Prabhas' 2 Costly Misses - Bad Luck Indeed
"Kalki 2898 AD" is a huge hit in the hindi market and a box office success in the US. prabhas, however, narrowly missed two significant benchmarks in these domains. Before it was discontinued, "Kalki 2898 AD" brought in about $18 million in North America. It seemed at one time like it may make over $20 million, which would have made it only the second indian picture to do so, behind the record-breaking $20.5 million of "Baahubali 2."
After the first week, this appeared unfeasible because of the decline in mass circuit contributions and the weaker trend than "RRR." With a net worth of around 275 crore, "RRR" was the highest-grossing non-sequel South indian film till now, but "Kalki 2898 AD" has eclipsed it. The larger South indian movies, such as "KGF 2" and "Baahubali: The Conclusion," were sequels, which have a considerable advantage because of their existing fan bases. The movie's indian theatre run is almost up, though, so it doesn't look likely to cross the 300 crore milestone. prabhas therefore fails to reach two important landmarks with this film.