'The Paradise' Crosses ₹100 Crore Worldwide in Explosive 3-Day Opening Weekend
Summary: Nani Registers Career-Best Box Office Milestone
Natural Star Nani's high-octane action thriller The Paradise has officially entered the ₹100 crore club, generating an impressive ₹119.50 crore gross worldwide over its opening three-day weekend.
Re-teaming with director Srikanth Odela, the film achieved the biggest opening of Nani's career—powered by massive premiere numbers and strong domestic theatrical footprint in mass circuits.
Despite polarized audience feedback post-release, steady weekend holds in Telugu states and solid overseas turnout pushed the film past major commercial benchmarks in record time.
The collaboration between Nani and director Srikanth Odela (Dasara) delivered one of the most front-loaded box office starts of the year for Telugu cinema.
Starting with ₹11.60 crore net from Wednesday evening previews, The Paradise expanded into nearly 10,000 shows on its official opening day (Thursday, September 24), yielding a mammoth ₹46.25 crore India net (₹54.90 crore domestic gross).
Combined with international previews and opening-day overseas gross, initial worldwide projections for Day 1 comfortably landed in the ₹70–76 crore range.
Though the action drama saw a steep drop on Friday, Saturday collections stabilized with domestic net collections rising back to ₹15.25 crore.
By surpassing the full domestic lifetime runs of previous regional hits in just three days, The Paradise cements itself as Nani's fastest film to breach the ₹100 crore global milestone.
Career-Best Opening: Surpasses Dasara and HIT: The Third Case to record Nani's largest day-one and single-weekend theatrical collections to date.
Mass Center Dominance: Andhra Pradesh and Telangana territories drove over 85% of domestic revenue across the weekend.
Global Footprint: Strong overseas performance contributed ₹29 crore gross to the total three-day tally.
Strong Preview Boost: Special Wednesday night screenings added ₹11.60 crore net before the official Thursday release.
Key Highlights
3-Day Worldwide Gross: Stands at ₹119.50 crore.
India Net Collection: Reaches ₹76.40 crore across preview plus 3-day run.
Milestone Benchmark: Outpaces the lifetime domestic runs of recent Telugu blockbusters like Saripodhaa Sanivaaram in under 72 hours.
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