MUMBAI: India’s most expensive film ever, “Baahubali”, is close to quickly recouping its massive $40 million-dollar budget after a record-breaking week at the box office, an industry analyst said on Friday.

The epic battle movie, which has been likened to American blockbuster 300, enjoyed the biggest opening day in the history of Indian cinema, grossing 500 million rupees ($7.9 million) on July 10.

It went on to make more than $22 million across India in its first weekend, according to Komal Nahta, the editor of Indian movie magazine “Film Information”, smashing the previous record of $17 million set by “Happy New Year”.

“It would have crossed 200 crore rupees ($32 million) in its first week, “Nahta said.

Published in Dawn, July 18th, 2015

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