Box office: Brahmastra passes the Monday test, reaches Rs124 crore in four days

After a fantastic first weekend, Ayan Mukerji’s Brahmastra Part One: Shiva (2022) had to face the all-important first Monday test yesterday, 12 September. The Ranbir Kapoor-starrer hasn’t scored a distinction in the box-office exam, but it has passed the test nevertheless. 

The original Hindi version of the movie scored Rs14 crore nett yesterday, as per figures shared by the online trade portal BoxOfficeIndia.com. This takes Brahmastra’s overall total in this language to an impressive Rs108.50 crore nett. 

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Additionally, the film’s dubbed versions in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam have jointly contributed Rs15.50 crore nett. The grand total of the Dharma Productions’ film reached Rs124 crore nett in just four days. 

As per our trade sources, the budget of Brahmastra is Rs400 crore. Despite such impressive run, the film is not going to surpass that number. But in a year that has been terrible for Hindi cinema, the performance of the film, which also stars Alia Bhatt, Amitabh Bachchan and Mouni Roy, has given a new lease of hope to the industry. 

But that’s not all. Brahmastra has also performed very well in the overseas market by amassing $8.10 million in the first weekend, which is equal to Rs64 crore. This is the highest overseas opening weekend in the pandemic by a large number as no Hindi film has been able to collect even $4 million in this period.