As expected, director Prashanth Neel’s film ‘KGF 2’ has returned to the theaters as a tsunami. The film not only achieved the top-grossing title of all time in Hindi cinema on the very first day, it also produced ‘Baahubali 1’, ‘Baahubali 2’ and ‘RRR’ including Salman Khan, Aamir Khan and Shah Rukh Khan as well as Hrithik Roshan. The brightness of the stars has also slowed down at the box office. The film has also done great business across the country. As per the initial trends, the film has touched the first day net worth of SS Rajamouli’s RRR. The film ‘RRR’ is a film made in about Rs 550 crores and the budget of the film ‘KGF 2’ is only one and a half hundred crores.
The film ‘KGF 2’ was received by the audience across the country. From the shows of the film which started at 6 in the morning, there was a huge crowd of audience in the late night shows. The film is going to have strong gains on Good Friday, Baisakhi and weekend holidays. According to the initial figures, the film has set a new record on the first day’s earnings in Hindi. The total gross (gross) of the film’s Hindi versions released across the country has been around Rs 63 crore. Even after deducting all the expenses in this, the net earning left has broken the record of highest collection of the film ‘War’ on the first day.
The first day net earning of the film ‘KGF 2’ Hindi has been Rs 54 crores according to the initial figures. The previous record was held by Hrithik Roshan, Tiger Shroff and Vaani Kapoor’s Hindi, Tamil and Telugu release ‘War’, which earned Rs 53.24 crore on the first day. The film ‘KGF 2’ has earned a net of Rs 128 crores at the domestic box office on the first day including all Indian languages. This earning is equal to the first day’s earnings of Rajamouli’s film ‘RRR’.
The film ‘KGF Chapter 2’ has the highest grossing total of 35 crores in its native language Kannada. This is the highest-grossing record of any Kannada film till date. The film has earned around Rs 33 crore in Telugu, around Rs 12 crore in Tamil and around Rs 7 crore in Malayalam. The total collection (gross) of the film is said to be around Rs 150 crore on the first day.
According to the initial trends of the first day collection of the film ‘KGF’, it has made the highest grossing of any film released in Hindi in the country. The record for the highest opening day in Hindi cinema has so far been held by Hrithik Roshan and Tiger Shroff’s film ‘War’, which earned Rs 53.25 crore on the day of its release. The film ‘RRR’ Hindi earned only Rs 18 crore on the first day of its release. Salman Khan’s film ‘Tiger Zinda Hai’ has been left out of this list after making a place in the top 10 best openers of the film ‘KGF 2’. Here’s a list of the 10 highest grossing Hindi films of all time on the day of release:
| Film | First Day Collection (Rs. in Crore) |
| KGF 2 (2022) | 54 |
| War (2019) | 53.35 |
| Thugs of Hindostan (2018) | 52.25 |
| Happy New Year (2014) | 44.97 |
| India (2019) | 42.30 |
| Bahubali 2 (2017) | 41 |
| Prem Ratan Dhan Payo (2015) | 40.35 |
| Sultan (2016) | 36.54 |
| Dhoom 3 (2013) | 36.22 |
| Sanju (2018) | 34.75 |
