Rajamouli’s 2022 magnum opus, “RRR” is creating and breaking records at the box office in Japan. The epic was released on Oct 21st and took the biggest start for an Indian film, following the biggest opening weekend, in Japan.
The epic action drama was released in March 2022 in India and made it big at the box office, here. It went on to become the 4th highest-grosser Indian movie of all time and the 2nd highest all-time in Telugu.
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RRR Japan Box Office Collection
It was released in around 210 screens in Japan, including 31 IMAX screens. The movie took a record-breaking start there earning a solid Japanese¥ 18M (₹ 1.06 crores), It minted ¥65M (₹ 3.61 crores) on its 1st weekend in Japan.
RRR-Japan 1st weekend BOC: Day 1 (₹ 1.06 crores), Day 2 (₹ 1.33 crores), Day 3 (₹ 1.22 crores)
With this, it became the highest first-day grosser, first weekend grosser. And reportedly, the flick emerged as the biggest 1st week-grosser in Japan for an Indian film as well. It clocked in JP¥ 73M (₹ 4.05 crores) on its first week. Rajamouli’s movie opened at No.10 and was the highest non-Japanese grosser of the 1st week.
Crosses JP¥ 400M in 55 Days
Rajamouli’s RRR has touched 410M Yen in 55 days in Japan which is tantamount to Rs 24.78 Crs approx. With this, it has become the highest-grossing Indian film at the Japanese box office crossing Rajinikanth’s Muthu’s lifetime of JP¥ 400M.
Team RRR recently launched the poster sharing the news of it becoming India’s highest-grossing movie in Japan with the highest footfall. RRR has recorded 2.71L+ footfalls in 55 days. Check out the post below:
Delighted to share that #RRRMovie is now the 𝙝𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙞𝙡𝙢 with the 𝙝𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙤𝙩𝙛𝙖𝙡𝙡 for 𝙖𝙣 𝙄𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝙁𝙞𝙡𝙢 𝙞𝙣 𝙅𝙖𝙥𝙖𝙣!
Thank you for all the love you showered on our stars and director ever since the film's release. ❤️🤩 pic.twitter.com/JZsw9G8yuW
— RRR Movie (@RRRMovie) December 16, 2022
RRR, Enters all-time Top-3 Indian film in Japan
As per the trade reports, RRR recovers the distributor’s shares within 10 days completing the break-even and entering the profit phase in Japan. It is also reported that the multi-starrer enters at no.3 to become the all-time Highest grossing Indian film in Japan.
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Take a look at the highest-grossing Indian films in Japan, below:
RRR- JP¥ 410M ( ₹ 24.78 Cr)**
Muthu- JP¥ 400M
Baahubali2- JP¥ 330M
3 Idiots- JP¥ 149M
English Vinglish- JP¥ 146M
Saaho- JP¥ 132M
The worldwide gross collection of RRR has now reached ₹ 1140 crores which includes ₹ 235 crores in the overseas territories.
All About RRR (Film)
RRR hit the theatres in India on 25 March 2022, it was opened with rave reviews from critics and audiences alike. It saw the biggest-ever opening for an Indian film and went on to churn out 1115 crores gross in its lifetime becoming the 4th highest-grosser Indian movie of all time. It was made on a budget of 550 crores.