Allu Arjun's Pushpa 2 continues to dominate the box office, delivering an extraordinary performance on its first Monday and coming close to a remarkable â¹75 crore collection.
After a thunderous extended opening weekend that amassed â¹539.25 crore at the Indian box office, the sequel has officially entered the â¹600 crore club, an unprecedented feat within just five days.
The film has set the nation ablaze, especially in the Hindi-speaking belt.
Beyond metropolitan cities, Pushpa 2 has reached cult status in Tier 2, Tier 3 cities, and interior regions.
The first installment won hearts in the Hindi heartland, and the overwhelming response to the sequel has taken its popularity to stratospheric levels.
While the Hindi version was expected to lead Monday's numbers, the Telugu version remained impressively steady, and the Tamil version also showed strong resilience compared to Friday.
Monday kicked off with solid occupancy, but the real game-changer came with significant jumps in evening and night show attendance.
In the Hindi market, occupancy climbed from 42% in the afternoon to 57% in the evening and peaked at 72% during night shows.
Similarly, the Telugu version saw an increase from 40% in the afternoon to 52% in the evening and 54% at night.
These trends have pushed the film toward an estimated â¹75-78 crore gross (all languages) on Day 5, marking a 54% drop from Sunday's â¹166 crore collection.
With these numbers, Pushpa 2’s Indian box office total now stands at a staggering â¹630-635 crore gross (all languages), breaking records as the fastest film to join the â¹600 crore club.