Prahaar worldwide gross hits Rs 26.78 cr after day 10

Rajkummar Rao’s Prahaar: The Ujjwal Nikam Story found a small second-weekend pulse, but the legal drama is still running well behind its opening-week pace.

Day 10: A Sunday lift, not a turnaround

The film added Rs 1.20 crore to its India net total on Sunday, its tenth day in theatres, according to Sacnilk figures cited by The Times of India. That is a 4.3% improvement over Saturday’s Rs 1.15 crore.

Worldwide gross now stands at Rs 26.78 crore. The India net total has reached Rs 20.10 crore, domestic gross Rs 23.93 crore, and overseas collections Rs 2.85 crore.

The box office picture so far

• Day 10 India net: Rs 1.20 crore
• Second-weekend total: Rs 2.95 crore
• Total India net: Rs 20.10 crore
• Domestic gross: Rs 23.93 crore
• Overseas gross: Rs 2.85 crore
• Worldwide gross: Rs 26.78 crore

The second weekend began with Rs 60 lakh on Friday, October 23, then moved to Rs 1.15 crore on Saturday before Sunday’s Rs 1.20 crore. That is a genuine weekend recovery in percentage terms, but the base is modest.

Why the film still has work to do

For context, Prahaar closed its first seven days with an India net total of Rs 17.15 crore. Its opening Sunday alone earned Rs 3.65 crore, more than the entire second weekend’s Rs 2.95 crore. So Sunday’s bump is encouraging, but the film is climbing from a much lower floor than it had in week one.

Occupancy data underlines the challenge. The Hindi 2D screenings recorded 30.09% overall occupancy on day 10, with evening shows leading at 37.08% and afternoon at 32.38%. Night shows came in at 27.38%, while mornings lagged at 11.92%. The film drew 51,426 viewers on Sunday, taking total footfall to 9,06,906.

What Prahaar is about

Directed by Avinash Arun, the 2026 biographical legal drama stars Rajkummar Rao as public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam. The story follows Nikam’s work on high-profile cases, including the prosecution connected to the 1993 Bombay blasts and the trial of Ajmal Kasab after the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks.

The cast also includes Lalit Prabhakar as Ajmal Kasab, Wamiqa Gabbi as Jyoti Nikam, Jaideep Ahlawat and Ashish Vidyarthi. Vishal Mishra and Emiway Bantai composed the songs, while Alokananda Dasgupta handled the background score.

For fans of court-driven Hindi cinema, the film offers a rare big-screen look at a prosecutor’s side of the courtroom. But with weekdays ahead, the key box office question is whether the weekend’s small upturn can translate into steady holds, or whether the film slows again now that the second weekend is over.

Source: The Times of India