SS Rajamouli's RRR continued its dream run at the box office as it entered its second week. In the Hindi market, the period epic action drama grossed Rs 13.50 crore as per trade analyst Taran Adarsh. Its total collection is now Rs 146.09 crore and will cross Rs 150 crore mark today. Earlier, in its first week, the film had surpassed the Rs 710 crore worldwide according to Adarsh. In India alone, the NT Rama Rao Jr and Ram Charan-starrer collected Rs 560 crore in the release week. Adarsh tweeted, "#RRR remains the first choice of moviegoers, despite two new films invading the marketplace [#Attack, #Morbius]. Will cross ₹ 150 cr today. Expect big growth on [second] Sat and Sun. [Week 2] Fri 13.50 cr. Total: ₹ 146.09 cr. #India biz." Adarsh had tweeted yesterday, "RRR' IS UNSTOPPABLE, UNSHAKEABLE. *#Worldwide* Week 1 Gross BOC: ₹ 710 cr. *#India* Gross BOC: ₹ 560 cr. Next to #Baahubali2. #RRR #RRRMovie." Despite these staggering figures, not many are surprised as Rajamouli is also behind the Baahubali franchise, which similarly made waves in the whole world and is considered the first pan-India success for a South India-made film. RRR brings together two of Telugu cinema’s biggest stars — Ram Charan and Jr NTR. The movie also stars Bollywood’s Alia Bhatt and Ajay Devgn in extended cameos. Shriya Saran, Samuthirakani, Ray Stevenson, Alison Doody, and Olivia Morris are also part of the cast. Earlier, the film had proven to be bigger than even the Baahubali franchise for Rajamouli, for it exceeded the first-day worldwide collection of Baahubali 2: The Conclusion. Positive reviews no doubt helped the film become such a box office behemoth. The Indian Express film critic Shubhra Gupta gave it 3.5 stars. She wrote, "RRR is a roaring, rearing, rousing mix of genres - epic-mythological-action-superhero-bromance, that very SS Rajamouli concoction, which we are invited to swallow in one humungous gulp. It is also, needless to say, deafeningly loud. But given that the film compelled me to stay with it, and granted me much fun while at it, I was happy, for once, to sacrifice my ears temporarily."
