Kingdom box office collection day 1: Vijay Deverakonda’s highly-anticipated spy-action drama hit the theatres in multiple languages, on July 31. As per industry tracker Sacnilk, the film had a blockbuster opening on its first day of release, earning 15.75 crore at the box office. It has already surpassed the first day box office collections of the actor’s 2022 film Kushi (Rs 15.25 cr). However, Kingdom’s debut stood marginally behind the film Liger (Rs 15.95 cr), which tanked with critics and eventually flopped at the box office.
As per Sacnilk, Kingdom had an overall occupancy of 57.87% in Telugu language on Thursday – with morning shows at 63.56%, afternoon showsat 56.52%, evening shows standing at 50.12%, and night shows at 61.27%. The highest theatre occupancy was in the Warangal region, standing at 88%.
Despite its Rs 15.75 crore earnings at the box office on day 1, Kingdom stands an inch behind Deverakonda’s highest opener, Liger, opposite Ananya Panday. The film had banked Rs 15.95 crore on its first day. Kingdom is also facing tough competition from Mohit Suri’s blockbuster hit Saiyaara. Starring debutants Ahaan Panday and Aneet Padda, the film has already surpassed the Rs 270 crore mark at the box office. There are several other releases at the theatres, including, Pawan Kalyan’s Hari Hara Veera Mallu: Part 1, and Mahavatar Narsimha. Tripti Dimri, Siddhant Chaturvedi-starrer Dhadak 2 and Ajay Devgn’s Son of Sardaar 2 are also scheduled to release on August 1.
An excerpt from SCREEN’s review of Kingdom read, “There’s a palpable chase for glory around us right now that has come to define the modern theatrical experience as an escape, sans the sense of leisure one always sought from it. And in that very pursuit of dazzling us, Gowtam Tinnanuri’s new film runs frantic and incoherent, and winds up a tad exhausted from the weight of its own ambition. Gowtam Tinnanuri does a fine job in setting up this portion of the story. His world’s fantastical attributes are underplayed yet embellished by cinematographers Girish Gangadharan and Jomon T. John, who infuse a gritty texture into the visuals. The screenplay, too, stays taut (helped immensely by Naveen Nooli’s editing) as it barrels through a load of information.”
In Kingdom ,Vijay Deverakonda plays the role of Surya Suri, a police constable-turned-spy, who must rescue his long-lost brother, a smuggler, in war-torn Sri Lanka. Helmed by Gowtam Tinnanuri and bankrolled by Sithara Entertainments, Srikara Studios, and Fortune Four Cinemas, the movie also stars Bhagyashri Borse, Satya Dev, and Ayyappa P Sharma in pivotal roles.
