Mirai has closed its box office run, with just under Rs. 10 lakh coming in yesterday on its fourth Thursday. The fourth week amounted to Rs. 2.40 crore, pretty much all of that coming from the weekend as the business fell sharply on Monday. The digital premiere today marks the formal end of its run.

The Teja Sajja starrer has grossed Rs. 102.50 crore in India, and another Rs. 33.75 crore (USD 3.81 million) came from the overseas market. That adds to a worldwide box office gross of Rs. 136.25 crore for the film, making it the second biggest grosser for Teja, just behind his previous film, Hanu-Man, which grossed nearly Rs. 300 crore worldwide.

From the start, the film had, it seemed like it would score higher than it has, but the business slipped in the weekdays. It did stabilise a bit in the second weekend, and after that it sustained well, benefiting from the Dusshera holiday period. The third week collected a pretty solid Rs. 8 crore, despite competition from They Call Him OG. 

Mirai overindexed in the bigger centres, which is generally the case with Tier 2 star films. Accordingly, Nizam came up with the best numbers at nearly Rs. 35 crore gross, making almost half of the Telugu states. Karnataka, which is essentially Bengaluru city, crossed Rs. 10 crore. Bigger centre films also generally outperform overseas, which was the case here as well, with the United States earning a fantastic USD 3 million.

There was a Hindi-dubbed version of the film as well. Since Hanu-Man was a sort of mini-breakout that collected over Rs. 50 crore nett, which led to some expectations from the film. They didn’t materialise, but eventually it did quite decently for a film with no face value and of course, the gross numbers of Hindi, even though not much, gave it bragging rights for 100cr grosser in India.

The Territorial Breakdown for Mirai is as follows:

Kalki 2898 AD, starring Prabhas in the lead role, was released in theaters back in 2024. Directed by Nag Ashwin, the makers recently announced that Deepika Padukone will no longer reprise her role as Sumathi in future installments. Now, it seems that the makers are eyeing Alia Bhatt as her replacement.

Is Alia Bhatt replacing Deepika Padukone in Kalki 2898 AD universe?

According to a report by Lets Cinema, Alia Bhatt is currently the frontrunner for the role of Sumathi in Kalki 2898 AD Part 2. However, an official announcement from the makers is still awaited.

For those unaware, the creators of Kalki 2898 AD recently confirmed that they will no longer be collaborating with Deepika Padukone. They revealed that they were unable to establish a long-term partnership with the actress and cited commitment issues as the reasons for the departure.

The makers wrote, “This is to officially announce that Deepika Padukone will not be a part of the upcoming sequel of #Kalki2898AD. After careful consideration, we have decided to part ways. Despite the long journey of making the first film, we were unable to find a partnership and a film like Kalki 2898 AD deserves that commitment and much more. We wish her the best with her future works.”

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