Prabhas’ horror-comedy ‘The Raja Saab’ is experiencing a slow box office run, with collections dipping significantly after its initial surge. Despite a worldwide gross of Rs 203 crores, including Rs 34 crores from overseas, theatre occupancy remains low, particularly for the Hindi version. The Telugu market is single-handedly sustaining the film’s performance.
Prabhas starrer horror comedy ‘The Raja Saab’ is going very slow at the box office now. On Day 12 the film earned around Rs 80 lakhs India net from all languages.The total India net collection reached Rs 141.50 crores. In the first 11 days the film had already collected about Rs 140.70 crores. So on Day 12 the increase was very little. The horror comedy film earned Rs 1.35 crores on day 11 as reported by the Sacnilk website. Telugu version earned Rs 1 crore and Hindi version earned Rs 35 lakhs. On Day 12 the collections dropped again. Telugu earned Rs 50 lakhs and Hindi earned Rs 30 lakhs.
Telugu version is carrying the film
Telugu is the only language keeping ‘The Raja Saab’ alive at the box office. Telugu alone has given Rs 115.98 crores out of the total Rs 141.5 crores India net. Hindi version has collected Rs 23.81 crores so far.The collections from other languages are very small. Tamil version has earned Rs 1.09 crores. Kannada version stands at Rs 39 lakhs. Malayalam version has earned only Rs 23 lakhs.After 12 days the worldwide collection of ‘The Raja Saab’ is Rs 203 crores. Overseas markets have contributed Rs 34 crores. The total India gross collection is now Rs 169 crores.
Many seats in theatres are empty
The theatre occupancy numbers make things very clear. On Day 12, the overall Telugu occupancy was only 16.61 percent. Morning shows had 17.14 percent people. Afternoon shows saw 16.36 percent. Evening shows were at 17.23 percent. Night shows dropped to 15.71 percent.Hindi occupancy was even worse. The overall Hindi occupancy on Tuesday was just 8.10 percent. Morning shows had only 5.31 percent people. Afternoon shows were at 7.57 percent. Evening shows saw 8.87 percent. Night shows reached 10.63 percent. This means most seats in theatres were empty.
Malavika Mohanan talks about her choice
Malavika Mohanan had earlier opened up about being part of ‘The Raja Saab’. In an earlier interview with India Today Malavika said she always liked “the phonetics of how Telugu sounds.”Talking about the film she said, “I love the fact that: A. It was a genre [horror comedy] that I hadn’t been a part of, which I was excited about, and B. In most films, especially as the hero gets bigger, the smaller the role gets for the woman. But, it wasn’t the case with The Raja Saab.”She also shared why she said yes to the Prabhas film. “In the film, the girl is pretty much there throughout. She has a very good role and some really cool scenes. And, it’s so rare to get something like that in a film as massive as this. I loved the character, and the director Maruthi is extremely sweet.”Malavika also said, “Everything just seemed to fall into place in the right way, and I always wanted to work with Prabhas. I am the biggest Baahubali fan.”The film is directed by Maruthi and has Prabhas, Sanjay Dutt, Malavika Mohanan, Nidhhi Agerwal, Boman Irani, and Riddhi Kumar in main roles.DISCLAIMER: The box office numbers and data in this article are compiled from diverse public and industry sources. All figures are approximate unless explicitly mentioned, offering a fair representation of the movie’s box office performance. These totals may change as official studio data is updated or as additional international market reports are finalized. This data is provided for informational and entertainment purposes only.
