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Baahubali: The Beginning Box Office: Released in 2015, the film featured Prabhas, Rana Dagubatti and others in lead roles. Well before the film’s release, everyone was quite aware of SS Rajamouli’s cinematic vision due to his films like Magadheera and Eega but it is this franchise, which made him a household name especially in the northern belt of India.
Baahubali: The Beginning was a stepping stone for the unprecedented success of the franchise. It fetched such popularity that “Katappa Ne Baahubali Ko Kyu Maara?” (Why did Katappa kill Baahubali?), became one of the most discussed topics on social media. With good content and high-end visual effects, the film fared really well amongst the audience and surprised everyone by collecting over 100 crores in its Hindi version itself.
The film took a decent start of 5.15 crores and trended extremely well due to highly positive word-of-mouth to ended up collecting 120 crores in lifetime run.
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Take a look at the daily breakdown of Baahubali: The Beginning (Hindi):
Day 1- 5.15 crores
Day 2- 7.09 crores
Day 3- 10.11 crores
First weekend- 22.35 crores
Day 4- 6.10 crores
Day 5- 6.15 crores
Day 6- 6.05 crores
Day 7- 6.12 crores
First week- 46.77 crores