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Allu Arjun's Pushpa 2 is taking the box office by storm across the nation. After the phenomenal box office performance of the first part, the euphoria for part 2 was quite evident.

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Surpassing all the benchmarks, the action thriller is shattering several box office records from Day 1.

Pushpa 2 box office performance

Released on December 5, the sequel to the hit 2021 movie earned a whopping Rs 174.9 crore net in India on its opening day in all five languages. 

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With Rs 90.95 Cr, the movie has earned the highest numbers in the Telugu language, followed by Hindi (Rs 70.3 Cr), Tamil (Rs 7.7 Cr, Kannada (Rs 1 Cr) and Malayalam (Rs 4.95 Cr).

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The pan-India film has become the highest Hindi opener of all time with a phenomenal Day 1 earning in Hindi belt. 

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Setting new benchmarks, the movie has shattered several previous records set by blockbusters like Shah Rukh Khan's Jawan and Ranbir Kapoor's Animal.

As per Trade Analyst Taran Adarsh, Pushpa 2 is the highest opening day ever [Hindi], the highest non-holiday and non-festival opening day [Hindi], ever and the highest opening day for a dubbed film ever [Hindi].

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Not only Hindi blockbusters, but the movie has also surpassed the opening day earnings of other South Indian blockbusters such as SS Rajamouli's RRR [ Rs 133 Cr opening day collection] and Yash's KGF: Chapter 2 [Rs 116 Cr opening day].

More about Pushpa 2

Directed by Sukumar, the sequel to the 2021 movie sees Arjun reprising his role as Pushpa Raj. The second part focuses on Pushpa's rise as a sandalwood mafia.

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The movie also stars Rashmika Mandanna as Srivalli and Fahadh Faasil as antagonist Bhanwar Singh Shekawat.

Jagapathi Babu, Anasuya Bharadwaj, and Rao Ramesh play significant roles in the movie.

Pushpa 2 review

WION's film critic Shomini Sen wrote in her review of the movie, ''Pushpa 2 or Pushpa: The Rule overachieves on many aspects and is self-aware of the weight of expectation over it. Thereby, the genuineness of the story is not there as much as it was in the first part. A lot of loose ends are not neatly tied off, and Shekhawat and Pushpa's endless ego tussle never reaches a conclusive end. Perhaps that will be answered in Pushpa 3, which the makers hint at at the end.'' Read the review here.