SS Rajamouli's "Baahubali" witnessed a dream run in Tamil Nadu as the film made stunning business in the state in five days.
The multilingual movie had grossed Rs 16 crore (nett Rs 13 crore) in its first weekend in Tamil Nadu. The response remained good on Monday and Tuesday too. In five days, the total business made by "Baahubali" in Tamil Nadu stands at Rs 23 crore.
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The website of leading trade tracker Andhra Box Office confirmed the same and posted, "Meanwhile shattering all Expectations& Guess Works, #Baahubali Tamilnadu GBOC All incl crosses 23Cr in 5 Days. Heading towards a BIG Success." In Chennai alone, the film made Rs 1.66 crore in the opening weekend and managed to cross the Rs 2 crore mark in five days.
The general trend is that a film's business sees a 60-70% dip post-first weekend. But in case of "Baahubali", it is different. SS Rajamouli's film has managed to retain 60% of business. The film has approximately earned Rs 3.70 and Rs 3.3 crore on Monday and Tuesday, respectively. In the opening weekend, it made above Rs 5 crore each day (3 days).
"Baahubali" is distributed by K Gnanavel Raja in the state. It is likely to emerge as the biggest non-Tamil box office hit in the state. Earlier, Mahesh Babu and Pawan Kalyan's dubbed films had made reasonable business. SS Rajamouli's previous film "Naan Ee" ("Eega") had made above Rs 20 crore and this record is expected to be broken by this latest flick.
The success of the movie is mainly due to large scale promotions and good word-of-mouth. It is doing great business in all the versions (Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and Malayalam).
'Baahubali' Worldwide Business
The movie has grossed Rs 190 crore worldwide and has emerged as the biggest box office hit of South India. The combined budget of two parts of "Baahubali" is Rs 250 crore (Rs 120+Rs 130 Crore) and the producers are reaping profits in the first week itself. The total worldwide gross of the flick stands at Rs 215 crore at the end of five days.
"Baahubali" stars Prabhas, Rana Daggubati, Anushka Shetty and Tamanna Bhatia in the lead roles.
