HanuMan Box Office Collection Day 2: Prasanth Varma’s movie sees 55.65% jump on first Saturday
HanuMan Box Office Collection Day 2: HanuMan, starring Teja Sajja in the lead role, saw a 55.65% jump in its Box Office Collection on the second day. The movie collected ₹12.53 crore on the first Saturday. This included ₹8.4 crore from the Telugu version and ₹4.13 crore from the Hindi version.
With ₹14.05 crore Gross Box Office Collection in India and ₹9.45 crore from the overseas market, the movie has collected ₹23.5 crore worldwide. HanuMan, touted as the first superhero movie in Telugu, picked up even before its release. The paid premiere of the movie, exclusively for Telugu viewers, fetched ₹4.15 crore on Thursday.
On its release day, the movie minted ₹8.05 crore. ₹5.89 crore came from Telugu while the Hindi version brought home ₹2.1 crore. Teja Sajja plays Hanumanthu, the protagonist of the movie.
He hails from an imaginary place called Anjanadri. He gets the superhuman powers of the Hindu god Hanuman and fights for his people. The movie also stars Varalaxmi Sarathkumar who plays Hanumanthu’s elder sister, Anjamma, and Amritha Aiyer who plays Hanumanthu's love interest, Meenakshi.
The movie is written and directed by Prasanth Varma. HanuMan happens to be the first instalment of the “Prasanth Varma Cinematic Universe". Varma is known for writing and directing Zombie Reddy.
The zombie comedy also featured Teja Sajja in the lead role. The movie also featured Anandhi and Daksha Nagarkar. Made with ₹4 crore, the movie made around ₹11 crore, as per Sacnilk.
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