Adipurush first day box office collections; Prabhas starrer scores fourth highest opening day ever in India

Adipurush had an excellent start at the Indian box office on Friday, recording the fourth-highest opening day ever, just behind three centurions Baahubali 2, RRR and KGF 2.

By Jatinder Singh

Updated on Sep 06, 2023 | 02:32 PM IST | 418.9K

Adipurush first day box office collections (image courtesy of T Series)

After a very cold summer, there was finally some heat felt at the Indian box office yesterday with Adipurush taking an excellent start on Friday, recording the fourth-highest opening day ever. The Prabhas starrer Ramayan-based mythological epic collected Rs. 88 crores approx on its first day, which puts it behind the three opening days centurions Baahubali 2, RRR and KGF 2 and just a hair above Prabhas’s own Saaho.

The best-performing regions for the film were the Hindi belt and Telugu states while Tamil Nadu and Kerala underperformed. The Ramayana factor worked big time in the Hindi belt, where some circuits were recording numbers higher than Pathaan. In Telugu states, Nizam saw second highest opening day numbers ever just behind RRR while Coastal Andhra and Ceeded were similar to other recent Telugu biggies like Sarkaru Vaari Paata and Acharya.

The opening for the film is satisfactory but the audience reception is reported to be on a mixed to negative side, which could be problematic, given the huge costs involved. There are big advance sales in the Hindi belt for Saturday and Sunday, so a big drop here could be avoided at least till Sunday, but South India may see some bigger-than-normal falls today. On the strength of the Hindi belt, the film should be able to top Rs. 200 crores mark for the first weekend.

The territorial breakdown for opening day collections of Adipurush at the Indian box office is as follows:

Nizam - Rs.18.25 crores (Rs. 11.50 crores share)
Ceeded - Rs. 5 crores (Rs. 3.75 crores share)
Andhra - Rs. 16.75 crores (Rs. 13.25 crores share)

AP/TS - Rs. 40 crores (Rs. 28.50 crores share)

Karnataka - Rs. 6.50 crores (Rs. 3.50 crores share)
Tamil Nadu/Kerala - Rs. 2 crores (Rs. 0.75 crore share)
Rest of India - Rs. 39 crores (Rs. 17 crores share)

Total - Rs. 87.50 crores (Rs. 49.75 crores share)

The overseas collections of the film are yet to arrive but given the initial numbers, they are likely to be around $3 million, which would give the worldwide opening day of just under Rs. 115 crores.

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