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Om Raut's Adipurush continues its stupendous run at the box office. Despite controversies and a lot of negative publicity and poor reviews, the film has managed to maintain its momentum in both Hindi and Telugu versions, collecting over Rs 300 crore in its opening weekend itself.
Sacnilk reported that Adipurush earned Rs 69 crore in India on Sunday, the third day of its release. This was a 5% increase from its Saturday numbers, not a bad increase for a film of this scale. 69 crores figure includes Rs 38.50 crores from the Hindi version and Rs 28.80 crores from the Telugu version. With this, the total domestic net collection of Adipurush after three days has gone up to Rs 221 crore (total of Rs 262 crore). The film crossed the 100 crore mark in both Hindi and Telugu, with the other versions (Malayalam, Kannada, and Tamil) earning a combined Rs 4.90 crore.
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Overseas as well, the film has performed well so far, earning around $5 million (over Rs 40 crore). With this, the film has so far collected a worldwide collection of Rs 303 crore in its first three days. Among the films released in 2023, only Pathan earned more in the first three days. In fact, Adipurush has surpassed the lifetime gross of all Indian films released in 2023, apart from Pathan and Ponniyin Selvan 2.
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Based on the epic Ramayana, Adipurush stars Prabhas as Lord Ram, Saif Ali Khan as Ravana, and Kriti Sanon as Janaki. The film opened to mixed to negative reviews, with particular criticism of its visual effects, dialogues, and deviations from the story of the Ramayana. However, this has not affected the box-office prospects of the film. How the film performs, in the long run, will depend on its first Monday numbers.
