Nag Ashwin’s cinematic endeavour, starring Prabhas and Deepika Padukone, has maintained a consistent presence at the box office since its release. According to sacnilk.com, the film minted ₹528.16 crore on the 13th day of its release. Released in theatres on June 27, Kalki 2898 AD has been performing exceptionally well on the big screen, including on weekdays. The film earned around ₹7.71 crore in India (nett) on its 13th day across all languages, adding to its success story with a total exceeding ₹528 crore.
Kalki 2898 AD earned ₹95.3 crore on its opening day, June 27. The first week’s total stood at ₹414.85 crore. Although the business dipped slightly in the second weekend, it still earned ₹44.35 crore on day 11 (second Sunday) and ₹10.4 crore on day 12 (second Monday).
Director Nag Ashwin expressed relief with the response to Kalki 2898 AD, the biggest film of his career. The film has raked in over ₹500 crore in its first week at the box office. Reacting to the success, he said, “A movie like this is beyond us. The ambition was bigger in the sense that there was more at stake than just us. Many filmmakers were waiting for the result of this sci-fi film. If it didn’t work, it would have closed doors for many years.”
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Addressing rumours about Mahesh Babu playing Lord Krishna in the film, Ashwin clarified, “This is how Krishna will be portrayed in the film. One of the first things I was very sure about was that we should depict him in silhouette form, without any specific human form. We didn’t want to humanize him.”
Nag Ashwin’s ambitious 3D spectacle, Kalki 2898 AD, is touted as the most expensive film produced in India, with a reported budget of ₹600 crore. The mythological and sci-fi action drama released globally on June 27 in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi, and English. Produced by Vyjayanthi Movies, the film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Kamal Haasan, Deepika Padukone, Prabhas, Disha Patani, Saswata Chatterjee, and Shobhana, among others.