Nani’s previous biggest grosser was Dasara, which settled at around ₹120 Cr worldwide. Reuniting with the same director, Srikanth Odela, The Paradise carried massive expectations into its release, and it has delivered on the numbers front in a big way, opening with a massive ₹76 Cr gross worldwide, the biggest opening ever for a Tier 2 hero and for Nani himself, more than double his previous best opening.
The film did not receive good word of mouth or strong reviews after release, but that hasn’t dented its box office run so far. The Paradise held well on Day 2 with a collection of ₹20 Cr Plus, and advances for Day 3 are looking very promising too, setting up a genuinely good opening weekend.
With this trend, The Paradise is all set to become Nani’s highest grosser by the end of its opening weekend itself. The film is on course to collect a minimum of ₹130 Cr Plus by the weekend, and depending on how the trend holds, it could go even higher than that.
Considering the reviews and talk the film has received, these numbers are genuinely massive. The film’s breakeven is set at ₹200 Cr gross, and the real question now is how far past its opening weekend momentum it can carry that number.
