Kalki 2898 AD has had a smooth run in cinemas for two weeks with no major releases hampering its box office collections, but that streak is likely to come to an end today as the dystopian science-fiction epic will face major competition from Kamal Haasan’s Indian 2 and Akshay Kumar’s Sarfira. On its 15th day of release, the final day of its uncontested run, Kalki 2898 AD made Rs 6.7 crore at the domestic box office, as per industry tracker Sacnilk. This takes the film’s nett domestic collection to Rs 543.45 crore.
Of the Rs 6.7 crore that the film made on Thursday, the Hindi version collected Rs 4 crore and the Telugu version made Rs 1.65 crore. Overall, the film’s Hindi version has made Rs 232.9 crore nett in India, and the Telugu version has earned Rs 253.85 crore. In the first week of its release, the Nag Ashwin film made Rs 414.85 crore. But, in the second week, the domestic collections dropped by 69 percent and the film collected Rs 128.6 crore.
Kalki 2898 AD is the biggest hit of 2024 by a wide margin. In Bollywood, the biggest hit of the year so far was Hrithik Roshan and Deepika Padukone’s Fighter, which made nearly Rs 200 crore. Telugu and Tamil film industries haven’t witnessed many big hits this year. In Kannada, Hanuman made Rs 295 crore worldwide.
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The film has now crossed the nett domestic collection of Pathaan, which was one of the biggest hits of 2023. The Shah Rukh Khan-starrer made Rs 543.05 crore at the domestic box office during its lifetime run, and Kalki 2898 AD has now crossed that figure. The film is already ahead of Sunny Deol-starrer Gadar 2, which made Rs 525.45 crore at the box office.
On Wednesday, Kalki 2898 AD crossed Animal’s worldwide collection, but it is yet to cross the domestic total of the film, which means that Kalki 2898 AD has made more money than Animal in the overseas market. In India, Ranbir Kapoor’s film made Rs 556.36 crore, a figure that Kalki will likely overtake this weekend.
The Nag Ashwin film also stars Deepika Padukone, Amitabh Bachchan, Kamal Haasan, Disha Patani among others. A sequel is in development.
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