Raja Shivaji box office collection slows down on Day 11

Mumbai: Bollywood actor Riteish Deshmukh’s film ‘Raja Shivaji’ was released in theatres on March 1 for public viewing. The film has been released in both Marathi and Hindi. Made at a reported budget of Rs 100 crore, it is said to be the most expensive Marathi film ever produced.

According to Sacnilk, Raja Shivaji reportedly collected a net Rs 2.4 crore from a total of 3,775 shows in India on the eleventh day. The film in Marathi language continued to perform better and gain more collection than in Hindi, it records as Rs 1.9 crore and Rs 50 lakh respectively.

These numbers indicate a 64.7% drop from the previous day’s (Day 10) net collection of Rs 6.8 crore.

The film’s total domestic net collection has reached Rs 70.65 crore, while the gross collection stands at Rs 83.8 crore. Marathi filmed 1,856 shows and in Hindi language with 1,919 shows.

The film opened strongly on May 1 with Rs 11.35 crore on Day 1 across 6,192 shows. The opening weekend remained steady with collections of Rs 10.55 crore on Day 2 and Rs 12 crore on Day 3, helping the film cross Rs 33 crore within its first three days.

The film had collected Rs 5.14 crore gross from advance booking. The original language, Marathi had got Rs 4.25 crore gross alone.

It is produced by Genelia D’Souza and Jyoti Deshpande. The film features Sanjay Dutt, Abhishek Bachchan, Vidya Balan, Mahesh Manjrekar, Sachin Khedekar, Bhagyashree, Fardeen Khan, Jitendra Joshi, Boman Irani, Amol Gupte and Genelia Deshmukh.

The film has surpassed Sairat and Timepass 2 which had collected an estimated Rs 3.60 crore Nett on their opening days.