Lokah (Hindi) Box Office Collection Day 2: Kalyani Priyadarshan's Film Struggles. Can It Beat Baaghi 4?

Lokah (Hindi) Box Office Collection Day 2: You do not need massive promotions, high budgets and popular stars to make a successful film. Malayalam cinema has always been paving the way for quality content, and it made us proud once again by delivering South India's first female superhero film that crossed the Rs 100-crore mark at the worldwide box office.

LOKAH NEW ZEALAND BOX OFFICE COLLECTION: FILM GETS SOLID OPENING

As Lokah released in New Zealand, it created ripples at the box office, earning good figures on the first two days. The movie registered an opening of NZ$34,567, proving that Lokah is a hit even in the international markets.

LOKAH BOX OFFICE COLLECTION (HINDI) DAY 1 VS DAY 2: FILM SEES GROWTH

According to Sacnilk, Lokah earned Rs 15 lakhs for its Hindi version on the first day of release. On Thursday (September 4), the superhero flick earned Rs 6.20 crore in Malayalam, 0.95 crore in Tamil and Rs 1.05 crore in Telugu. The movie collected a total of Rs 8.35 crore in all the languages, as per the website.

As per Sacnilk's early estimates, Lokah earned Rs 7.75 crore on Friday (September 5) for all the languages, including Malayalam and Hindi.

While Baaghi earned around Rs 12-14 crore on Friday (September 5), Lokah was nowhere closer to the action thriller. Considering Baaghi 4 is a pure masala entertainer and made solely for the Hindi audience, it was expected to fare better. However, positive word-of-the-mouth publicity can actually help Lokah in gaining traction in the Hindi-speaking belts like Delhi, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh.

Lokah witnessed a rise is numbers on day two in Hindi, collecting over Rs 25 lakhs, taking the total collection to Rs 40 lakhs.