Prashanth Neel’s KGF: Chapter 1, starring Kannada superstar Yash and Srinidhi Shetty in lead roles has opened to a great start on the first day at the worldwide box office.
The film’s trailer had created huge anticipation among moviegoers. The multilingual film also released in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam across the country has opened to great critic reviews. The film has managed to make a collection of nearly Rs 25 crore worldwide on its first day of release.
Despite the competition at the box office, KGF has emerged as the top choice among the moviegoers in Karnataka. The film has earned around Rs 5 crore in Bangalore alone. This is a huge record for a Kannada film. Despite, stiff competition from Shah Rukh Khan’s Zero and Dhanush’s Maari 2, the film has managed to collect approximately Rs 18 crore on its opening day in India.
The Hindi version raked in Rs 2 crore while the highest collection was from Karnataka where the film managed to collect a total of Rs 12.50 crore.
KGF was expected to be the next Baahubali of Kannada cinema in terms of earnings. But, when compared to the Telugu movie, Baahubali 2: The Conclusion’s first-day collection at the box office, KGF’s earning is too low. Baahubali 2 had grossed more than Rs 100 crore on its first day of release.
The title KGF stands for Kolar Gold Fields and is the first part in a duology. The movie is set in the 1970s and 1980s. The star cast for KGF also includes Achyuth Kumar, Anant Nag, Srinidhi Shetty, Malavika Avinash, and Vasishta N Simha in important roles.
PNN
