Baahubali 2: The Conclusion does a pre-release business of Rs 500 crores
One movie the entire nation is looking forward this year is director SS Rajamouli’s Baahubali 2: The Conclusion. The movie scheduled to release for April 28, is the sequel to Baahubali : The Beginning, the all time blockbuster released in 2015.
According to latest reports, this big budget movie has made some unprecedented pre-release business for a South Indian movie. It is reported that the film has already done a business of more than Rs 500 crore.
Baahubali 2, like the first part is also a multilingual in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi. Famous Bollywood filmmaker Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions has brought the Hindi version of the film. The theatrical rights of the Hindi version has been bagged for a whopping Rs 120 crore. The Hindi version of Baahubali : The Beginning did record collections in 2015. It became the first south Indian movie dubbed in Hindi to collect Rs 100 crore at the Bollywood box office. Hence, such whopping amounts are being invested on the second part.
Baahubali 2, has also made more than Rs 130 crore from the sales of its theatrical rights in Telugu states. The Tamil Nadu rights have fetched Rs 47 crore, which is the highest price paid for a non-Rajinikanth film. In Karnataka, the sale of film’s distribution rights has made Rs 45 crores and Rs 10 crore in Kerala. The distribution rights of North America has also earned Rs 45 crore.
Satellite rights of the movie were also sold for a record amount. Sony TV Network has bought the Hindi satellite rights reportedly for a whopping price of Rs 51 crore. This is the highest ever price for a Hindi dubbed movie and also the highest ever the network has paid for a regional film for television screening. The satellite rights of all versions of Baahubali: The Beginning were bought for Rs 45 crore.
Satellite rights of the Telugu version of Baahubali 2, have been sold for Rs 26 crore. The numbers of Tamil and Malayalam version are not yet knwon.
When taking into account the sales of the movie’s US theatrical rights, satellite rights of its Tamil and Malayalam versions and the audio rights, the movie is certain to have done a pre-release business of over 500 crores.
The movie is currently in it’s post-production stage. Director SS Rajamouli had earlier mentioned that the new movie will have more visual grandeur and VFX works than the previous part. Cine lovers across the country are waiting for the movie’s release.
