Prashant Neel directed magnum opus ‘KGF: Chapter 2’ has already crossed Rs 550 crore at the international box-office in just four days of its release. The total earnings across all language versions is touted to be a whopping Rs 551.83 crore. The Yash starrer is continuing with its massive success at the box-office. The Kannada film is also a super-hit in the Hindi belt.
Manobala Vijaybalan, a film analyst, tweeted about ‘KGF: Chapter 2’ crossing Rs 500 crore. “#KGFChapter2 WW Box Office CROSSES ?500 cr milestone mark in just 4 days. Day 1 – ? 165.37 cr Day 2 – ? 139.25 cr Day 3 – ? 115.08 cr Day 4 – ?132.13 cr Total – ? 551.83 cr #2 at the global box office after fantastic beasts. #Yash #KGF2,” read his tweet.
According to reports, the South film ‘KGF Chapter 2’ in multiple languages has also become the second-highest-grossing film in the world over the recently-concluded weekend. The JK Rowling film ‘Fantastic Beasts 3’ is said to be leading and is the highest grosser.
Ramesh Bala, trade analyst, shared the news on Twitter and wrote, “Here is @Comscore Global Top 10 Movies for the Apr 15th to 17th Weekend..#KGFChapter2 is at No.2”. ‘KGF Chapter 2’ has also become the second-highest-grossing film in the world over the recently-concluded weekend, with only ‘Fantastic Beasts 3’ above it.
The Kannada film starring Yash, ‘KGF Chapter 2’ is actually a sequel to the South Indian blockbuster directed by Prashanth Neel, ‘KGF Chapter 1’. The first part of the KGF story follows an underdog who subsequently becomes a violent gangster, Rocky.
‘KGF Chapter 2’ has Sanjay Dutt, Raveena Tandon, Prakash Raj, Malavika Avinash, John Kokken, and Saran and released in Kannada, Telugu, Hindi, Tamil and Malayalam and is produced by Vijay Kiragandur, under the Hombale Films banner. The film is being presented in North-Indian markets by Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar’s Excel Entertainment and AA Films.
Talking about KGF’s success, Prashant in an interview with news agency PTI had shared, “When we started with the film, we never thought that it would be this (big) and that we would be here today. We didn’t start by trying to make it into a pan-India film or for that matter, in two-parts. We started out as a Kannada movie and eventually thought of splitting it in two parts and taking it outside. The credit should go to the producer and Yash. For me, the idea was to connect with people with the mother-son story.”
