Prabhas-starrer 'Kalki 2898 AD' crosses Rs 500 cr mark at global box office

Director Nag Ashwin's 3D sci-fi spectacle "Kalki 2898 AD" has grossed Rs 555 crore worldwide at the box office in its opening weekend, the makers said on Monday.

Mounted on a reported budget of Rs 600 crore, the multilingual movie features a star-studded cast of Prabhas, Deepika Padukone, Amitabh Bachchan and Kamal Haasan.

Previously titled "Project K", "Kalki 2898 AD" is billed as a fusion of the Hindu epic Mahabharata and science fiction and is produced by Vyjayanthi Movies.

Vyjayanthi Movies shared the latest box office figures on its official X page, with the caption: "555 CRORES & counting

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The film had a global release on Thursday in six languages: Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi and ...