDIAN FILM is the BIGGEST WILDFIRE AT THE BOX OFFICE. #Pushpa2TheRule becomes the FASTEST INDIAN FILM to cross 800 CRORES Gross worldwide with a 4-day collection of 829 CRORES. RULING IN CINEMAS, said the banner in its post.
The makers also released the box office figures of the Hindi dubbed version of "Pushpa 2". The film raised Rs 86 crore on Sunday, taking its total in the language to Rs 291 crore (nett).
"A HISTORIC SINGLE DAY in Hindi. #Pushpa2TheRule collects a Nett of 86 CRORES on Day 4 - creating an all time record of the HIGHEST Hindi collection in a single day.
"The Wildfire Blockbuster also becomes the fastest Hindi film to reach 291 CRORES NETT in just 4 days," the banner said in a previous post.
"Pushpa 2" has broken box office records on the first day itself with a gross collection of Rs 294 crore. It surpasses the highest opening ever recorded in Indian cinema history that belonged to SS Rajamouli's "RRR" (Rs 223.5 crore), followed by "Baahubali 2" (Rs 217 crore) and "Kalki 2898 AD" (Rs 175 crore), they said.
The Hindi version also, it created record netting on the very first day with a figure of Rs 72 crore while compared to that the opening day collections of Shah Rukh Khan's 2023 released "Jawan", Hindi version was grossing only around Rs 65 crore.
"Pushpa 2" is a sequel to 2021's Telugu blockbuster "Pushpa: The Rise". It is also produced by Sukumar Writings with music on T-Series.
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