RRR vs Baahubali 2 Opening Weekend Worldwide Gross Comparison

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Hyderabad, March 28 - SS Rajamouli's "RRR", has roared at the worldwide box office, as expected. With Everest-like expectations, the period action drama delivered big time and was the number 1 movie worldwide during its 3-day opening weekend, becoming the first Indian title since "Padmaavat" in July 2018, to gross 500 crores (502 Cr.).

While the opening weekend box office numbers of "RRR" are no less than blockbuster stuff, the movie fell an inch short to create an all-time record for an Indian title. Rajamouli's own historical action drama film, "Baahubali 2: The Conclusion", retained its record of scoring approx. 512 crores worldwide in 2017 in the first weekend.



"RRR" has had direct competition with "Baahubali 2" as far as the box office is concerned and it nearly equaled BB2's record. Comparing the day-wise worldwide gross, "RRR" scored 223 crores gross on the first day against 217 crores of BB2. However, BB2 came above "RRR" on the next two days with approx. 140 crores and 153 crores against 127 crores and 150 crores, respectivaly of "RRR".

At the Indian box office, the latest blockbuster flick grossed 380 crores in the first three days while during the same time, "Baahubali 2" did gross 382 crores. State-wise, the Jr. NTR/Ram Charan-fronted made 203.5 crores gross against 105.7 gross of BB2 in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana during the first weekend. The massive gap between the two movies in AP/TG was mainly because of the higher ticket prices for "RRR".

Apart from AP/TG, both "RRR" and "Baahubali 2" were neck to neck in Karnataka (38.5 Cr. vs 39 Cr.) and Tamil Nadu (32 Cr. vs 31.75 Cr.). However, the former legged behind the ATBB in Kerala with 12 crores against 17 crores of BB2. In North belt, there is no comparison between the two movies as BB2 was miles ahead of "RR". While BB2 generated 188.3 crores, "RRR" could only manage to made 94 crores (still excellent) in North region during the debut weekend.

Overseas, the current global box office sensation has grossed approx. 122 crores while "Baahubali 2" was a little bit stronger with 130 crores. Overall, "Baahubali 2" remained marginally ahead of "RRR" in the first three days if we take actual data (without inflation).

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