Prabhas’s latest release Salaar: Part 1- Ceasefire worldwide box office collection entered the elite Rs 500 crore club. The film was released on December 22 and has received positive reviews from audiences and critics alike. Taking to its official X (formerly known as Twitter), @SalaarTheSaga, they wrote that #SalaarCeaseFire has crossed a massive 500 crores at the worldwide box office. They captioned the tweet, “Deva repairing box office records.”. The film achieved this remarkable milestone in just six days of its release. With this, Salaar has become the sixth movie to enter the elite Rs 500 crore club in 2023 after Sunny Doel’s Gadar 2, Rajnikanth’s Jailer, Shah Rukh Khan’s Jawaan and Pathan, and Ranbir Kapoor’s Animal.
Globally the film has struck gold at the box office. In North America, the film has earned Rs 46.6 Crore, Rs 9.73 crore in the UAE, Rs 4.17 crore from Ireland and the United Kingdom, Rs 4.90 crore from Australia, and Rs 5.83 crore from Europe. In the domestic collection, the film is set to earn Rs 300 crore. It is Prabhas’ third film after Baahubali : The Beginning and Baahubali The conclusion to cross Rs 500 crore globally.
In all languages—Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, and Kanada—the film is doing phenomenally well. The Hindi version minted Rs 68.20 crore, the Telugu version made 163.10 crore, the Tamil version earned Rs 12.05 crore, the Kanada version raked in Rs 3.90 crore, and Malayalam earned Rs 8.15 crore.
Despite facing tough competition with Badshah of Bollywood—Shah Rukh Khan’s Dunki, the film has done exceptionally well. It has surpassed the business of major Bollywood movies of the year, which includes Tiger 3 (Rs 466.63 crore), Rocky aur Rani ki Prem Kahaani (Rs 355.61 crore) and Dunki ( Rs 293.91 crore)
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The best comeback for Prabhas
After a string of flops with Radhe Shyam, Saaho, and Adipurush, Prabhas had a solid comeback. It has “Rebel Star” Prabas in his best form and he has given his career’s best performance after the Baahubali series. Salaar is Hombale film’s fourth consecutive blockbuster after Kantara, KGF Chapter One, and KGF Chapter Two
On its opening day, the film minted 178.7 crores and earned the title for the biggest opening for any Indian movie in 2023. This opening-day figure surpassed two of Shah Rukh Khan’s biggest blockbuster films of 2023- Jawaan and Pathaan which earned Rs 129.6 crore and Rs 106 crore respectively on its opening day. It also surpassed Ranbir Kapoor’s Animal which minted Rs 116 crores on the first day.
However, after the marvelous first weekend, the box office numbers have started to dip. The film made Rs 101.39 crore on its second day, Rs 95.24 crore on its third day, and Rs 76.91 crore on its fourth day. To cover it up, the production house Hombale Films has decided to decrease the ticket fare in the theatres. Except for Dunki, Salaar has no other major competition and is enjoying its exclusive spot for the upcoming New Year’s weekend.
About Salaar
The film is set in the fictional city of Khansaar and it revolves around two childhood friends Vardha Raja Mannar Prithviraj) and Deva (Prabhas). It’s a mega action-packed spectacle which is an adaption of the 2014 Kanada film Ugramm The sequel of the movie is titled Salaar: PART 2: Shauryanga Parvam.
The film is the first collaboration between KGF fame director, Prashanth Neel and Prabhas. It is presented under Hombale Films and produced by Vijay Kiragandur. It stars Prabhas, Prithviraj Sukumaran, Eshwari Rao, Shruti Haasan, Tinnu Anand, Sriya Reddy and Jagapathi Babu.
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