As expected, ‘ Devara’ is shattering box-office records left, right, and centre. The Jr NTR-Janhvi Kapoor-starrer has crossed Rs 140 crore worldwide on its opening day. This milestone makes the movie the second-biggest opener of the year, right behind Prabhas’s ‘Kalki 2898 AD’. As per box-office tracker Sacnilk.com, the Koratala Siva directorial earned an impressive Rs 77 crore on the first day on the domestic front.
The movie, featuring Saif Ali Khan and Janhvi Kapoor, was screened in over 8,000 national shows in Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, and Malayalam. Of these, approximately 4,200 shows were in Telugu, followed by 3,200 in Hindi.
Directed by Koratala Siva, the film saw an overall occupancy rate of 79.56% in Telugu, with over 1,726 shows in Hyderabad alone. In Hindi, the overall occupancy was 18.37%, with 806 shows in Delhi/NCR and 517 shows in Mumbai. According to Sacnilk, Devara earned Rs 68.6 crore from its Telugu shows, Rs 7 crore from Hindi, Rs 80 lakh from Tamil, and Rs 30 lakh each from Kannada and Malayalam.
Jr NTR’s New Milestone
With ‘Devara’, Jr. NTR now joins the coveted group of stars whose solo led movies crossed Rs 100 crore on the first day. Aside from Jr NTR, Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan had two movies that crossed the Rs 100-crore benchmark on the first day with ‘Jawan’ (Rs 129 crore) and ‘Pathaan’ (Rs 105 crore), Tamil icon Thalapathy Vijay has two to its mega first-day grossers - ‘GOAT’ (Rs 100 crore) and ‘Leo’ (Rs 142 crore) to his credit.
Telugu superstar Prabhas remains the numero uno, with not one but five movies that earned over Rs 100 crore on day one, under his belt.
Have a look at the list of all the Indian movies that crossed the Rs 100 crore benchmark on the opening day:
About ‘Devara’
Directed by renowned Telugu filmmaker Koratala Siva, Devara is Tollywood star JR NTR's first solo release in six years. It also marks the Tollywood debut of Janhvi Kapoor, daughter of the late legendary actress Sridevi. Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan plays the main antagonist in the film. The storyline centers around Devara, the leader of Yerra Samudram, a coalition of four villages located on a hill near Ratnagiri.
The movie, featuring Saif Ali Khan and Janhvi Kapoor, was screened in over 8,000 national shows in Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, and Malayalam. Of these, approximately 4,200 shows were in Telugu, followed by 3,200 in Hindi.
Directed by Koratala Siva, the film saw an overall occupancy rate of 79.56% in Telugu, with over 1,726 shows in Hyderabad alone. In Hindi, the overall occupancy was 18.37%, with 806 shows in Delhi/NCR and 517 shows in Mumbai. According to Sacnilk, Devara earned Rs 68.6 crore from its Telugu shows, Rs 7 crore from Hindi, Rs 80 lakh from Tamil, and Rs 30 lakh each from Kannada and Malayalam.
Jr NTR’s New Milestone
With ‘Devara’, Jr. NTR now joins the coveted group of stars whose solo led movies crossed Rs 100 crore on the first day. Aside from Jr NTR, Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan had two movies that crossed the Rs 100-crore benchmark on the first day with ‘Jawan’ (Rs 129 crore) and ‘Pathaan’ (Rs 105 crore), Tamil icon Thalapathy Vijay has two to its mega first-day grossers - ‘GOAT’ (Rs 100 crore) and ‘Leo’ (Rs 142 crore) to his credit.
Telugu superstar Prabhas remains the numero uno, with not one but five movies that earned over Rs 100 crore on day one, under his belt.
Have a look at the list of all the Indian movies that crossed the Rs 100 crore benchmark on the opening day:
- ‘RRR’: Rs 223 crore
- ‘Baahubali 2’: Rs 217 crore
- ‘Kalki 2898 AD’ : Rs 177.70 Cr
- ‘KGF: Chapter 2’: Rs 159 crore
- ‘Salaar: Part 1’: Rs 158 crore
- ‘Leo’: Rs 142.75 crore
- ‘Saaho’: Rs 130 crore
- ‘Jawan’: Rs 129 crore
- ‘Adipurush’: Rs 127.50 crore
- ‘Animal’: Rs 116 crore
- ‘Pathaan’: Rs 105 crore
- ‘The GOAT’: Rs 100 crore
About ‘Devara’
Directed by renowned Telugu filmmaker Koratala Siva, Devara is Tollywood star JR NTR's first solo release in six years. It also marks the Tollywood debut of Janhvi Kapoor, daughter of the late legendary actress Sridevi. Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan plays the main antagonist in the film. The storyline centers around Devara, the leader of Yerra Samudram, a coalition of four villages located on a hill near Ratnagiri.
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