Raja Shivaji Box Office: ₹80 Crore Down, History Beckons — Marathi Cinema Is About to Cross ₹100 Crore for the First Time Ever

Riteish Deshmukh’s passion project is no longer just a box office success story. It is on the verge of becoming a historic landmark — one that an entire film industry has been chasing for decades. Raja Shivaji has crossed ₹80 crore after its 2nd weekend, and the ₹100 crore milestone — a first for Marathi cinema — is now firmly within its grasp.

Raja Shivaji: Complete Day-by-Day Box Office Breakdown

The 2nd Sunday That Sealed the Deal

Raja Shivaji collected approximately ₹8 crore on its 2nd Sunday, registering a healthy 20% growth from Saturday, with a week-on-week drop from the previous Sunday standing at a solid 45%. The second weekend collectively added nearly ₹19 crore — a number that keeps the film’s trajectory firmly pointed toward history.

The language split after the second weekend stands at approximately ₹56.25 crore for the Marathi version and ₹24 crore gross (₹20 crore nett) for the Hindi-dubbed version. That Hindi contribution is a key differentiator — giving the film a national reach that predecessors like Sairat and Baipan Bhari Deva simply didn’t have.

What ₹100 Crore Would Mean for Marathi Cinema

The film is now cruising towards the ₹100 crore mark, with the ETA being sometime during the third week — which would make it the first Marathi film ever to achieve this milestone, surpassing the previous best of Sairat and Baipan Bhari Deva, both pegged around ₹90 crore.

This is a genuinely seismic moment for Marathi cinema, one of India’s oldest and most culturally rich regional film industries. Breaking the ₹100 crore barrier would prove that Marathi storytelling — told authentically, in its own language — can compete on a national scale.

The Shadow of Tanhaji and Chhaava

Even in the glow of this achievement, there is an honest acknowledgement of what could have been. The Marathi box office records seemed perfectly set for Raja Shivaji to aim at the levels of Tanhaji (which grossed around ₹175 crore in Maharashtra alone in 2020, equivalent to over ₹250 crore today) and Chhaava (which crossed ₹300 crore) — both films rooted in the same Maratha Empire legacy. pinkvilla

Raja Shivaji is centred on the very founder of the Maratha Empire — Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj — long anticipated and made in the empire’s own language, yet it is no longer in the running to match those pan-India heights. Still, what it is achieving is remarkable enough to celebrate on its own terms. pinkvilla

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