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Box Office: Hanuman Emerges Big Sankranthi Winner; Tops 200 Crore Worldwide
Mumbai, January 22 - Director Prashanth Varma's superhero movie Hanuman has emerged as a big Sankranthi 2024 winner at the domestic and worldwide box office. The film not only surpassed bigger titles but is also on course to become the biggest Sankranthi winner ever in Telugu cinema. ## Hanuman was released on January 12 with superstar Mahesh Babu's action drama "Guntur Kaaram" which is a much bigger movie in terms of star power and scale. Hanuman overcame the initial obstacles to become the big blockbuster and eventually topped Guntur Kaaram at the domestic as well as the worldwide box office. ## Starring Teja Sajja in the lead role, Hanuman scored approximately 198 crores worldwide in the first 10 days, and with today's collection, it has crossed the 200 crore gross mark and becomes the first Indian movie of the year and first ever for director Varma and actor Teja to do so.## The movie, apart from its original Telugu version, has emerged as a success story in the dubbed Hindi version. It has scored around 34 crores net (40+ crores gross) in Hindi in the first 10 days and is on course to finish over 50 crores net mark which is a massive win for the film. ## Hanuman is trending above all other movies at the moment, and it is expected to cross the 250 crores mark by the next week. It was made on a budget of around 30 crores, and considering this, it has emerged as the biggest Telugu box-office blockbuster ever released at the Sankranthi festival. ## Produced by Primeshow Entertainment, the film stars Teja Sajja, Amrita Iyer, Varalakshmi Sarathkumar, Raj Deepak Shetty, and Vinay Rai in key roles. The film is set in the fictional village Anjanadri. This will be the first film of Prashant Varma Cinematic Universe (PVCU). ## Stay tuned...
