SS Rajamouli's Baahubali 2 (Bahubali: The Conclusion) has collected over 600 crore gross at the worldwide box office and shattered the lifetime collection record of Bahubali: The Beginning in four days.
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Having rocked the box office over the weekend, the Prabhas and Rana Daggubali starrer was expected to continue its dream run on Monday, May 1, which happened to be the holiday on account of the Labour Day. As per early estimates, Baahubali 2 registered fantastic response at the ticket counters in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala during the day.
The SS Rajamouli-directed movie collected Rs 25 crore in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, Rs 10 crore in Tamil Nadu, Rs 9 crore in Karnataka and Rs 5 crore in Kerala on Monday. Baahubali 2 has collected Rs 49 crore gross at the South Indian box office on its fourth day, taking its southern gross total to Rs 250 crore.
As per early estimates, the Hindi version of Baahubali 2 has collected Rs 35 crore nett at the Indian box office on Monday, taking its four-day nett collection to Rs 163 crore nett. Its gross domestic total stands at Rs 230 crore. Taran Adarsh tweeted: "The *Hindi version* of #Baahubali2 BULLDOZES *all* records with KNOCKOUT biz on Monday... *Early est*: ₹ 35 cr+... Await final numbers!"
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The Bollywood trade analyst added: "#Baahubali2 is the new yardstick... Crossed ₹ 50 cr: Day 2 Crossed ₹ 100 cr: Day 3 Crossed ₹ 150 cr: Day 4 Nett biz... HINDI... India biz. The BIGGIES and their first 3 days...#Sultan ₹ 105.53 cr [Wednesday release] #Dangal ₹ 107.01 cr #Baahubali2 ₹ 128 cr [Hindi] India biz.
The Shobu Yarlagadda-produced movie has registered good response and collected over Rs 10 crore gross at the overseas box office on Monday. Its four-day total stands at Rs 145 crore gross in the international markets. Baahubali 2 has collected a total of Rs 625 crore gross at the worldwide box office in four days.
Bahubali: The Beginning is the first instalment collected over Rs 600 crore gross at the worldwide box office in its lifetime. It was the third all-time highest-grossing Indian films after Aamir Khan's Hindi movies PK and Dangal, which grossed Rs 792 crore and Rs 730 crore, respectively, in the global market. Now, Baahubali 2 has beaten this record in just four days and landed in the third spot in the list.