JANASENA Posted July 13, 2015 Report Posted July 13, 2015 COURTESY OF ARKA MEDIAWORKS JULY 13, 2015 | 12:48PM PT Naman Ramachandran LONDON — Indian epic “Baahubali: The Beginning” is living up to its blockbuster status. Budgeted at $40 million (including its sequel), the most expensive Indian film ever made has grossed $25.6 million in its opening weekend, smashing records in the process. Shobu Yarlagadda and Prasad Devineni’s Arka Media produced the film, directed by S.S. Rajamouli (“Eega” and “Magadheera”), and released it worldwide on some 4,650 screens in Telugu-, Tamil-, Hindi- and Malayalam-language versions. The first record that fell by the wayside was Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s 2014 release “Happy New Year” that took $7.1 million on opening day. “Baahubali” surpassed that with $7.8 million. The Indian opening weekend record was the next to fall with the “Happy New Year” record of $17 million being eclipsed by the $22.8 million collection for “Baahubali.” The film is also the highest Indian opener in the U.S. where it released across 250 screens and took $4.4 million over the weekend. The “Baahubali” per screen average of $17,000 is second only to the mighty $27,000 achieved by “Minions.” The record to beat for “Baahubali” is 2014 Aamir Khan starrer “P.K.” that grossed some $120 million, including strong China, South Korea and U.S. numbers. “Baahubali” will eventually release in East Asian markets. The VFX heavy story of brothers in medieval India in conflict over a rich kingdom is of a piece with Tsui Hark, John Woo and Zhang Yimou extravaganzas and should resonate with those audiences. “Baahubali” ends on a cliffhanger and the sequel “Baahubali: The Conclusion” will release in 2016.
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