Baahubali 2: The Conclusion: Arguably the most important movie of the year in India has been released. And it has been greeted by a packed house and even better, wildly dancing fans in the aisles as well as outside cinemas, showcasing how this film franchise has grabbed the attention of the masses like no other movie had done before barring Sholay perhaps! The cast includes Prabhas, Rana Daggubati, Tamannaah, Ramya Krishnan, Anushka Shetty, Sathyaraj, Nassar, Pruthviraj and Subbaraj. It has translated into millions of fans and the related impact has been a tremendous success at the Box Office – the one yardstick of success that everyone wants to believe in. The hype and the hoopla is very much there, but what is on everyone’s mind is whether it can become the biggest first day box office collections movie ever released in India – spanning both Bollywood and all the regional cinemas (Baahubali has grabbed all-India eye-balls like no other movie before it, barring perhaps Rajinikanth’s Kabali).
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The record for fist day collection is currently held by Shah Rukh Khan and his film Happy New Year, which is at Rs 44.9 crore. Now, that was a shocking surprise that no one had expected. Still King Khan has sprung many surprises in a long and fruitful career. Now Baahubali 2 is likely to better that score. Why? Well, the most important point is that the film has acquired fans across the country. Then there is the huge matter of releasing the film in as many as 9,000 theatres in India and abroad – 8000 of which are in India (3000 in South India and 5000 in North India and 1000 abroad) Now this skewed figure in favour of the North again highlights that there is a big market fo Baahubali 2 in North India. And please don’t ignore the overseas market. Last heard, the tickets for the movie were priced at a whopping $40 in the US!
While Happy New Year is one Bollywood movie that everyone is looking up to, the next best was the Aamir Khan starrer Dhoom 3, which bagged Rs 36.22 crore. Now, fans of both SRK and Aamir must be waiting with bated breath and wondering if their heroes are about to be elbowed out from their No. 1 and No. 2 spots on the all-time records list.
The answer is that they have a reason to fear. Yes, Baahubali 2 is likely to beat the box office collections of Shah Rukh Khan’s Happy New Year and crown itself as the new No. 1 in India. And what is the magic figure? All things considered, Baahubali 2: The Conclusion first-day collections prediction is for a humongous Rs 50+ cr amount.