Pushpa 2: The Rule by Sukumar had its paid premiere on December 4 and was released in theatres on December 5. Records were broken by the film starring Fahadh Faasil, Rashmika Mandanna, and Allu Arjun.
It outperformed Jawan, Animal, and KGF: Chapter 2 in terms of opening for any Hindi film. Pushpa 2: The Rule made ₹10 crore net during its Wednesday premiere and roughly ₹159.95 crore net on its first day of release, according to Sacnilk.com.
This brings the total to ₹170.6 crore net and ₹209.2 crore gross in India and ₹279.20 crore worldwide. The movie’s team revealed on Friday that Pushpa 2 had the “highest ever opening for a film in Hindi,” earning ₹72 crore net on its first day of release for its Hindi-dubbed version alone.
The opening day of Pushpa 2: The Rule is also the highest for a Hindi-dubbed movie. Sukumar is the director of the Telugu movie Pushpa 2: The Rule. In addition to Telugu and Hindi, it was also made available in Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, and Bengali.
The movie centres on Pushpa Raj, a red sanders smuggler who seizes control of the syndicate and battles Bhanwar Singh Shekawat, a police inspector. It is a follow-up to Pushpa: The Rise, which came out in 2021.