SS Rajamouli's RRR in Hindi earns Rs 19 crore on Day 1

SS Rajamouli's directorial RRR: Rise, Roar, Revolt has released in cinema halls on March 25. It stars Ram Charan and Jr NTR in lead roles and Olivia Morris, Samuthirakani, Alison Doody and Ray Stevenson round off the cast of this action-fueled period drama. It also features cameo roles from Bollywood stars Alia Bhatt and Ajay Devgn. The hype surrounding RRR was huge and the cast made sure the momentum going in was on a high as they promoted the movie until the day of release. Now, it remains to be seen how much magic this big-budget movie weaves, collection-wise. 

The early box office estimate for RRR has come in. A report in Box Office India shares that the movie collected Rs 19 crore plus for the Hindi version on its opening day. It was suggested that RRR has Rs 8 crore collections through advance bookings for the Hindi version.



The first-day earnings are solid for this movie in Hindi considering it has lead stars from the South film industry and carries the perception is of a 'dubbed' film, although that is not the case as it is a multi-language release. It will be interesting to see where the collections go from here. RRR has taken the second-best opening during the pandemic after Akshay Kumar's Sooryavanshi (Rs 26.11 crore).

However, RRR's collections are way less than Rajamouli's runaway hit Baahubali: The Conclusion (2017), which netted Rs 41 crore on Day 1 in Hindi. It seems like RRR's box figures will have an uphill task in matching up to Baahubali franchise's success in any manner, but it may still come out to be a hit. RRR is made on a huge budget (estimated to be USD 55 million or Rs 418 crore, as per Variety) and expectations are high from it.