SS Rajamouli’s magnum opus ‘RRR’, which was released in Japan on October 21, has become the second-highest-grossing Indian film in Japan, overtaking the filmmaker’s own ‘Baahubali 2’. The film, starring Ram Charan and Jr NTR, which was released on 209 screens and 31 Imax screens across 44 cities and prefectures in Japan, has become the fastest Indian film to breach the JPY300 million club, reportedly earning more than £1.7 million.
According to box office tracker T2BLive on Twitter, the movie reportedly collected JPY305 million, approximately £1.76 million, in 34 days and has registered over 200,00 footfall. Rajinikanth’s ‘Muthu’, which was released 24 years ago, remains the highest-grossing Indian film of all time in Japan with a box office collection of JPY400 million, approximately £2.35 million. ‘RRR’ is in the second position with JPY305 million.
Rajamouli and Ram Charan and Jr NTR were in Japan to promote their film three weeks ago. The movie is a fictional story set in the 1920s pre-independence era and is based on the lives of two real heroes and well-known revolutionaries - Alluri Sitarama Raju and Komaram Bheem. While Ram Charan played Ram, JR NTR was seen as Bheem.
SSRajamouli attended the Governor’s Awards earlier this week in Los Angeles, and the Oscars campaign begins in full force with the Governor’s awards. A day after ‘RRR’ was ignored for India’s entry for Oscars 2023, SS Rajamouli was signed by American talent agency Creative Artists Agency (CAA) for the film’s Oscars campaign.
