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Two films were released back to back this week – Mahesh Babu’s Sarkaru Vaari Paata and Ranveer Singh’s Jayeshbhai Jordaar, while two other films – Yash’s KGF: Chapter 2 and Benedict Cumberbatch’s Doctor Strange in Multiverse of Madness, continued their hold over the screens. A lot of fireworks were expected to happen at the box office this Friday, however, the end results have been anything but pleasing.
Despite the release of superstar Mahesh Babu's film Sarkaru Vaari Pata on Thursday and Ranveer Singh's 'Jayeshbhai Jerdaar' on Friday, the box office collections were nothing special. Even after including the collection of five films -including KGF: Chapter 2, Doctor Strange in Multiverse of Madness and Runway 34, the Friday (May 13) earnings could not cross a cumulative of Rs 30 crores.
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KGF: Chapter 2: Yash-starrer film has completed a month on the screens and even now fans are flocking to the theatres to watch Rocky Bhai. KGF: Chapter 2 is expected to break into the Rs 1,200 crore club over the weekend after becoming the third highest-grossing film, beating SS Rajamouli's recently released RRR. The film earned Rs 2.50 crore on Friday.
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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness: Benedict Cumberbatch and Elizabeth Olsen-starrer 'Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness' did well at the worldwide box office in its early days. Not only this, but the film was also successful in making good collections in India. But on the eighth day of its release, there is a decline in the collection of the film. The film collected around Rs 3.1 crore on Friday. In which the contribution of Hindi and English language has been Rs 65 lakh and Rs 2.45 crores, respectively.
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After 'Bahubali 2', 'KGF 2' has become the second highest-grossing film of all time in the Hindi belt. Prabhas's film had collected Rs 510.99 crore in the Hindi belt, while the collection of KGF 2 has reached close to Rs 370 crore in Hindi. Interestingly, the top two grossers in the Hindi chart will be non-Hindi films, i.e. regional language films dubbed in Hindi have made it to the top two.