Chiranjeevi film sees decline but overpowers The Raja Saab

9th day of Mana Shankara Vara Prasad Garu box office collection

Mana Shankara Vara Prasad Garu, an action comedy starring Chiranjeevi as Shankara Vara Prasad, was released on Monday, January 12, just in time for the Sankranti holiday. Directed by Anil Ravipudi, the film features a strong supporting cast including Nayanthara, Catherine Tresa, Zarina Wahab, Harsha Vardhan, Sachin Khedekar, Sharat Saxena and Srinivasa Reddy, while Venkatesh Daggubati appears in an extended cameo.

Mana Shankara Vara Prasad Garu box office update

The Chiranjeevi film had a strong start at the box office, raking in Rs 41.60 crore on its opening day (Rs 9.35 crore from paid previews on Sunday and Rs 32.25 crore on Monday). Mana Shankara Vara Prasad Garu continued its momentum throughout the first week by collecting Rs 157.90 crore nett in India and grossed Rs 222.85 crore worldwide in its first week.

The film added 8 billion rupees to its domestic earnings on its eighth day, taking its 8-day collections to 165.90 billion rupees at the Indian box office. On Tuesday, the ninth day since its release, the Anil Ravipudi directorial saw a decline in its collections, earning Rs 5.75 billion (as per Sacnilk’s initial estimates) and its total net domestic earnings now stands at Rs 171.65 billion.

Mana Shankara Vara Prasad Garu vs Raja Saab

Starring Prabhas, Sanjay Dutt, Boman Irani, Zarina Wahab, Malavika Mohanan, Riddhi Kumar and Nidhhi Agerwal, Raja Saab turned out to be a major box office failure. On January 20, the film failed to cross the 1-crore mark, earning only Rs 73 lakh nett in India; It is almost eight times lower than the Rs 5.75 crore collected by Chiranjeevi’s Mana Shankara Vara Prasad Garu on the same day.

Looking at worldwide collections, Maruthi’s fantasy-horror comedy The Raja Saab grossed Rs 201.75 crore in 11 days, while Anil Ravipudi’s action-comedy Mana Shankara Vara Prasad Garu grossed Rs 233.25 crore in just 8 days. Thus, Mana Shankara Vara Prasad Garu continues to be the choice of moviegoers even after the Sankranti 2026 festivities.

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