Let’s look at the budget of Shehzada, starring Kartik Aaryan, and how much money it has made so far as we come closer to the film’s premiere.
Kartik Aaryan established a strong presence in Bollywood last year with his performance in Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2, one of the few super-hit films the industry produced. Expectations for the actor’s comeback film, Shehzada, at the box office are very high. Let’s look at the movie’s budget and how much it has recovered so far as we come closer to the release.
The movie, directed by Rohit Dhawan, is an official Hindi version of Allu Arjun and Pooja Hegde’s Alla Vaikunthapurramuloo. Kartik is joined by Kriti Sanon in this film. It was initially supposed to come out on February 10th, but that date was later changed to February 17th. The most recent information we have is that this family film has more than recouped its initial cost.
Nishit Shaw, a trade expert, estimates that Shehzada has an 85 crore budget, which includes 20 crores for publicity and advertising and 65 crores for production. In terms of financial recovery, the movie has already made 65 crores, with music and television rights costing 10 crores each. Netflix reportedly paid 40 crores for the OTT rights. The cost of international rights is reportedly 5 crores. This indicates that 76% of the budget has already been made up.
According to reports, Shehzada’s producers just need 40 crores to break even, and reaching that amount appears to be a piece of cake if word-of-mouth is favourable.
The film’s postponement was revealed by the producers a few weeks ago. The cause of this is allegedly the historic box office success of Shah Rukh Khan’s comeback movie Pathaan in both India and abroad. The movie has made around 490 crores nett so far in India.
