Saaho and Pushpa are the two biggest grossers from the Telugu film industry other than Baahubali movies. Both of these films crossed Rs. 300 crores and had much better performance in the Hindi version as compared to the original Telugu. At end of Week 7, Pushpa total gross in India stands at Rs. 325 crores approx, roughly Rs. 14 crores short of Saaho. It will probably add another Rs. 8-10 crores to the total for a Rs. 333-335 crores finish, ending a few crores short of Saaho numbers. That, however, could have been more than covered if not for the reduced ticket prices in Andhra Pradesh, as the Allu Arjun starrer lost Rs. 35-40 crores in the state due to the ticketing issue.
The territorial comparisons of both Saaho and Pushpa in India are as follows:
Mumbai
Saaho - Rs. 53.50 crores
Pushpa - Rs. 57.50 crores
Delhi/UP
Saaho - Rs. 41.90 crores
Pushpa - Rs. 16.20 crores
East Punjab
Saaho - Rs. 16.45 crores
Pushpa - Rs. 4.20 crores
Rajasthan
Saaho - Rs. 9.95 crores
Pushpa - Rs. 5.70 crores
Central India
Saaho - Rs. 6.60 crores
Pushpa - Rs. 5.90 crores
CP/Berar
Saaho - Rs. 10.60 crores
Pushpa - Rs. 15.40 crores
East India
Saaho - Rs. 29.20 crores
Pushpa - Rs. 16.30 crores
Marathwada
Saaho - Rs. 3.20 crores
Pushpa - Rs. 5.15 crores
Nizam
Saaho - Rs. 46.80 crores
Pushpa - Rs. 62.35 crores
Andhra
Saaho - Rs. 59.60 crores
Pushpa - Rs. 50.80 crores
Ceeded
Saaho - Rs. 17.70 crores
Pushpa - Rs. 22.80 crores
Karnataka
Saaho - Rs. 29.35 crores
Pushpa - Rs. 22.75 crores
Tamil Nadu
Saaho - Rs. 11.10 crores
Pushpa - Rs. 29.90 crore
Kerala
Saaho - Rs. 3.30 crores
Pushpa - Rs. 10.50 crore
All India
Saaho - Rs. 339.25 crores
Pushpa - Rs. 325.45 crores
Pushpa dominated Saaho in Southern and Central India, barring the exception of Karnataka where Saaho was ahead of Pushpa. The up the North we go, Saaho starts scoring over Pushpa. One way of showing the two extreme ends is that in the Northernmost circuit of India, East Punjab, Pushpa is less than one-third of Saaho while in Southernmost Tamil Nadu and Kerala, it is almost three times the latter.
The Hindi circuits are all often described as North India in the South trade, but North India is just one part of them. Saaho had a bigger reach in the real "North" India i.e. East Punjab and Delhi/UP due to the familiarity factor of Prabhas from the Baahubali franchise. It scored very well there which is extremely rare for South Indian films as generally, they tend to perform in Maharashtra and parts of Eastern India only. This is where Pushpa did the best, as it is a huge Blockbuster in Maharashtra and Gujarat. Any circuit comprising parts of these two states, i.e. CP Berar, Marathwada, Mumbai, Pushpa managed to beat Saaho. There is also an outside chance in neighbouring Central India, even though Saaho is ahead by Rs. 70 lakhs, but Pushpa is recording extraordinary numbers, breaking all-time record for Week 7 collections in the circuit besting 21 years old Gadar.
