Salaar Part 1: Ceasefire has become one of the highest-grossing South Indian films of all time. But after 18 days of release, the film is gradually being phased out of cinema halls. Directed by Prashanth Neel, Salaar witnessed a sharp decline in its box office collections in its third week. After earning Rs 6.05 crore on Sunday, the film earned Rs 2.25 crore on Monday, as per industry tracker Sacnilk.
The nett domestic box office collection of the Prabhas and Prithviraj Sukumaran-starrer is Rs 395.5 crore. With this, the film has entered the list of the top 10 highest-earning films in India, leaving behind James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water (Rs 391.4 cr) and Aamir Khan’s Dangal (Rs 387.38 cr). It will have a difficult time overtaking Rajinikanth’s 2.0, which earned Rs 407 crore in 2018, because of a slew of upcoming Sankranti releases. Globally, the film has earned Rs 687.51 crore, toppling Sunny Deol’s Gadar 2, which earned Rs 686 crore worldwide.
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The major releases this Sankranti include Mahesh Babu’s Guntur Kaaram, Venkatesh’s Saindhav, Prashanth Varma’s HanuMan, and Ravi Teja’s Eagle.
On Monday, Salaar registered maximum occupancy in the Telugu-speaking region (16.11%), followed by Tamil (16.10%) and Hindi (11.89%). While the first-week collection of the film was a whopping Rs 308 crore, it fell to Rs 70.1 crore in the second week. The third week’s contribution, so far, is Rs 17.4 crore, signalling that interest in Salaar has been front-loaded.
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Meanwhile, the cast and crew of Salaar celebrated the film’s success recently. They had a small celebration which was attended by founders of Hombale Films, Vijay Vijay Kiragandur and Chaluve Gowda, director Prashanth Neel, Prabhas, and Prithviraj. The pictures from the party were shared on social media with the caption, “The blockbuster success calls for a BLOCKBUSTER CELEBRATION! 💥”
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