Pushpa 2 Box Office Collection Day 18: Pushpa 2 has been the cynosure of all eyes over the past few days thanks to its unprecedented box-office success, and the offscreen problems faced by Allu Arjun. A woman dies and her son was seriously injured due to a stampede in a Hyderabad theatre during a benefit show a day ahead of the release.
According to trade website, Sacnilk, Pushpa 2 has delivered a solid third weekend that rivals the opening weekend collection of many films this year. How many films can boast of making Rs 72.3 crore in the third weekend? Pushpa 2 grew from strength to strength over the weekend as it made Rs 33.25 crore on Sunday, Rs 24.75 crore on Saturday, and Rs 14.3 crore on Friday.
These top-tier numbers have pushed the domestic collections of Pushpa 2 to Rs 1062.9 crore, which has officially surpassed the seven-year record held by Baahubali 2: The Conclusion, which had made Rs 1030.42 crore in 2017. With the film already crossing the Rs 1500 crore mark on Thursday globally, it is safe to assume that the film has entered the Rs 1600 crore club worldwide after this weekend.
With just Dangal and Baahubali 2 ahead of Pushpa in the global market, it would be interesting to see if the film manages to breach these records too? What has been truly impressive about this golden run of Pushpa 2 is the gap in the numbers made in the original Telugu version and the dubbed Hindi version.
Even on the third weekend, it is the Hindi version that contributed 80% of the collections by earning Rs 58.05 crore out of the total Rs 72.3 crore. Both the versions had around 50% occupancy, but the Hindi version continues to run in more screens. Incidentally, this can be a problem for this week’s big Hindi release, Baby John, headlined by Varun Dhawan, Keerthy Suresh and Wamiqa Gabbi. With Pushpa 2 continuing to flex its muscles in the Hindi market, it is to be seen if theatre owners accept a change in their screenings to accommodate the new release.
Nevertheless, the Pushpa 2 juggernaut continues to roll without getting affected by the various challenges faced by Allu Arjun, who finds himself in an intense war of words with the Telangana government and the State’s police force.
In fact, on Sunday, student protesters vandalised his home, and created a furore over the death of the woman, and her critically ill son. Incidentally, it also feels like Team Pushpa are playing it low for now, and not showboating their record-breaking box-office numbers to add to the controversy surrounding their star.
There have been no official posters released by Mythri Movie Makers about the worldwide collection since December 19, and the last post has been about Pushpa’s dominance in the Hindi market, and how it has become the highest grossing Hindi film in India.
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