The highly anticipated and Covid-delayed release of Indian action film RRR opened with a bang as distributor Sarigami Cinemas said it’s grossed $4.5 million including late night and early morning shows and anticipated a $12-$15 million weekend.Read Deadline review.That would be the biggest Thursday ever for an Indian film Stateside with 947 locations reporting so far.
The Telegu-Hindi production from helmer S.S. Ramajouli opened at 1,040 locations and more than 5,000 screens in five languages.This is director/screenwriter Ramajouli beating his own record, namely the 2017 epic action adventure Baahubali 2: The Conclusion.
That film, a sibling rivalry set in medieval India and made in Telegu and Tamil, was a follow-up to Baahubali: The Beginning.
Ramajouli’s large fan base is turning out for RRR.According to Comscore data available for Baahubali 2, it grossed $4.6 million on its opening Friday (Thursday preview were likely folded into opening day) with a $10.4 million opening weekend.The three-hour RRR, including intermission, is being specialty-priced.The film was supposed to come out in early January and $2 million in presale tickets had to be returned to customers when release was delayed due to Omicron, said Sarigami.
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