Saaho, starring Prabhas and Shraddha Kapoor in lead roles, continues to perform well in the Hindi belt. The film is nearing the ₹100 crore mark with collections of ₹93 crore in four days.
The film showed 45 % drop on Monday with collections of ₹14.20 crore. The film benefited from the Ganesh Chaturthi holiday in some parts of India. Despite negative reviews, the Hindi collections of the film are still higher than Akshay Kumar-starrer Mission Mangal which had collected around ₹8.50 crore on its first Monday. However, it is still lower than Shahid Kapoor and Kiara Advani’s Kabir Singh which collected ₹17 crore on day four.
Sharing the box office figures of the film, film trade analyst Taran Adarsh wrote on Twitter, “Saaho collects in double digits on Day 4, aided by Ganesh Chaturthi holiday [some parts of India]... Mass centres strong... Tue-Thu biz crucial... Saaho Fri 24.40 cr, Sat 25.20 cr, Sun 29.48 cr, Mon 14.20 cr. Total: ₹93.28 cr Nett BOC. India biz. Hindi version.”
Saaho (Hindi) opened at ₹24.40 crore on a working Friday, becoming the third highest opener of the year after Bharat and Mission Mangal. However, it showed little growth during the weekend with collections of ₹25.20 crore and ₹29.48 crore on Saturday and Sunday, respectively.
{{/usCountry}}Saaho (Hindi) opened at ₹24.40 crore on a working Friday, becoming the third highest opener of the year after Bharat and Mission Mangal. However, it showed little growth during the weekend with collections of ₹25.20 crore and ₹29.48 crore on Saturday and Sunday, respectively.
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Taran had compared the weekend collections of the film with Prabhas’ biggest blockbuster, Baahubali: The Conclusion and wrote, “Prabhas versus Prabhas [opening weekend biz]...2015: #Baahubali ₹22.35 cr. 2017: #Baahubali2 ₹128 cr. 2019: #Saaho ₹79.08 cr. Nett BOC. India biz. Hindi version.”
The film released in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam simultaneously in India and various parts of the world. Directed by Sujeeth, it also stars Jackie Shroff, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Mandira Bedi, Chunky Panday, Mahesh Manjrekar, Arun Vijay and Murali Sharma.
The film has been criticised for allegedly plagiarising several artists’ works. Many have now pointed out Saaho is a rip-off of 2008 French thriller, Largo Winch. Reacting to his work being copied, director Jerome Salle wrote on Twitter, “It seems this second “freemake” of Largo Winch is as bad as the first one. So please Telugu directors, if you steal my work, at least do it properly? And as my ‘Indian career’ tweet was of course ironic, I’m sorry but I’m not gonna be able to help. (sic)”
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