The much-awaited film ‘RRR,’ starring Ram Charan, Jr NTR, Ajay Devgn and Alia Bhatt in lead role has opened at the theatres with a bang.
The film has broken all the previous record for the biggest first-day opening, earning Rs 223 crore worldwide on the first day of release.
The film earned Rs 156 crore in India and another Rs 42 crore in the United States and Canada. In comparison, Baahubali 2 made Rs 217 crore worldwide on its first day.
Film critic Taran Adarsh tweeted, “RRR’ SMASHES ALL RECORDS ON DAY 1… OVERTAKES ‘BAAHUBALI 2’… ‘RRR’ IS NOW NO. 1 OPENER OF INDIAN CINEMA… WORLDWIDE Day 1 biz [Gross BOC]: ₹ 223 cr.” Further breaking down the figures, he noted that the film made Rs 75 crore in Andhra Pradesh, Rs 27.5 crore in the Nizam region, Rs 14.5 crore in Karnataka and Rs 10 crore in Tamil Nadu. In North India, it made Rs 25 crore.
Sharing numbers for Australia and New Zealand, he wrote, “‘RRR’ OPENS TO RECORD NUMBERS IN AUS, NZ… #RRR OVERTAKES #TheBatman in #Australia, claiming the No 1 spot on Fri… #NZ is SOLID too… #Australia: A$ 702,560 [₹ 4.03 cr] #NZ: NZ$ 69,741 [₹ 37.07 lacs] #USA: Crosses $ 5 million [Thu previews + Fri, still counting].”