Saaho Day 1 Box-Office: The Prabhas Starrer Becomes The Third Highest Opener Of The Year!
Saaho Collects 24.40 Crores On Day 1
Updated : August 31, 2019 01:55 PM ISTPrabhas and Shraddha Kapoor starrer Saaho had been one of the biggest releases of the year. Made with a budget of almost 350 crores, the film marked Prabhas’ comeback after Baahubali and Shraddha’s debut in regional films. The film was expected to have one of the biggest openings of all times and well, The Hindi version of the film did open well.
The Prabhas-Shraddha starrer opened to a whopping 24. 40 crores. A lot of the numbers had been contributred by Prabhas’ ‘die-hard’ fans as well, who made sure they would watch the film on the first day itself. The advance bookings too helped Saaho achieve this feat.
undefined src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" >#Saaho has a superb Day 1... Prabhas’ superstardom post #Baahubali2 + hype surrounding the biggie + excellent advance bookings ensured fantastic numbers... Day 2 and 3 biz crucial to pack a solid weekend total... Fri ₹ 24.40 cr Nett BOC. India biz. #Hindi version.
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) August 31, 2019
Well, this is the thirs highest opener of the year after Bharat and Mission Mangal. This also means that this is the highest non-holiday opener of the year. Here is a list of the top 5 openers of 2019:
undefined src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" >Top 5 *Day 1* biz... 2019 releases...
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) August 31, 2019
1. #Bharat ₹ 42.30 cr [Wed]
2. #MissionMangal ₹ 29.16 cr [Thu]
3. #Saaho [#Hindi] ₹ 24.40 cr [Fri]
4. #Kalank ₹ 21.60 cr [Wed]
5. #Kesari ₹ 21.06 cr [Thu]
Nett BOC. India biz. #Hindi films only.
Well, the Saturday and Sunday collections of the film would be crucial to determine how much it would collect through its lifetime. But given the bad reviews the film is garnering, the collections may not reach as predicted. Well, only time will tell how much the film will be able to mint at the box-office.
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