Kalki 2898 is no Baahubali 2 says box office

Indian audience reaction to Kalki 2898 AD in the first five days that includes Monday, shows that the film will be no Baahubali 2, as per box office collections across the country. Baahubali 2 was the only film that recorded a collection on a Monday that is higher than the opening day. Kalki like many big openers has bit the Monday test and showed a 50% drop across all languages. So we could safely label Kalki as Blockbuster and not All Time Blockbuster. We are not going into overseas box office and for that one has to rely on the Producer’s figures. Our tradewallahs tells us this story. The film’s steady run at box office was in doubt when the second day being a Friday and working day, dropped collections. Opening on Thursday with Rs 90 crore in India across all languages, on day two it was Rs 59 crores It recouped on Saturday and Sunday and finally on Monday, a working Day sank to 50% drop. This was not the case with Baahubali 2 . In Hindi it opened to Rs 41 crores and on Monday too it had same numbers and it was the North Indian box office that made the film a Pan Indian film. Also despite all promos, Kalki is only third biggest opener in India and behind Baahubali 2 and RRR. The North Indian box office of Kalki is pretty good as it recorded Rs 16 cr on Monday and only a small drop from Rs 22 crore of the opening. The point is that Baahubali 2 major contribution came from Telugu and so also for Kalki. Kalki Telugu opened to Rs 65 cr and ending Day 5 , it is at Rs 14.5 cr. Next biggest revenue for both was from Hindi. Baahibali 2 opened with Rs 41 cr and Kalki with Rs 22.5 cr. Now Hindi collection day 5 is Rs 16 cr for Kalki and Baahubali it was Rs 30 crore. Next biggest market is Tamil. Kalki opened with Rs 4.5 crore and after five days it stands at Rs 2 cr. Same period Baahubali 2 opened with Rs 17 crores and five days after it stood at Rs 6 crore. Makers claim that they are breaking records abroad and also as highest grossing Rs 555 crores in four days and Rs 115 cr from Hindi being the share. What we tell is that Kalki is no Box Office Monster ,at least within India . As Aswini Dutt daughter tells that it was not made for creating records, we reacted to this Box Office Monster claim from some Bollywood trade pundits. Yet another laughable story was about Kalki box office being compared to Rajinikanth- Shankar’s 2.0 box office in North India. All shows to good intentional guys keen to keep the film as a record breaker and all time HIT. In Mumbai the ticket prices drop after a dip in collections and Kalki tickets have down. We at Southfilmy feel that Bollywood sites calling Kalki as Amitabh film is not in right track. So did you not see Kamal in Kalki ? Even Prabhas by the reviewers is an extra who comes to life in second half We FEAR for Indian 2 .