‘Kalki 2898 AD’ Day 1 Box Office estimates over 165 Crore globally – 3rd highest opening for an Indian movie.?
Prabhas fronted Kalki 2898 AD has done exceedingly well on the opening day at the Worldwide Box-Office. As per the early estimate, the film is all set to do INR 165 Crore global business on Day 1. This means that the film will secure the 3rd highest Opening for an Indian movie behind Baahubali 2 & RRR. Prabhas now has 3 in Top 5 highest opening Indian movie list. Also, he has 5 INR 100 Crore plus Opening in which 2 of them are well above INR 150 Crore. This is an unparalleled achievement for any Indian actor. Nag Aswin directorial is gaining traction in all territories, certain areas have already reported a record figure as well. Let us take a look at the estimated gross in various areas.
Domestic Circuits
Looking at the home state of Andhra Pradesh & Telangana, the film gets off to a fantabulous start. The tracked figures have gone beyond INR 40 Crore from 4300 plus shows, selling over 14 lakh tickets. This suggests a gigantic opening in the market and will end up in the Top 5 Opening of All-Time. Early estimates suggest INR 60 Crore opening in this region, besting his previous release, Salaar. The North Indian market which is yet another strong zone of Prabhas is hinting at the highest opening of 2024. This means that the film could go well over INR 25 Crore and outshine the first day collections of Hrithik Roshan & Siddharth Anand’s Fighter. The tracked figure is well above INR 12 Crore in the North territories. The opening is a testimony to Prabhas’s stardom as a true-blue PAN India star despite the failures at Box-Office.
The state of Karnataka is also looking at a stunning opening with the tracked figures already going past INR 9.40 Crore. The estimated Day 1 will be around INR 11 Crore. Tamil Nadu & Kerala are having a better business as compared to the advance sales for Day 1. The Word of Mouth seems to have done the trick especially in the state of Kerala. The tracked figures have gone above INR 2.30 Crore & INR 4.48 Crore in Kerala & Tamil Nadu respectively. This means that both the states will have a better opening than expected. Early estimates suggests that the film will have an opening above INR 2.75 Crore in Kerala while TN will have an estimated opening around INR 5.50 Crore. The Top 5 Opening Day Telugu movies in Kerala are as follows:
- Baahubali 2 – INR 5.45 Crore
- Salaar Part 1 – INR 4.65 Crore
- RRR – INR 4.00 Crore
- Kalki 2898 AD – INR 2.75 Crore
- Pushpa The Rise – INR 1.45 Crore
International Circuits
The overseas markets are looking at a monstrous USD 6.93 Million opening, the highest contributor being the North American territory. This can be called as the stronghold of Prabhas as his previous films have opened to gigantic figures despite negative reviews. The North American premieres have reported around USD 3,859,967 (INR 32.20 Crore) which is the all-time record by a huge margin. The breakup of the total:
- USA – USD 3,467,578
- Canada – USD 392,390
RRR comes second with an estimated gross above USD 3.5 Million. Prabhas has now 4 films out of top 5 in this area which is an extra ordinary record to hold on to. The film is expected to add another USD 1.40 Million for the opening day, taking the Day 1 figure to USD 5.30 Million (INR 44.15 Crore) which means the film might fall just shy of the first day record of RRR. Top 2 belongs to the star director S S Rajamouli.
- RRR Premieres + Day 1 – USD 5.50 Million
- Baahubali2 Premieres + Day 1 – USD 4.60 Million
The important part to be noticed is that both the films had a Friday release while Kalki 2898 AD released on a Thursday. It needs to seen whether the film can go past RRR or not.
The combined Australia/ New Zealand reported gross is around USD 332K for Day 1 which is only behind Baahubali 2 & RRR. The breakup of the total:
- Australia – AUD 457,958
- New Zealand – NZD 44,201
Top Opening Telugu movies in Australia are as follows:
- Baahubali2 – AUD 825K +
- RRR – AUD 702K
- Kalki 2898 AD – AUD 458K
- Salaar – AUD 453K+
- Saaho – AUD 365K+
- Adipurush – AUD 320K+
Top Opening Telugu movies in Australia are as follows:
- Baahubali2 – NZD 71,753
- RRR – NZD 69,741
- Adipurush – NZD 57,048
- Kalki 2898 AD – NZD 44,201
- Saaho – NZD 42,663
- Salaar – NZD 39,455
- Guntur Kaaram – NZD 24,182
UK is another untapped market for a Telugu movie where Kalki 2898 AD has just made a record in terms of premieres. The film earned around GBP 235K in premieres alone and is estimated to gross around GBP 395K for Day 1. This will take the film to be the highest opening Telugu movie in this territory. 2 films in the top 3 Telugu movies belong to Prabhas.
- Kalki 2898 AD ~ GBP 395K
- RRR – GBP 374K
- Salaar – GBP 264K
The Gulf market has underperformed in terms of advance sales but the word of mouth has helped to movie to pick up slowly. Day 1 gross is estimated to be around USD 500 K in the Middle East territory and is looking to go past RRR. Prabhas has 5 out of 6 Telugu movies in this market.
Top Opening Telugu movies in Gulf circuit are as follows:
- Baahubali2 -USD 3.80M +P
- Saaho – USD 1.60M +P
- Salaar – USD 1.16M +P
- RRRMovie – USD 540K +P
- Kalki 2898 AD – USD 500K +P
- Adipurush – USD 445K
The rest of the world market is estimated to be around USD 300K, out of which the movie is expected to break all the records in Germany. The film has reported around EUR 64K just in presales which itself has gone beyond the lifetime collection of RRR, which was at EUR 64K.
Final Breakup (Estimates)
- AP/TG ~ INR 60 Crore
- North India ~ INR 25 Crore
- Karnataka ~ INR 11 Crore
- Tamil Nadu ~ INR 5.50 Crore
- Kerala ~ INR 2.75 Crore
India Total ~ 105 Crore
- USA/Canada ~ USD 5.30M
- Aus/Nz ~ USD 332K
- UK ~ USD 500K
- GCC ~ USD 500K
- ROW ~ 300K
International Total ~ USD 6.93 M (INR 57.75 Crore)
Global Total ~ 165 Crore