Baahubali 2 box office collection day 17: SS Rajamouli film collects Rs 1390 crore

Baahubali 2 is running in its third week but that doesn’t seem to matter. SS Rajamouli film is going steady at the box office and new releases seem to face a challenge from this monstrous bull. The film has collected a whopping Rs 1390 crore in 17 days. The film’s Tamil version has also crossed Rs 100-crore mark in Tamil Nadu alone making it the only second film to do so behind Rajinikanth’s Endhiran. Trade tracker Ramesh Bala tweeted, “#Baahubali2 17 Days WW Box office: India: Nett : ₹ 890 cr Gross : ₹ 1140 Cr Overseas: Gross: ₹ 250 cr Total: ₹ 1,390 cr.”

SS Rajamouli’s fantasy epic is also getting an overwhelming response in the overseas markets. The film is doing exceptionally well in North America collecting more than Rs 120 crore amid Hollywood releases like Marvel’s Guardians of Galaxy Vol 2 and Tom Hanks’s The Circle. Baahubali 2 has also become second highest Hindi movie grosser behind Aamir Khan’s PK in Australia. Trade tracker Ramesh Bala shared the latest figures on Twitter, “#Baahubali2 16 Days WW Box office India Nett 855 cr Gross 1090 Cr Overseas Gross 240 cr Total 1,330 cr.” He also shared film’s box office figures in North America saying, “#Baahubali2 N.America – Wk-1 & Wk-2 $17.51mil; Week-3 Fri $363K Sat $679K Total $18.55Millions (INR 120cr+).”

Trade analyst Taran Adarsh shared Australia figures of Baahubali 2, “#Baahubali2 *HINDI* is now the SECOND HIGHEST grosser in Australia… Crossed #PK on Sat to achieve the No 2 position… Top 5 follows” Trade analyst Sreedhar Pillai shared, “#Baahubali2 crosses Rs 100 Cr mark in TN in 16 days, 2nd film to cross landmark (#Endhiran 1st).Truly amazing.Detailed area wise b-o soon.”

SS Rajamouli’s Baahubali 2 has been able to capture the imagination of the entire country and is perhaps the first pan-Indian film of the country. The two-part franchise made on a budget of around Rs 450 crore took around five years into the making.

Courtesy : indianexpress