New Delhi: After consecutive drops in the collection over the weekday, 'Brahmastra Part One- Shiva' is back on track with a 55% jump in its earnings on Saturday. Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt starrer collected Rs 15 crore ( all Languages) on its ninth day in India.
Trade analyst Sumit Kadel took to Twitter to update the box office figures of the film. He wrote, “#Brahmastra records COLOSSAL Jump of 55% on Second Saturday as it collects ₹ 15 cr nett ( All Languages) on its day-9 in #India Total So far- ₹ 197.90 cr nett.. Eying ₹ 215 cr nett in 10 days.. #RanbirKapoor #AliaBhatt #AyanMukerji.”
With this, the film has crossed Kartik Aaryan’s 'Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2' in nett domestic collection that earned Rs 185 crore in India. Brahmastra is the second highest film in domestic collection behind Vivek Agnihotri’s 'The Kashmir Files', which had nett collections of Rs 252 crore.
According to a report in Hindustan Times, Brahmastra’s gross worldwide collection is nearing the Rs 350 crore mark crossing 'The Kashmir Files’ lifetime earnings of Rs 340 crore to become the highest-grossing Hindi film of the year.
The film is expected to cross Rs 200 crore on Sunday in India.
The film is made on a high budget of Rs 410 crore, and it needs to earn a lot more to be called a hit or a blockbuster.
The film’s director Ayan Mukerji recently revealed that the second part of Brahmastra will chronicle Dev’s backstory as well as continue the present-day timeline and they are planning for a 2025 release for it.
“We have our target. We would like to make this film and have it come out three years from now. It is a tough timeline for us considering how much time part one took. But now we have also learnt how to make these kinds of films,” Ayan told The Indian Express.
Produced by Star Studios and Dharma Productions, the magnum opus is currently in theatres in 2D, 3D and Imax 3D with an ensemble cast of Amitabh Bachchan, Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Mouni Roy and Nagarjuna Akkineni.
S.S. Rajamouli presents Brahmāstra Part One: Shiva in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam.