India's most expensive film ever smashes box office records
AFP
India's most expensive film ever, "Baahubali", is close to quickly recouping its massive $40 million-dollar budget after a record-breaking week at the box office, an industry analyst said on Friday.
The epic battle movie, which has been likened to American blockbuster "300", enjoyed the biggest opening day in the history of Indian cinema, grossing 500 million rupees ($7.9 million) on July 10.
It went on to make more than $22 million across India in its first weekend, according to Komal Nahta, the editor of Indian movie magazine "Film Information", smashing the previous record of $17 million set by "Happy New Year".
"It would have crossed 200 crore rupees ($32 million) in its first week," Nahta said.
"No film in the history of Indian cinema has made this kind of money in the opening week."
"Baahubali", released in the Telugu and Tamil languages for the so-called Tollywood and Kollywood markets, cost 2.5 billion rupees to make, director SS Rajamouli told AFP in an interview last month.
It is being released in two parts and the first offering, "Baahubali - The Beginning" is believed to have made around two billion rupees in its opening seven days, according to industry insiders.
The epic battle movie, which has been likened to American blockbuster "300", enjoyed the biggest opening day in the history of Indian cinema, grossing 500 million rupees ($7.9 million) on July 10.
It went on to make more than $22 million across India in its first weekend, according to Komal Nahta, the editor of Indian movie magazine "Film Information", smashing the previous record of $17 million set by "Happy New Year".
"It would have crossed 200 crore rupees ($32 million) in its first week," Nahta said.
"No film in the history of Indian cinema has made this kind of money in the opening week."
"Baahubali", released in the Telugu and Tamil languages for the so-called Tollywood and Kollywood markets, cost 2.5 billion rupees to make, director SS Rajamouli told AFP in an interview last month.
It is being released in two parts and the first offering, "Baahubali - The Beginning" is believed to have made around two billion rupees in its opening seven days, according to industry insiders.
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