RRR box office collection in Japan: S.S. Rajamouli's blockbuster 'RRR', starring Ram Charan and NTR Jr, is fetching huge numbers at the Japanese box office.

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After an impressive worldwide run, where it grossed $145 million, including $14.5 million in North America. The worldwide success of the film has been replicated in Japan as well where the film released on October 21.

SS Rajamouli’s magnum opus RRR is creating havoc at the Japan box office. Over 1.2 lakh people have watched the movie in cinemas across Japan in the last 17 days. 

RRR box office collection Japan 

The film so far has collected 185 million Japanese Yen (JPY) equalling to about about INR 10.3 crores in its theatrical collection in Japan. Entertainment Industry Tracker Ramesh Bala said, "#RRR has made India proud again! The film has collected over 185Million ¥ in just 3 weeks of it’s release in Japan."

RRR box office collection in Japan overtakes Aamir Khan’s 3 Idiots 

As per reports, RRR overtook Aamir Khan’s 3 Idiots (JPY 170 million). In Japan, this movie is poised to become Rajamouli's second straight success after Baahubali: The Conclusion.

Keizo Kabata's Twin released 'RRR' in 209 screens and 31 Imax screens across 44 cities and prefectures in Japan, the widest for an Indian film in the East Asian nation where Rajinikanth is the most popular Indian star. 

In a week, 'RRR' collected JPY73 million ($495,000), making it the highest first week collections for an Indian film in Japan, according to Twin. 'RRR' opened at No. 10 and the top nine films were all local Japanese productions.

'Muthu', starring Rajinikanth, remains the highest-grossing Indian film of all time in Japan with a box-office collection of JPY400 million, adds 'Variety'.

'Muthu' was released in arthouse cinemas on limited screens in 1998 and ran for a year. There has not been a significant amount of inflation in ticket prices even though it was released 24 years ago. The average ticket price for 'Muthu' was JPY1,800; the 'RRR' tickets are priced at JPY1,900.

There is a lack of historical data for Indian films at the Japanese box office due to them being released in arthouse cinemas, but distributors and industry insiders in Japan have collated a chart.

(IANS Inputs)