Rocky aur Rani Kii Prem Kahani has concluded its first week overseas with USD 7 million (Rs. 58 crores) bolstered by strong business on weekdays. Alongside the Rs. 85 crores in India, the film’s first-week worldwide box office gross amounted to Rs. 143 crores. The Alia Bhatt and Ranveer Singh starrer is expected to add another USD 3 million in the second weekend, pushing its total earnings to USD 10 million. The Karan Johar directorial is set to surpass the USD 12.50 million of his biggest overseas grosser Ae Dil Hai Mushkil and now targeting a final number north of USD 14 million.
RARKPK held extremely well on weekdays across the board with Thursday numbers reaching 55 per cent of its opening day, a rarity, as normally even a 25-30 per cent hold would be considered very good. A part of the reason for that is that the first-day biz was on the lower side, since then the film has performed much better and that makes for a better drop reading. The film faced showcasing limitations during the weekend in most markets as Hollywood blockbusters Barbie and Oppenheimer were dominating screenings. This situation created a spillover demand which boosted weekdays biz. However, screening issues continued on weekdays as well, the occupancies that the film was recording were better than what numbers are suggesting. The summer weekdays have also helped the going as generally weekdays business is very strong in July end and August beginning.
The box office collections of Rocky aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani at the overseas box office are as follows:
- Friday: USD 1,125,000
- Saturday: USD 1,525,000
- Sunday: USD 1,525,000
- Monday: USD 750,000
- Tuesday: USD 750,000
- Wednesday: USD 700,000
- Thursday: USD 625,000
- Total: USD 7,000,000 / Rs. 57.50 crores
The top market for the film is North America, collecting USD 3.10 million approx in the first week. The weekdays contributed nearly 45 per cent of that, which is an extremely strong trend. The best market for the film, however, is the United Kingdom, with GBP 700K in the first week, nearly doubling its first weekend. The film is a SUPER HIT overseas but in the United Kingdom, it will be a BLOCKBUSTER. It will most likely cross the GBP 1 million mark by Sunday, with the final biz set to be well over GBP 1.50 million. The Middle East also saw good business over the weekdays, crossing USD 1.50 million mark. UAE collected almost USD 100K on Thursday, which bodes well for a very strong hold in the second weekend. Basically, every market saw strong business on weekdays whether the aforementioned main markets or smaller markets like Singapore or Netherlands, and that has placed it to earn strongly in next week.
The territorial breakdown for overseas box office collections of Rocky aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani is as follows:
- North America: USD 3,080,000
- Middle East: USD 1,575,000 approx
- Australia: USD 450,000
- New Zealand: USD 140,000
- Singapore: USD 120,000
- Rest of Asia: USD 225,000
- United Kingdom: USD 900,000
- Europe: USD 375,000
- Rest of World: USD 125,000
- Total: USD 7,000,000
