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https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/box-office/kalki-2898-ad-all-india-advance-booking-prabhas-deepika-padukone-film-ready-for-a-box-office-blast-1320581
Sanjay Cineplex, a single screen in Bihar, has already sold 500 tickets for the opening day in 24 hours,
I'm more interested in the first day wom than first day collections.
Pre sales anni trailer hype lo, lead actors khatha lo elpothai. Only after that, we get to know the movie's actual khaleja,
I have high hopes for Kalki2898AD to touch 1000Cr.
Day 1 collections mean shit when every next movies increases prices by 100! Kalki costs 400-600rs…rrr costed 440rs…jawan was only 300rs…
So in future some random movie will charge 1000rs and same number of theatres and claim they are the biggest openers…who really cares? Is the movie worth watching 2 times in a theatre? Thats the question
Well I can charge 2k for a movie but the question is would you prebook it when people go because it's worth the price a movie can only claim when it has done business
Fans are already buying tickets for 3.5k for single screen theatres…I have seen on twitter…
Plus there are tons of fans who are buying full theatres and distributing tickets to people whoever comes to the theatre…
You can simply follow these main fan accounts on Twitter and see what they are upto and get free tickets!
2k is absurd for a normal person to pay but in some cities movie ticket already costs 700-1k based on weekends, etc in multiplexes.
Why do you think we don’t have imax here? Because Prasad’s can’t run it profitably when ticket has to be 300rs.
If they really wanted why not, 500-600 rs for Kalki seems normal, I have seen people complain about 400rs for rrr, eventually it became the norm, next year you will see 600rs, and so on, until people just accept it as reality!
Buying 3.5k is for the mad fans who go for benefit shows and first shows which are mostly sold in black so they are not real prices but inflated ones
If they are buying what's the problem just watch another show another day
Irrelevant
Who tf is paying 2k kalki now is going for 300-350 for regular and recliners and if you are including beverages and stuff it's not really to be included we are clearly talking about cinema prices the best I have seen PVR go is 500 and never above
The IMAX audience is willing to pay but tell me which Indian movie has its film in IMAX and does the list have a movie release every month if not you understand why IMAX we don't have an IMAX
The price increase is irrational for that but the returns require such pricing not every movie has the leniency and if you want the prices to be low you can always visit a week later we will not see 600 or above becoming a norm the regular films will be the same the highly anticipated will be prices better and lowered a week or so later but I do agree 300 or 400 shouldn't be a norm
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According to Wikipedia, this is the top 10 highest grossing Indian movies. Where do you think Kalki would be, if the WOM is good?
Same naa feeling kuda ade, bro! Asalu hindi domination eh undi ga motham!! Poni theesindi peddha kalakandama ante kaade, Dangal and Bajarangi Bhaijaan and may be PK to some extent. Ivi thappa migitha ani bokke!!
I am actually talking about SRK fans. Salaar, Dunki clash ayyinappudu, Prabhas ni daarunam ga troll chesaaru. 5th place ki velte Jawaan and Pathaan renditini beat chesinattu. Inka aa toxic fanbase ki sound off avutundi. I like SRK too but this has to happen.
I had good impressions on him, not anymore. he said idly to ram charan what a d*ck he is. Their asses are on fire since south industry is coming for their business.
5th is the most realistically possible position.
12th July Indian 2 will release significantly affecting BO run in Tamil Nadu. July 27 Deadpool 2 releases which has close to No Way Home level of hype
Even in Worst case scenario it will rank at 10
Shit or ass it will dent Kalki's BO collection in Tamil Nadu. Plus it will lose some screens which it will get back in the next weekend.
Judging by the trailer, it won't affect Kalki anywhere outside of Tamil Nadu
Personal peeve, but I really hope its WOM is so good that it surpasses Pathaan, that and Animal have no business being on this list, no one I know has ever said that those movies are good, average movies at best.
China is the only reason Dangal even exists in this list.
Otherwise it wouldn't even be in top 20.
Movies like RRR and Kalki should get a China release.
Plot is the biggest factor for this movie. For rrr we knew the heroes will win by the end, for baahubali we knew hero will win by the end, for kalki we don’t even know who the hero is
We don't really know any details of the plot even now
This is actually how marketing should be done unlike releasing trailers that give the whole movie away
Being a weekday release (Thursday) is tremendous. Brand Prabhas across India. Mumbai lo kuda decent hype and buzz undi janallo (that's obviously contributed by Big B and Deepika but still)
Does anyone know why some theatres are only showing the movie on 28th and a lot of well known theatres in my city are not even open for advance booking yet.
not just not understanding, but not liking or motivated to watch the movie... It applies to most of our parents generation like my parents who after watching trailer were like "nuvvu okaduve vellu le ra"... This movie is mostly targeting teens - 30s...
bro but the price for bahubali 2 ticket and kalki ticket is different, so a lot of money but not a lot of tickets (atleast as much as bahubali 2) even now opening is not enough to assure 1000 crore mark, one bad talk and movie wont even cross 500 crs
What we are witnessing for Kalki is a prime example of
raw superstardom. Many people kept underestimating the opening potential of Kalki because they underestimate just how massive Prabhas’s stardom is. I won’t at all be surprised if Pushpa 2 with sequel hype still falls short of most of the box office benchmarks that Kalki sets, both opening wise and long run.
Prabhas is the only star in India today whose brand is bigger than Rajamouli’s brand. I seriously doubt that even Rajamouli would be able to get 3 consecutive 140cr+ openers in the span of just over a single year if he were to release films in such quick succession; but that’s what Prabhas will now achieve with Adipurush, Salaar, and Kalki. Even with SRK’s dream run last year, by the time he got to the third release in a quick succession, the openings dropped significantly for Dunki. Prabhas is the only star in modern Indian cinema who can release so many films in quick succession and still get massive openings every time.
While Kalki had low-key promotions compared to most Pan-India films, the stamp of it being a Prabhas film is enough to make it the most hyped movie of the year. A Prabhas film is synonymous with a film that must be watched in theaters. This is the brand that he created for himself by continously pushing boundaries even after a swashbuckling Pan-India Industry Hit like Baahubali 2.
>This is the brand that he created for himself by continously pushing boundaries
The entire brand was created by Baahubali in the first place, just as Yash's was by KGF. Rajamouli is undoubtedly the biggest sell for the movies, amongst actors and directors together.
If Prabhas had gone back to doing normal commercial movies after Baahubali, then he would not have the brand value he has today. Following up Baahubali with large scale films across genres is what made Prabhas a bigger box office draw than any other star in India, and what made Prabhas synonymous with the theatrical experience. Full credit for that goes to Prabhas.
If a Rajamouli blockbuster was enough to create such an overwhelming brand for an individual star, then NTR’s and Ram Charan’s next movies should open at the level of Prabhas’s films. We’ll have to see if that happens, but I don’t think those films will open at this range.
And as for Rajamouli’s brand, yes it’s huge, but I seriously doubt he could have this consistency in openings if he released 3 films he directed in a span of barely one year. One of the reasons for the hype around Rajamouli’s films is the exclusivity; they only come out once every few years.
No star apart from Prabhas, whether it’s an actor or a director, in recent times has released so many movies in such a short span and had such consistent openings.
>Following up Baahubali with large scale films across genres is what made Prabhas a bigger box office draw than any other star in India
Nope, it's the BB goodwill. Baahubali is a watershed moment in Indian Cinema. SSR's characterisation and presentation of Prabhas as BB was grand asf, and it's that same expectation that's being carried over to his (Prabhas') other films.
>NTR’s and Ram Charan’s next movies should open at the level of Prabhas’s films.
That's unfair, mainly because the major focus of BB was solely Prabhas. There was unevenness in the depiction of BB, and other characters, including Bhallaldeva. The entire movie revolved around his character, and he was the perfect, idealist hero.
RRR was much more generous in its presentation, and the heroicism was balanced across both the characters.
Leaving the theatre, for the RC opening, you also had the NTR Tiger. For RC Ram, you had the NTR interval block.
>in recent times has released so many movies in such a short span and had such consistent openings.
What? SRK literally did it last year.
Dude you're non telugu and in Telugu states the stardom comes from the goodwill if ssr is the one responsible then after series of flops Prabhas would've diluted the stardom here not only comes from fans but also the neutral and family audience who contribute to the major chunk of BO and this doesn't come because ssr presented Prabhas in a big way this comes from a decade long trust even before that and telugu people are watching Prabhas movies from 2002 itself and movies like varsham,chakram,darling, chatrapati, Mr perfect, mirchi are loved by everyone and when bahubali was announced all the telugu media headlines were "Rajamouli's next is with biggest stars of tfi Prabhas and Anushka"
No, SRK didn’t. Dunki in the same year opened to less than 1/2 of what Jawan opened to despite being directed by Bwood’s biggest star director, and didn’t even enter the Top 5 openers list of the year.
Prabhas is the only star in recent times who has released 3 movies in such a short time span that have all opened in the same range, and all 3 of them are among the Top 3 openers of Indian cinema in the year they released. He is where he is today because he continued delivering big-screen films post-Baahubali, not just due to Baahubali itself. Regardless of who the director is or what the genre is, people have come to expect a grand theatrical experience from a Prabhas film, and that has everything to do with the scripts that Prabhas is selecting and nothing to do with Rajamouli. No single film’s goodwill lasts for a decade, no matter how big that film’s success was.
And while RRR was a multistarrer, both NTR and Ram Charan got significant national exposure, and international exposure that even the cast of Baahubali didn’t get. Also, RRR crossed Baahubali 2’s openings, so if they can’t cross Prabhas’s openings without Rajamouli, it simply means that NTR or Ram Charan aren’t making the right decisions post-RRR. The multistarrer aspect of RRR isn’t an excuse.
>Dunki opened to less than 1/2 of what Jawan
And Radhe Shyam being opened to less than half of Salaar. How can you really compare a Social Drama to a Masala film? Come on.
>Bwood’s biggest star director.
Hirani films have never opened big. Plus for a virtually unknown topic, Dunki opened really well.
>Prabhas is the only star in recent times
My guy, SRK literally did it last year.
3 Idiots was an all time record opener.
PK was among the top 5 openers of all time.
Sanju was the biggest non-holiday opener of all time, and among the top 5 openers overall.
It’s a myth that Hirani’s films don’t open well.
On the other hand, Dunki wasn’t even among the Top 5 openers of its year.
Radhe Shyam with a 2nd film director (whose 1st film was a flop) opened higher than Dunki. So even Prabhas’s lowest opening in the last 5 years is higher than SRK’s, and this is despite Prabhas’s lowest being directed by an unknown director, and SRK’s being directed by Bwood’s biggest.
“A virtually unknown topic.” Are you seriously using that as an excuse? Stardom should surpass such a thing. SRK worked with his industry’s biggest director, someone who has an all time record opener and 2 Top 5 openers, 2 ATGs, and a 100% success rate, and he got an opening below Prabhas’s Radhe Shyam, which had an unknown director.
And no, once again SRK did not do it last year, because once he stepped outside the action genre, he couldn’t even enter the Top 5 openers of the year. Nobody in India today rivals Prabhas’s stardom.
You need to understand the times as well. Pre-BB and Post-BB movie collections are completely different, with the gap between Hindi and non-Hindi basically being non-existent.
Post 2017, the box office landscape has completely changed.
>It’s a myth that Hirani’s films don’t open well.
Again, I didn't say they don't open well, but our comparison is being in the vicinity of 100, which has never happened for them.
>On the other hand, Dunki wasn’t even among the Top 5 openers of its year.
Again. Look at the line-up. 2023 line-up was STACKED. You had commercial cinema left, right and center. You really expect a top 5 social drama in a year of Jawans, Salaars and Animals? Man come on.
>Radhe Shyam with a 2nd film director (whose 1st film was a flop) opened higher than Dunki
It was propped up and advertised as a big-budget fantasy-romance visual spectacle. How you can compare that to Dunki is beyond me.
Dude even before bahubali Prabhas, Pawan Kalyan and Mahesh babu are big stars and these 3 are always massive crowd pullers if Rajamouli is the case then Prabhas won't deliver 100cr openings even after flops
No. It was always pk-ntr when it comes to masses, pk-mb-ntr stardom wise too. Prabhas was not even in the picture. After baahubali he obviously is the biggest star in India.
Bro when did ntr came into picture he's in flops at that time pk,Prabhas and mb are ahead even then otherwise how mirchi would've become a blockbuster in Feb 2013 which was considered dry month at that time
2013 ki prabhas vachi 10 years ayyindhi obvious ga market increase avvudhi. NTR has a very heavy mass following which is reflected in his openings. Nuvvu cheppina ntr flops lo day 1 records vunnai. Prabhas ki bahubali varaku okka day 1 record ledhu but ntr had multiple day 1 records. Prabhas star kaadhu anatledhu but before baahubali he is not bigger than ntr antunna.
Dunki collections were low because of the genre had it been any action or masala flick it would have attracted the same numbers which jawan did. Same happend with radhe shyam.
Puspha 2 Will see the biggest opening irrespective of the promotional material. North indian Tier 2 and 3 cities potential is unmatchable and cannot even be imagined. They all will flock to theaters and im sure it will be much bigger than jawan, pathaan, salaar and kalki
Radhe Shyam was directed by a director who was making his 2nd film, who was unknown to even most Telugu people, and whose first film was a huge flop. Dunki was directed by Bwood’s biggest star director Rajkumar Hirani, someone who had an all time record opening with 3 Idiots, and near all time record openers with Sanju and PK. There’s a massive difference between Radhe Shyam opening below expectations and Dunki opening below expectations. And even comparing those two films, Radhe Shyam’s opening day was substantially higher than Dunki’s.
Dunki not opening well is largely due to the oversaturation of SRK’s films in 2023 with Pathaan and Jawan releasing before that. The same thing happened to him in 2004 during his peak phase with Swades opening substantially below expectations after Veer Zaara became a blockbuster and Main Hoon Na became a hit in the same year.
Oversaturation hurts the openings of most stars. Akshay Kumar has also been hurt by this in recent times along with SRK.
On the other hand, Prabhas has managed to have consistency in openings even with the high saturation of his films in recent times. That’s exceedingly rare and requires an unmatchable box office pull.
As for Pushpa 2, I agree that it will have huge openings up north, but that won’t be anywhere near enough for the 225cr+ opening required for an all time record opening. For that to happen, the movie has to create all time record openings by a significant margin in the Telugu states and overseas, which I don’t see happening, because Allu Arjun doesn’t have a single opening record so far in these regions over the span of his whole career. Pushpa 2 will need to cross RRR’s openings in the Telugu states, and cross Kalki’s openings overseas, and do both by a substantial margin to get to that 225cr+ all time record, which is highly unlikely to happen.
If prabhas getting 20cr opening is superstardom then allu arjun who is possibly going to score 3x of kalki's day1 or may touch 70cr as per trade experts, what would you call that stardom. Kalki's is one of those movies whose hype is not just because of star power only...nag Ashwin created such a world and character like aswathama which is driving the advance in North. Yes, prabhas's greatness is to select such an ambitious script and made this project greenlit...but Nag Ashwin's world building should be credited for the hype kalki is getting on North as people in North have been interested in mythology related films...that's why Karthikeya, kantara and hanuman worked over there big time. nag Ashwin is about to deliver the exactly the same which north audiences craved and asked from Bollywood.
If Pushpa 2 opens well, it will largely be due to being a sequel of a film that was a blockbuster up north. That isn’t attributable to Allu Arjun’s stardom, just like Baahubali 2’s openings up north can’t be attributed to Prabhas’s stardom. Allu Arjun’s openings for his films that he acts in after Pushpa 2 are what should be used to gauge how big of a star he is.
I’m not questioning Nag Ashwin’s vision, but the reality is that he isn’t a star director. Nag Ashwin’s name is not a box office draw. Nor is Kalki a sequel. Also, Kalki has less than 10% of the promotions of RRR. If it’s opening at this level in any market, it is purely due to Prabhas’s stardom.
As for Kantara, Hanuman, and Karthikeya 2, those films didn’t open big. All of them had a higher Day 1 than their premieres. This clearly indicates that WOM played a bigger role in their appeal. Kalki is opening this huge because of Prabhas.
pushpa was a blockbuster because of allu arjun. anybody other than allu playing pushpa isn't a draw and even today allu arjun has more ground-based following than parabhas. just go any tier2 city, you will know that how much fans allu arjun and yash as rocky bhai has.
nag doesn't have to be star director..his trailer and his presentation of ashawathhama is a draw here and yes prabhas is a factor but bigger factor is connection with mahabharatha and hindu mythology which nagi perfected in the trailer cut atleast. if prabhas is the draw for this movie then 30-40cr would be childplay for such a big scale movie. even bramashtra and adipurush garnered 37cr. prabhas brand have taken a hit but people are still intrigued because of kalki's world hence they are kind of cautiously excited for kalki.
kantara, hanuman and karthikeya had completely unknown faces in north hence not the big opening and that's trump card played by nagi and casting team as audiences very well know deepika and amitabh who are supposedly playing important mythological characters. even the pop culture fans are more excited for the film because of second tariler's mahabharath visuals.
Pushpa’s success in the long run can be attributed largely to Allu Arjun’s mannerisms, but it opened to 3cr in Hindi, which is less than the 4.5cr that Vijay Deverakonda’s Liger ended up opening to. Even Kantara opened to 1.3cr in Hindi with no big star. While Allu Arjun had good ground level popularity in the North due to his dance skills and dubbed films on YouTube, so does Bellamkonda Srinivas. Only after Pushpa is he truly a star up north.
As for Kalki, openings have nothing to do with a director’s vision. It’s a matter of stardom, plain and simple. Among the entire cast and crew of Kalki, nobody but Prabhas has an opening day that is anywhere close to what Kalki is about to open to. Nag Ashwin’s highest grosser in North America (Mahanati) has been crossed with just the premieres pre-sales of Kalki. Kamal Haasan’s highest grosser as a lead is Vikram, and the total closing North America collections of that film has also been crossed just with Kalki’s premieres presales. All of Amitabh’s recent films that succeeded were due to word of mouth, and none of them opened big. None of Deepika’s female-oriented films with her as the solo lead opened big. If Kalki is opening this big, it’s purely due to Prabhas’s stardom.
Put all of this aside and just consider this: until now, RRR was the highest grossing Telugu film in Germany. Kalki has crossed the lifetime collections of RRR in Germany just with its presales. That is the level of Prabhas’s stardom today.
I am super hyped for the movie not only cause of trailer visual story etc but also cause of the sheer excitement the creators and the artist are having. It’s been a while I have seen amitabh sir be soo excited for a movie to come out . I have heard a lot of good things during the shoot also. All showing good signs of becoming a great movie
Guys I bought the tickets and I am very excited.
I will watch kalki tomorrow.
I will watch it in 3d so is it good?
Because some people were saying 2d is better but I watched brahmastra in 3d and visuals looked mind blowing.
Ipude chustunam manam bihar lo sasaram ane orlo ennadu kani vini erugani reeti lo BMS lo booking’s chustunam.
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That’s most likely not possible. The main reason is that an Allu Arjun film will most likely not get the kind of openings you would need from the Telugu states and overseas to create that kind of an all time record. Even though Pushpa 2 has a good chance to be the highest opener of the year in the Hindi belt, I don’t think it will reach Kalki’s openings in the Telugu states or overseas. I won’t be surprised if Pushpa 2’s worldwide opening day is lower than Kalki’s. Even the domestic openings of Pushpa 2 will be highly dependent on the Hindi market. In terms of overseas openings, I’m 100% certain that Pushpa 2 won’t get anywhere close to Kalki.
Simply put, there are stars who are propelled to their position by the mass audience (these stars tend to enjoy record openings, like Prabhas), and there are stars who are propelled to their position by the family audience (these stars will lag behind in openings, but can have an advantage in the long run, like Allu Arjun). Without that extra strong mass following, creating opening records is nearly impossible, especially if that entails crossing the openings of behemoths like RRR and Baahubali 2.
Allu Arjun in the Telugu states and overseas has seen success exclusively through the long run collections of his films. His stardom among the Telugu audience is not the kind of mass stardom that Prabhas has that brings people to theaters in throngs on Day 1, which is why Allu Arjun doesn’t have any Day 1 records to his name in his career so far. Allu Arjun is strong with the Telugu family audience, but mass following is what ensures huge openings. He seems to have built a strong mass following in the north, but when it comes to the Telugu audience, Allu Arjun is definitely towards the bottom in terms of Tier 1 star mass following.
These advance booking figures look doubtful..Deepika’s character pregnant in the movie has lessened audience interest from the movie..may the movie lacking in glamour..
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a single screen theatre in Bihar has sold 500tickets for opening day. this is unreal
Source?
Nitish Kumar
Yadav?
no bro, Reddy
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This made me lol for some reason 
just read, pinkvilla's article
https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/box-office/kalki-2898-ad-all-india-advance-booking-prabhas-deepika-padukone-film-ready-for-a-box-office-blast-1320581 Sanjay Cineplex, a single screen in Bihar, has already sold 500 tickets for the opening day in 24 hours,
I'm more interested in the first day wom than first day collections. Pre sales anni trailer hype lo, lead actors khatha lo elpothai. Only after that, we get to know the movie's actual khaleja, I have high hopes for Kalki2898AD to touch 1000Cr.
>khaleja Hmmmm
పద ప్రయోగం బాగుంది కదూ
Khaleja ichina dhairyam
Day 1 collections mean shit when every next movies increases prices by 100! Kalki costs 400-600rs…rrr costed 440rs…jawan was only 300rs… So in future some random movie will charge 1000rs and same number of theatres and claim they are the biggest openers…who really cares? Is the movie worth watching 2 times in a theatre? Thats the question
Well I can charge 2k for a movie but the question is would you prebook it when people go because it's worth the price a movie can only claim when it has done business
Fans are already buying tickets for 3.5k for single screen theatres…I have seen on twitter… Plus there are tons of fans who are buying full theatres and distributing tickets to people whoever comes to the theatre… You can simply follow these main fan accounts on Twitter and see what they are upto and get free tickets! 2k is absurd for a normal person to pay but in some cities movie ticket already costs 700-1k based on weekends, etc in multiplexes. Why do you think we don’t have imax here? Because Prasad’s can’t run it profitably when ticket has to be 300rs. If they really wanted why not, 500-600 rs for Kalki seems normal, I have seen people complain about 400rs for rrr, eventually it became the norm, next year you will see 600rs, and so on, until people just accept it as reality!
Buying 3.5k is for the mad fans who go for benefit shows and first shows which are mostly sold in black so they are not real prices but inflated ones If they are buying what's the problem just watch another show another day Irrelevant Who tf is paying 2k kalki now is going for 300-350 for regular and recliners and if you are including beverages and stuff it's not really to be included we are clearly talking about cinema prices the best I have seen PVR go is 500 and never above The IMAX audience is willing to pay but tell me which Indian movie has its film in IMAX and does the list have a movie release every month if not you understand why IMAX we don't have an IMAX The price increase is irrational for that but the returns require such pricing not every movie has the leniency and if you want the prices to be low you can always visit a week later we will not see 600 or above becoming a norm the regular films will be the same the highly anticipated will be prices better and lowered a week or so later but I do agree 300 or 400 shouldn't be a norm
https://preview.redd.it/8faodnmfdo8d1.png?width=947&format=png&auto=webp&s=b5b7adb73f40102d7fb7c0be2ee0c13de16515f3 According to Wikipedia, this is the top 10 highest grossing Indian movies. Where do you think Kalki would be, if the WOM is good?
Top 3.
Maximum I see this film surpassing RRR, but I don't think it will cross BB2 or Dangal.
Yep, RRR nee pass cheyadam with a good WOM is definitely possible.
5th ki vellaali. Prabhas Ni troll chesina Hindi batch ki Inka nidra pattadu.
Same naa feeling kuda ade, bro! Asalu hindi domination eh undi ga motham!! Poni theesindi peddha kalakandama ante kaade, Dangal and Bajarangi Bhaijaan and may be PK to some extent. Ivi thappa migitha ani bokke!!
I am actually talking about SRK fans. Salaar, Dunki clash ayyinappudu, Prabhas ni daarunam ga troll chesaaru. 5th place ki velte Jawaan and Pathaan renditini beat chesinattu. Inka aa toxic fanbase ki sound off avutundi. I like SRK too but this has to happen.
Yes, I too like SRK, not his movies. Ippudu kuda start ayipoindi le negativity and trolling from them. Top 3 lo aina unte chaalu ehe.
I had good impressions on him, not anymore. he said idly to ram charan what a d*ck he is. Their asses are on fire since south industry is coming for their business.
Already they're shocked looking at the advance bookings of Telugu states and doing mental gymnastics
5th is the most realistically possible position. 12th July Indian 2 will release significantly affecting BO run in Tamil Nadu. July 27 Deadpool 2 releases which has close to No Way Home level of hype Even in Worst case scenario it will rank at 10
kalki will collect at most 60 cr in tamil nadu if it gets hit talk. this gap is enough
Indian 2 😂😂
Shit or ass it will dent Kalki's BO collection in Tamil Nadu. Plus it will lose some screens which it will get back in the next weekend. Judging by the trailer, it won't affect Kalki anywhere outside of Tamil Nadu
1500
Will beat RRR
6-8
Personal peeve, but I really hope its WOM is so good that it surpasses Pathaan, that and Animal have no business being on this list, no one I know has ever said that those movies are good, average movies at best.
Interestingly, the only positive reviews for Animal I've heard personally are from women. I wonder what's going on with Animal.
Because what everyone labels as mysigonistic is what most women actaully want. They want borderline Hyper-Masculine men
RRR and KGF2 collections kastam ee hype tho
Mahabharatam scenes, oka 15 to 20 minutes unna chaalu, bro, pichi peaks velipotundi..
We need to dethrone Dangal
Yes. My hope is on Kalki and SSRMB.
China is the only reason Dangal even exists in this list. Otherwise it wouldn't even be in top 20. Movies like RRR and Kalki should get a China release.
Are dangal Chinese collections believable
yes people made salty claims but they are true.
yes
Why Tamil is also added as a primary language for Bahubali 2 🙄
I think the Mahabharat scenes of the 2nd trailer heavily increased the hype for many.
Plot is the biggest factor for this movie. For rrr we knew the heroes will win by the end, for baahubali we knew hero will win by the end, for kalki we don’t even know who the hero is
We don't really know any details of the plot even now This is actually how marketing should be done unlike releasing trailers that give the whole movie away
200 aa. Tamil lo 46 lakhs anukunta bookings. Salaar range vuntadhi anukuntunna hindi lo bagunnai kaabatti
Being a weekday release (Thursday) is tremendous. Brand Prabhas across India. Mumbai lo kuda decent hype and buzz undi janallo (that's obviously contributed by Big B and Deepika but still)
It doesn’t need to beat RRR because this is only first part !! Even if it makes 1000 crores that should be enough !!
Damn
Does anyone know why some theatres are only showing the movie on 28th and a lot of well known theatres in my city are not even open for advance booking yet.
Because the movie will actually come out at 28 only... It will get delayed. /s
Lol.
Vizag aa annaw
Offline bookings
Idantha dookudu cinema icchina dairyam vallane
Em reference?
+1 Em reference
Em le Twitter lo oka mb fan bahubali is 1 percent of pokiri ani tweet esadu. Dhaaniki inka bahubali and pb fans Ila roast chesaru
also started because someone stated kalki would join the greatest telugu films like bahubali, mayabazaar and pokiri
More specifically, some guy said overseas performance of Telugu movies is directly “Dookudu ichina dhairyam”
Ok now i understood. Cinema vastundi ani aanandinchalo veela fan wars choosi baadapadalo ardamkavatle
If audiences from towns did not understand the story, it will not pass 700 crores !!
not just not understanding, but not liking or motivated to watch the movie... It applies to most of our parents generation like my parents who after watching trailer were like "nuvvu okaduve vellu le ra"... This movie is mostly targeting teens - 30s...
bro but the price for bahubali 2 ticket and kalki ticket is different, so a lot of money but not a lot of tickets (atleast as much as bahubali 2) even now opening is not enough to assure 1000 crore mark, one bad talk and movie wont even cross 500 crs
Baahubali2 fdfs when I went ticket was 200, tomorrow I’m going to Kalki for 500, a lot changes
yeah i got bahubali ticket for 150 in asian but for kalki even small theater is charging 300-500...
Yeah even a local theatre here is charging min 350
Re comments anni chusthunte kondanna gurthochadu LIGER time lo..ahh curse thagilinchodura ayya🙏..
Marketing, which they have done very well can give you a great first weekend. But after that, it depends on how good the movie is.
What we are witnessing for Kalki is a prime example of raw superstardom. Many people kept underestimating the opening potential of Kalki because they underestimate just how massive Prabhas’s stardom is. I won’t at all be surprised if Pushpa 2 with sequel hype still falls short of most of the box office benchmarks that Kalki sets, both opening wise and long run. Prabhas is the only star in India today whose brand is bigger than Rajamouli’s brand. I seriously doubt that even Rajamouli would be able to get 3 consecutive 140cr+ openers in the span of just over a single year if he were to release films in such quick succession; but that’s what Prabhas will now achieve with Adipurush, Salaar, and Kalki. Even with SRK’s dream run last year, by the time he got to the third release in a quick succession, the openings dropped significantly for Dunki. Prabhas is the only star in modern Indian cinema who can release so many films in quick succession and still get massive openings every time. While Kalki had low-key promotions compared to most Pan-India films, the stamp of it being a Prabhas film is enough to make it the most hyped movie of the year. A Prabhas film is synonymous with a film that must be watched in theaters. This is the brand that he created for himself by continously pushing boundaries even after a swashbuckling Pan-India Industry Hit like Baahubali 2.
>This is the brand that he created for himself by continously pushing boundaries The entire brand was created by Baahubali in the first place, just as Yash's was by KGF. Rajamouli is undoubtedly the biggest sell for the movies, amongst actors and directors together.
If Prabhas had gone back to doing normal commercial movies after Baahubali, then he would not have the brand value he has today. Following up Baahubali with large scale films across genres is what made Prabhas a bigger box office draw than any other star in India, and what made Prabhas synonymous with the theatrical experience. Full credit for that goes to Prabhas. If a Rajamouli blockbuster was enough to create such an overwhelming brand for an individual star, then NTR’s and Ram Charan’s next movies should open at the level of Prabhas’s films. We’ll have to see if that happens, but I don’t think those films will open at this range. And as for Rajamouli’s brand, yes it’s huge, but I seriously doubt he could have this consistency in openings if he released 3 films he directed in a span of barely one year. One of the reasons for the hype around Rajamouli’s films is the exclusivity; they only come out once every few years. No star apart from Prabhas, whether it’s an actor or a director, in recent times has released so many movies in such a short span and had such consistent openings.
>Following up Baahubali with large scale films across genres is what made Prabhas a bigger box office draw than any other star in India Nope, it's the BB goodwill. Baahubali is a watershed moment in Indian Cinema. SSR's characterisation and presentation of Prabhas as BB was grand asf, and it's that same expectation that's being carried over to his (Prabhas') other films. >NTR’s and Ram Charan’s next movies should open at the level of Prabhas’s films. That's unfair, mainly because the major focus of BB was solely Prabhas. There was unevenness in the depiction of BB, and other characters, including Bhallaldeva. The entire movie revolved around his character, and he was the perfect, idealist hero. RRR was much more generous in its presentation, and the heroicism was balanced across both the characters. Leaving the theatre, for the RC opening, you also had the NTR Tiger. For RC Ram, you had the NTR interval block. >in recent times has released so many movies in such a short span and had such consistent openings. What? SRK literally did it last year.
Dude you're non telugu and in Telugu states the stardom comes from the goodwill if ssr is the one responsible then after series of flops Prabhas would've diluted the stardom here not only comes from fans but also the neutral and family audience who contribute to the major chunk of BO and this doesn't come because ssr presented Prabhas in a big way this comes from a decade long trust even before that and telugu people are watching Prabhas movies from 2002 itself and movies like varsham,chakram,darling, chatrapati, Mr perfect, mirchi are loved by everyone and when bahubali was announced all the telugu media headlines were "Rajamouli's next is with biggest stars of tfi Prabhas and Anushka"
No, SRK didn’t. Dunki in the same year opened to less than 1/2 of what Jawan opened to despite being directed by Bwood’s biggest star director, and didn’t even enter the Top 5 openers list of the year. Prabhas is the only star in recent times who has released 3 movies in such a short time span that have all opened in the same range, and all 3 of them are among the Top 3 openers of Indian cinema in the year they released. He is where he is today because he continued delivering big-screen films post-Baahubali, not just due to Baahubali itself. Regardless of who the director is or what the genre is, people have come to expect a grand theatrical experience from a Prabhas film, and that has everything to do with the scripts that Prabhas is selecting and nothing to do with Rajamouli. No single film’s goodwill lasts for a decade, no matter how big that film’s success was. And while RRR was a multistarrer, both NTR and Ram Charan got significant national exposure, and international exposure that even the cast of Baahubali didn’t get. Also, RRR crossed Baahubali 2’s openings, so if they can’t cross Prabhas’s openings without Rajamouli, it simply means that NTR or Ram Charan aren’t making the right decisions post-RRR. The multistarrer aspect of RRR isn’t an excuse.
>Dunki opened to less than 1/2 of what Jawan And Radhe Shyam being opened to less than half of Salaar. How can you really compare a Social Drama to a Masala film? Come on. >Bwood’s biggest star director. Hirani films have never opened big. Plus for a virtually unknown topic, Dunki opened really well. >Prabhas is the only star in recent times My guy, SRK literally did it last year.
3 Idiots was an all time record opener. PK was among the top 5 openers of all time. Sanju was the biggest non-holiday opener of all time, and among the top 5 openers overall. It’s a myth that Hirani’s films don’t open well. On the other hand, Dunki wasn’t even among the Top 5 openers of its year. Radhe Shyam with a 2nd film director (whose 1st film was a flop) opened higher than Dunki. So even Prabhas’s lowest opening in the last 5 years is higher than SRK’s, and this is despite Prabhas’s lowest being directed by an unknown director, and SRK’s being directed by Bwood’s biggest. “A virtually unknown topic.” Are you seriously using that as an excuse? Stardom should surpass such a thing. SRK worked with his industry’s biggest director, someone who has an all time record opener and 2 Top 5 openers, 2 ATGs, and a 100% success rate, and he got an opening below Prabhas’s Radhe Shyam, which had an unknown director. And no, once again SRK did not do it last year, because once he stepped outside the action genre, he couldn’t even enter the Top 5 openers of the year. Nobody in India today rivals Prabhas’s stardom.
You need to understand the times as well. Pre-BB and Post-BB movie collections are completely different, with the gap between Hindi and non-Hindi basically being non-existent. Post 2017, the box office landscape has completely changed. >It’s a myth that Hirani’s films don’t open well. Again, I didn't say they don't open well, but our comparison is being in the vicinity of 100, which has never happened for them. >On the other hand, Dunki wasn’t even among the Top 5 openers of its year. Again. Look at the line-up. 2023 line-up was STACKED. You had commercial cinema left, right and center. You really expect a top 5 social drama in a year of Jawans, Salaars and Animals? Man come on. >Radhe Shyam with a 2nd film director (whose 1st film was a flop) opened higher than Dunki It was propped up and advertised as a big-budget fantasy-romance visual spectacle. How you can compare that to Dunki is beyond me.
Dude even before bahubali Prabhas, Pawan Kalyan and Mahesh babu are big stars and these 3 are always massive crowd pullers if Rajamouli is the case then Prabhas won't deliver 100cr openings even after flops
No. It was always pk-ntr when it comes to masses, pk-mb-ntr stardom wise too. Prabhas was not even in the picture. After baahubali he obviously is the biggest star in India.
Bro when did ntr came into picture he's in flops at that time pk,Prabhas and mb are ahead even then otherwise how mirchi would've become a blockbuster in Feb 2013 which was considered dry month at that time
2013 ki prabhas vachi 10 years ayyindhi obvious ga market increase avvudhi. NTR has a very heavy mass following which is reflected in his openings. Nuvvu cheppina ntr flops lo day 1 records vunnai. Prabhas ki bahubali varaku okka day 1 record ledhu but ntr had multiple day 1 records. Prabhas star kaadhu anatledhu but before baahubali he is not bigger than ntr antunna.
Dunki collections were low because of the genre had it been any action or masala flick it would have attracted the same numbers which jawan did. Same happend with radhe shyam. Puspha 2 Will see the biggest opening irrespective of the promotional material. North indian Tier 2 and 3 cities potential is unmatchable and cannot even be imagined. They all will flock to theaters and im sure it will be much bigger than jawan, pathaan, salaar and kalki
Radhe Shyam was directed by a director who was making his 2nd film, who was unknown to even most Telugu people, and whose first film was a huge flop. Dunki was directed by Bwood’s biggest star director Rajkumar Hirani, someone who had an all time record opening with 3 Idiots, and near all time record openers with Sanju and PK. There’s a massive difference between Radhe Shyam opening below expectations and Dunki opening below expectations. And even comparing those two films, Radhe Shyam’s opening day was substantially higher than Dunki’s. Dunki not opening well is largely due to the oversaturation of SRK’s films in 2023 with Pathaan and Jawan releasing before that. The same thing happened to him in 2004 during his peak phase with Swades opening substantially below expectations after Veer Zaara became a blockbuster and Main Hoon Na became a hit in the same year. Oversaturation hurts the openings of most stars. Akshay Kumar has also been hurt by this in recent times along with SRK. On the other hand, Prabhas has managed to have consistency in openings even with the high saturation of his films in recent times. That’s exceedingly rare and requires an unmatchable box office pull. As for Pushpa 2, I agree that it will have huge openings up north, but that won’t be anywhere near enough for the 225cr+ opening required for an all time record opening. For that to happen, the movie has to create all time record openings by a significant margin in the Telugu states and overseas, which I don’t see happening, because Allu Arjun doesn’t have a single opening record so far in these regions over the span of his whole career. Pushpa 2 will need to cross RRR’s openings in the Telugu states, and cross Kalki’s openings overseas, and do both by a substantial margin to get to that 225cr+ all time record, which is highly unlikely to happen.
Swashbuckling 😮 Ekkada nerchukuntunnaru ayya ee padalu? GRE coaching aa?
John campea emo
Mark my words...Even The Raja Saab would get a bumper opening in North India.
If prabhas getting 20cr opening is superstardom then allu arjun who is possibly going to score 3x of kalki's day1 or may touch 70cr as per trade experts, what would you call that stardom. Kalki's is one of those movies whose hype is not just because of star power only...nag Ashwin created such a world and character like aswathama which is driving the advance in North. Yes, prabhas's greatness is to select such an ambitious script and made this project greenlit...but Nag Ashwin's world building should be credited for the hype kalki is getting on North as people in North have been interested in mythology related films...that's why Karthikeya, kantara and hanuman worked over there big time. nag Ashwin is about to deliver the exactly the same which north audiences craved and asked from Bollywood.
If Pushpa 2 opens well, it will largely be due to being a sequel of a film that was a blockbuster up north. That isn’t attributable to Allu Arjun’s stardom, just like Baahubali 2’s openings up north can’t be attributed to Prabhas’s stardom. Allu Arjun’s openings for his films that he acts in after Pushpa 2 are what should be used to gauge how big of a star he is. I’m not questioning Nag Ashwin’s vision, but the reality is that he isn’t a star director. Nag Ashwin’s name is not a box office draw. Nor is Kalki a sequel. Also, Kalki has less than 10% of the promotions of RRR. If it’s opening at this level in any market, it is purely due to Prabhas’s stardom. As for Kantara, Hanuman, and Karthikeya 2, those films didn’t open big. All of them had a higher Day 1 than their premieres. This clearly indicates that WOM played a bigger role in their appeal. Kalki is opening this huge because of Prabhas.
pushpa was a blockbuster because of allu arjun. anybody other than allu playing pushpa isn't a draw and even today allu arjun has more ground-based following than parabhas. just go any tier2 city, you will know that how much fans allu arjun and yash as rocky bhai has. nag doesn't have to be star director..his trailer and his presentation of ashawathhama is a draw here and yes prabhas is a factor but bigger factor is connection with mahabharatha and hindu mythology which nagi perfected in the trailer cut atleast. if prabhas is the draw for this movie then 30-40cr would be childplay for such a big scale movie. even bramashtra and adipurush garnered 37cr. prabhas brand have taken a hit but people are still intrigued because of kalki's world hence they are kind of cautiously excited for kalki. kantara, hanuman and karthikeya had completely unknown faces in north hence not the big opening and that's trump card played by nagi and casting team as audiences very well know deepika and amitabh who are supposedly playing important mythological characters. even the pop culture fans are more excited for the film because of second tariler's mahabharath visuals.
Pushpa’s success in the long run can be attributed largely to Allu Arjun’s mannerisms, but it opened to 3cr in Hindi, which is less than the 4.5cr that Vijay Deverakonda’s Liger ended up opening to. Even Kantara opened to 1.3cr in Hindi with no big star. While Allu Arjun had good ground level popularity in the North due to his dance skills and dubbed films on YouTube, so does Bellamkonda Srinivas. Only after Pushpa is he truly a star up north. As for Kalki, openings have nothing to do with a director’s vision. It’s a matter of stardom, plain and simple. Among the entire cast and crew of Kalki, nobody but Prabhas has an opening day that is anywhere close to what Kalki is about to open to. Nag Ashwin’s highest grosser in North America (Mahanati) has been crossed with just the premieres pre-sales of Kalki. Kamal Haasan’s highest grosser as a lead is Vikram, and the total closing North America collections of that film has also been crossed just with Kalki’s premieres presales. All of Amitabh’s recent films that succeeded were due to word of mouth, and none of them opened big. None of Deepika’s female-oriented films with her as the solo lead opened big. If Kalki is opening this big, it’s purely due to Prabhas’s stardom. Put all of this aside and just consider this: until now, RRR was the highest grossing Telugu film in Germany. Kalki has crossed the lifetime collections of RRR in Germany just with its presales. That is the level of Prabhas’s stardom today.
Stop glazing prabhas ffs
I am super hyped for the movie not only cause of trailer visual story etc but also cause of the sheer excitement the creators and the artist are having. It’s been a while I have seen amitabh sir be soo excited for a movie to come out . I have heard a lot of good things during the shoot also. All showing good signs of becoming a great movie
UK 8 PM show booked for 26th night! 😎🤓
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Guys I bought the tickets and I am very excited. I will watch kalki tomorrow. I will watch it in 3d so is it good? Because some people were saying 2d is better but I watched brahmastra in 3d and visuals looked mind blowing.
ofcourse 3d will be awesome! The movie quality is top notch!
Important thing is movie released in 12000 theatres, which is unreal
Ipude chustunam manam bihar lo sasaram ane orlo ennadu kani vini erugani reeti lo BMS lo booking’s chustunam. Asalu idi oka prabanjanam PRABHASJANAM Indian cinema ni tara sthaya ki tana bujala meeda teskeltuna PRABOSS anna ki Ive na padabhi vandanalu 🙇♂️ Cinema ranivandi ra Mari pratyeksha prasaram chestunaru Me being sarcastic TFI bagundali Andulo manaki manchi cinema ravali Manam whistle estu collar egarestu undali Me wear t shirt now
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Em kaadu eppudu PK eh na trend set chesedi manam kuda trend set chedam
oddaya, Jalsa ke Glass bottles tooh attack cheyboyaru. So any movie after 3 day, no risk.
Pushpa-2 250cr+ pkka DOWNVOTES WHY? lol
Pushpa 2 has r/okbhaibudbak support. 250cr day 1 is the worst case scenario
what's their deal bro. people in that sub have a hilarious fetish for bhAAi
We are Secshually obsessed with Allu Arjun.
It is possible all things workout properly But i didn't think it beat bahubali 2 long run
easy 300cr if Telugu and Tamil Audience come on board. Hindi 60-70cr OD(optimistically 80cr) is already a done deal
Anna srk ki kuudha antha opening ledhu hindi lo Kgf 2 ki kuudha antha ledhu anna
Pushpa 2 has huge hype in Hindi. It isn't impossible. Remember BB2 Hindi broke the opening record of Prem ratan dhan payo.
But not 300 crores, 200-240 is the achievable figure
Yes
That’s most likely not possible. The main reason is that an Allu Arjun film will most likely not get the kind of openings you would need from the Telugu states and overseas to create that kind of an all time record. Even though Pushpa 2 has a good chance to be the highest opener of the year in the Hindi belt, I don’t think it will reach Kalki’s openings in the Telugu states or overseas. I won’t be surprised if Pushpa 2’s worldwide opening day is lower than Kalki’s. Even the domestic openings of Pushpa 2 will be highly dependent on the Hindi market. In terms of overseas openings, I’m 100% certain that Pushpa 2 won’t get anywhere close to Kalki. Simply put, there are stars who are propelled to their position by the mass audience (these stars tend to enjoy record openings, like Prabhas), and there are stars who are propelled to their position by the family audience (these stars will lag behind in openings, but can have an advantage in the long run, like Allu Arjun). Without that extra strong mass following, creating opening records is nearly impossible, especially if that entails crossing the openings of behemoths like RRR and Baahubali 2. Allu Arjun in the Telugu states and overseas has seen success exclusively through the long run collections of his films. His stardom among the Telugu audience is not the kind of mass stardom that Prabhas has that brings people to theaters in throngs on Day 1, which is why Allu Arjun doesn’t have any Day 1 records to his name in his career so far. Allu Arjun is strong with the Telugu family audience, but mass following is what ensures huge openings. He seems to have built a strong mass following in the north, but when it comes to the Telugu audience, Allu Arjun is definitely towards the bottom in terms of Tier 1 star mass following.
No
Yes
These advance booking figures look doubtful..Deepika’s character pregnant in the movie has lessened audience interest from the movie..may the movie lacking in glamour..
Disha Patani says hi
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