Baahubali Box Office Collections in India: Hindi, Telugu, Tamil

SS Rajamouli’s Telugu film Baahubali has recorded the highest single day and opening day collections in the history of Indian Cinema. The film has collected close to Rs 50 crore, out of which the Hindi version (presented by Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions) has contributed Rs 5.1 crore and the collections from the Telugu version alone was around the 31-32 crore mark.

Baahubali has also opened to extraordinary collections in Tamilnadu, Karnataka and Kerala. In Karnataka, all three versions (Hindi, Telugu and Tamil) were released in cities like Bangalore and all three were running to decent occupancies throughout the day.

What makes the Day 1 collections of Bahubali truly staggering is the fact that the film released on a non-holiday. Previously, the biggest single day grosser was Shah Rukh Khan’s Happy New Year and that film released a day after the Diwali holiday, arguably the best day for film business in India.

Even though the film is performing well in states that are not affected by Ramadan, the impact is still there and this is what makes the Day 1 collections of Baahubali mind-boggling.

The Mumbai circuit collections of the Hindi version is around the 2.5 crore mark, which is by far the highest for a dubbed film.

‘Baahubali’ has also opened well in the overseas markets and the global box office collections of the film could have crossed the 60 crore mark.

Note: The entertainment tax for Telugu films in Andhra Pradesh is 15%, whereas Hindi films pay more than 3 times the entertainment tax in a major state like Maharastra. So the ‘gross’ collections (including entertainment tax) of Happy New Year is still the highest, but when it comes to net collections (after deducting entertainment tax) and distributors share (after deducting exhibitors / theatre share), Baahubali is the highest single day grosser in the history of Indian Cinema.

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163 Comments

  • This is Huge and what’s heartening to see is that the film is being appreciated so much by critics and audiences…
    Hope Bollywood makes more such ambitious films in future.

  • Happy new year 1st day worldwide collection was more than Bahubali’s worldwide. Correct your article. Next week Salman Bhai will create biggest history. mark my words

  • Bhai fans on twitter are shocked seeing bahubali’s collections and have started accusing the producers of bahubali for “Manipulation”

  • Waiting for Bajrangi Bhaijaan.
    I am sure that BB would be great movie to watch.. I would touch everyone’s soul..
    A content rich movie BB…
    EPIC BLOCKBUSTER IS COMING NEXT FRIDAY

  • Well this is a good example of why this whole excuse of ramadan/pre-eid period is a bad time to release a movie. In other words, if BB opens to anything less than 35cr day 1 would be considered a disappointment for the so called biggest superstar in the country.

  • Bahubali movie’s writer also writes Bajrangi Bhaijaan..
    A great writer great director megastar actor superb actress =
    Historical Blockbuster

  • Srk lost his one and only box office record LOL. If HNY had released on non holiday then it wont have crossed 30 crore on day 1.

  • this is the power of South movie , good it will run almost 2 weeks of now all over the world , happy that Salman’s movie get less numbers of Hall .

  • Baahubali’s first day gross Worldwide is 60 crore !
    SECOND HIGHEST FOR AN INDIAN FILM EVER !
    FIRST IS HAPPY NEW YEAR 77 CRORE GROSS Worldwide
    Even film of SRK’s fan Prabhas (Prabhas told in an interview that he is a big srk fan) has done more than kick +jai ho first day .
    lolowa ki ki ki ki Sallu fans tongue emoticon
    SRK FANS > SALMAN .
    If u wanna watch good film in Eid
    There are 2 options before u :
    1. Rajamouli’s ?#?Bahubali?
    2. Raees actress mahira Khan’s ?#?BinRoye?

  • This is HUGE. Way to go Rajamouli sir. We need more visionaries like him to put in a belief that Indian cinema can be world class.

    His Magadheera was really good and Eega (Makkhi in Hindi) was a fab movie.

    He and Shankar sir (of Robot fame) are an inspiration to many to make bigger, awesome and risky movies in future with technology at its core.

  • @babaji Its Joker kumar fans who should be shocked that Baahubali can do so much business on nonholiday, while our Joker is giving back to back flops on non-holiday. And on holiday, giving disasters like TMK, OUTIMD and Boss.
    So whether holiday or nonholiday, Joker kumar will remain a flopstar.

  • @sundar go and wash your face salman is father of all your stars and director in terms of fan following and star power just imagine salman in baahubali like movie OMG first day gross would be 100cr

  • Remakes and sequels have become a big norm in Bollywood and wherever you cast your eye there is someone running helter-skelter in trying to put together a movie that would pay the ultimate tribute to an original classic. Are heartfelt tributes the only reason why Bollywood does remakes? Let’s find out.

    Top 5 reasons why Remakes are Made in Bollywood:

    1.
    “I know what works at the Box Office” or “Whatever I make works at the Box Office”

    This is the worst and most dangerous reason to do a remake in Bollywood. In this particular scenario, the director’s vision is severely compromised by the over-confidence in his ability and past record which leads him to believe that even plot-less and entertainment -deficient movies can be remade into BO wonders as long as he/she is wielding the megaphone. This mostly results in an over-indulgent and insufferable mess of long-lost Bollywood cliches riding on the lead actors’ star power to pull the film through. Case in point – ‘Himmatwala’ (2013)

    2.
    “I make comedy movies.Hence I can remake any comedy movie”

    This is not as bad as the first one but it’s no blessing in disguise either. Here, the director is of the opinion that any cult-comedy from the past can be remade by creating a contemporary setting and injecting latest comic talent from the industry.Sadly, the importance of character-nuances is never paid enough attention to and what results is a mildly entertaining but soul-less fare. Learning – you might be able to score with such a remake but you’ll never be remembered. Case in point – ‘Chashme Baddoor’ (2013)

    3.
    “I want to go from‘newbie’ to ‘national heartthrob’ in one movie”

    This is mostly a result of an enthusiastic new actor wanting to unearth 24 carat gold with just his first dig at the ground. Also contributing to his eagerness is the director’s life-long dream to remake a legendary actor’s legendary movie with legendary effect. Such overdose of self-expectation is enough to drive the duo crazy and jump head-first into a doomed project. What results is a mortifying ‘tribute’ to the original that no one wants to even speak of even after the release is done and dusted. Including the team that made it. Case in point – ‘Zanjeer'(2013)

    4.
    “I will remake hit movies from the south as that saves time, energy and precious money given to original writers”

    This is one formula that has worked a lot in Bollywood and is the most popular even among A-listers. The reason is simple. The film is already a huge hit in Tamil, Telugu or Malayalam and can easily be remade by modifying the milieu and retaining the cheesy humour and over-the-top action that the masses so dearly love. The only pitfall here is the overuse – if every other film begins to give a Chiranjeevi or Rajnikant Déjà Vu, even the masses start distancing themselves from these. Casein point – ‘Wanted’ (2009)

    5.
    “I want to give a slick spin-over to an old classic in my unique way without really caring about pleasing everyone”

    This is usually the least harmful reason to remake an old classic as the director is aiming to fulfill his own vision by making the film and not forcefully trying to cloud the movie with unnecessary ‘elements’ that might ‘work’ at the box-office. This results in a fresh-looking retelling of an old story that has its own class but also retains the old-world charm of the original. Case in Point – ‘Don’ (2006)

    There are a slew of other remakes that are not cited as examples here because it is nigh impossible to figure out the reason for their conception. So twisted and profound must have been the thought-process in envisioning these remakes that the writer here fails to even relate to the germ of the idea that eventually became a catastrophic epidemic. Case in point – ‘RGV ki Aag’ (2007)

  • @Indicine

    plz dont behave like a particular star fan & stay away from excuse.

    Ent.tax different state to state not film to film.

    If Bahubali enjoyed 15% tax in South then HNY too in its south release & if HNY faced 45% tax in North then Bahubali also.

    Bahubali collected 5crs in North despite 45% tax.
    How many crs in south with 15% tax..?

    And Producers & Exhibitors no one interested in gross.They matters only nett which is their real income.

    • @Rohit Neme, do you even understand entertainment tax or film business? Nearly 65% of Baahubali has come from Telugu version and major share of that comes from home states, where the entertainment tax is 15% for Telugu films and 20% for other language films.

      In Karnataka, Kannada films are tax free, other languages 30% entertainment tax.

      In Tamilnadu, no tax for Tamil films, Hindi films 15%.

      In Maharastra, Entertainment Tax is 45% and it is a major state for Hindi film business. Contribution from all south circuits combined is less than 15% for Hindi films.

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