Salaar box office collection day 19 early report: Prabhas film struggles to surpass Rs 400 crore mark and this Jailer record

Salaar's current India nett is significantly lower than some of the biggest recent blockbusters like Shah Rukh Khan's Jawan & Pathaan, Ranbir Kapoor's Animal, Sunny Deol's Gadar 2 and Rajinikanth's Jailer.

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Prabhas-starrer Salaar began its theatrical run on a high note and had outperformed Jawan as the highest-grossing opener of 2023. (Image: X)

With just two days left until the commencement of the Sankranti/Pongal weekend, during which a slew of films in different South Indian languages will be released, Prashanth Neel’s Prabhas-starrer Salaar: Part 1 – Ceasefire is struggling to surpass the Rs 400 crore mark in the domestic market. Even if it achieves this milestone by Friday, it’s evident that Salaar’s aspiration to become the highest-grossing Indian film, both domestically and globally, is unlikely to materialise.

As of 6 pm, the film has recorded a nett collection of Rs 1.35 crore in the domestic market on Tuesday, its 19th day in theatres, bringing Salaar’s total collection in India to Rs 397 crore, according to industry tracker Sacnilk. The overall occupancy in the Telugu market for the day stands at a meagre 14.73 per cent, with morning shows recording 14.35 per cent and the rate rising to just 15.10 during afternoon showings. On Day 18, Salaar had minted Rs 2.4 crore in the domestic market. Globally, the film has earned Rs 687.51 crore, toppling Sunny Deol’s Gadar 2, which earned Rs 686 crore worldwide.

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Salaar’s current total India nett (Rs 396.89 crore) is significantly lower than some of the biggest recent blockbusters like Atlee Kumar’s Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Jawan (Rs 639.75 crore), Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s Ranbir Kapoor-starrer Animal (Rs 550.86 crore), Siddharth Anand’s SRK film Pathaan (Rs 540.51 crore), Anil Sharma’s Sunny Deol-starrer Gadar 2 (Rs 525.7 crore) and Nelson Dilipkumar’s Rajinikanth-starrer Jailer (Rs 408.5 crore).

It may be mentioned here that the Prabhas-starrer began its theatrical run on a high note and outperformed Jawan as the highest-grossing opener of 2023.

Meanwhile, the cast and crew of Salaar celebrated the film’s success recently. They had a small celebration which was attended by founders of Hombale Films, Vijay Vijay Kiragandur and Chaluve Gowda, director Prashanth Neel, Prabhas, and Prithviraj. The pictures from the party were shared on social media with the caption, “The blockbuster success calls for a BLOCKBUSTER CELEBRATION! 💥”

In her review of the movie, The Indian Express’ Shubhra Gupta wrote, “Till the violence in Prabhas-Prithviraj-starrer is comic-book and ‘Games Of Thrones’-type stylised, you can find a way to rationalise it; the trouble ratchets up when it becomes more ‘real’.”

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