Karthikeya 2 grows at box office, mints Rs 70 crore in 9 days

Karthikeya 2 starring Nikhil Siddhartha is having a successful run at the box office. The film had earned more than Rs 70 crore in nine days as of Monday. The Telugu movie had a successful second weekend and faces no real competition for this week either. Karthikeya 2 has also received recommendations from superstars like Pawan Kalyan and others.

Bollywood trade analyst Taran Adarsh claimed that the Hindi version of the movie was also doing good business, bringing in Rs 16 crore till Monday. The success has helped Karthikeya 2 join the list of mid-budget movies performing well at the box office, following in the footsteps of Dulquer Salmaan's Sita Raman and Kalyan Ram’s Bimbisara, which were released a week before Nikhil’s blockbuster.

Taran Adarsh tweeted that Karthikeya 2 was the first choice for the cinema audience over the weekend. The movie has also garnered positive reviews, especially for holding on its own without any big names or typical South Indian punch lines and electrifying songs. The movie earned over 38 crores in the Telugu states alone, while the numbers from the United States were encouraging too.



Karthikeya 2 was released worldwide on August 13, 2022. Apart from Nikhil, the movie also stars Anupam Kher, Anupama Parameswaran, Srinivas Reddy, and others. The movie is directed by Chandoo Mondeti and is the sequel to the 2014 film Karthikeya, which was also a box office hit.

At least for the moment, with the release of Sita Raman, Bimbisara, and Karthikeya 2, the gloominess in the cinema halls has finally shattered. One of the best outcomes of these three movies has been their acceptance in the Hindi belt, even without the jaw-dropping VFX of the RRRs or the flamboyant violence of the KGFs. Having more takers among Hindi-speaking audiences will raise the competition, compelling the dulling mainstream Hindi movie stakeholders to push their limits.
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