Adipurush beats Pathaan to mint over Rs 240 crore worldwide in two days

The Om Raut-directed film grossed Rs 140 crore on its first day and has now surpassed the Rs 200 crore mark globally with second day collection of Rs 100 crore. This is somewhat more than Pathaan's two-day earnings of Rs 219 crore.

Mumbai: Adipurush, a retelling of the mythological epic Ramayana fronted by Prabhas, has raised Rs 240 crore at the worldwide box office, the makers claimed on Sunday. Production banner T-Series said the Om Raut-directed film minted Rs 100 crore globally on the second day of its release.

"Adipurush continues to mesmerise audiences worldwide, surpassing expectations with a bumper opening of Rs 140 CR on Day 1, it adds Rs 100 CR on Day 2, taking the total collection to a phenomenal 240 CR in just two days! Jai Shri Ram," T-Series said in a statement posted on its official Twitter page. The film stars Prabhas as Raghav (Ram), Kriti Sanon as Janaki (Sita) and Saif Ali Khan as Lankesh (Raavan).

• Adipurush continues to mesmerise audiences worldwide, surpassing expectations with a bumper opening of ₹140 CR on Day 1, it adds ₹100 CR on Day 2, taking the total collection to a phenomenal ₹240 CR in just two days! Jai Shri Ram 🙏https://t.co/0gHImE23yj#Prabhas @omraut… pic.twitter.com/EOCb2GroSQ

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  Adipurush continues to mesmerise audiences worldwide, surpassing expectations with a bumper opening of ₹140 CR on Day 1, it adds ₹100 CR on Day 2, taking the total collection to a phenomenal ₹240 CR in just two days! Jai Shri Ram 🙏https://t.co/0gHImE23yj#Prabhas @omraut… pic.twitter.com/EOCb2GroSQ

  — T-Series (@TSeries) June 18, 2023

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  Adipurush continues to mesmerise audiences worldwide, surpassing expectations with a bumper opening of ₹140 CR on Day 1, it adds ₹100 CR on Day 2, taking the total collection to a phenomenal ₹240 CR in just two days! Jai Shri Ram 🙏https://t.co/0gHImE23yj#Prabhas @omraut… pic.twitter.com/EOCb2GroSQ

  — T-Series (@TSeries) June 18, 2023

It is produced by Bhushan Kumar of T-Series. The multilingual 3D spectacle, which was released on Friday amid much fanfare, has been under fire over its colloquial language. Its Hindi dialogue writer Manoj Muntashir Shukla on Sunday issued a statement saying the makers have decided to "revise some of the dialogues" and the amended lines will be added to the film by this week.

A statement read: "Making this visual spectacle a memorable cinematic experience, the team decides to make alterations to the film's dialogues, valuing the input of the public and the audience." Adipurush is also produced by Krishan Kumar, Raut, Prasad Sutar, and Rajesh Nair of Retrophiles, Pramod, and Vamsi of UV Creations. The film has been released in Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, and Tamil as well. (With agency inputs)