Rajkummar Rao’s Prahaar added Rs 16 lakh on Day 20 and crossed Rs 31 crore worldwide. It has now beaten the worldwide total of the actor’s own earlier film, Maalik.
Updated: 5 November 2026, 10:00 IST
Quick Read
- Day 20 (4 November): Rs 16 lakh India net, down 30.4% from Day 19’s Rs 23 lakh.
- Total so far: Rs 23.81 crore India net, Rs 28.22 crore India gross, Rs 3.03 crore overseas.
- Worldwide gross: Rs 31.25 crore — past Rajkummar Rao’s Maalik lifetime total.
Prahaar is slowing down, but it just passed a personal milestone. On Wednesday, 4 November, the film earned Rs 16 lakh net in India. That is Day 20. Day 19 had given Rs 23 lakh. So Day 20 is 30.4% lower. The fall is steep. It is also 54.3% lower than the Rs 35 lakh the film made on the previous Wednesday. Weekdays in week 3 are always tough. Still, the film crossed a mark worth noting. The film ran on 914 shows on Day 20. Occupancy was 9%. That works out to roughly Rs 1,750 per show. Low, but the film is still in theatres after 20 days. Many films vanish much sooner.
The totals after 20 days
India net now stands at Rs 23.81 crore. India gross is Rs 28.22 crore. Overseas markets have added Rs 3.03 crore. The worldwide gross is Rs 31.25 crore. Week 3 so far (Days 15–20) has given Rs 2.16 crore net in India, with Rs 2.54 crore gross. The film opened at Rs 2.20 crore on Day 1. It had a strong Dussehra boost on 20 October, when it made Rs 3.30 crore in a single day. Since then, the pace has cooled week by week.
A record for Rajkummar Rao
The Rs 31 crore worldwide mark matters because it beats Maalik. Maalik was Rajkummar Rao’s earlier film this year. Prahaar has now passed its worldwide lifetime total, as The Times of India reported. Prahaar is a legal drama based on the life of noted lawyer Ujjwal Nikam. Rajkummar Rao plays the lead. The film is a biography drama, not a mass action film. For that kind of film, a 20-day run with a personal record is a fair result.
Also read: Prahaar Day 19 Box Office Collection
What comes next
The road ahead is hard. Ramayana releases today, 5 November. It will take screens from every older film. Prahaar’s 914 shows will shrink fast. There is no big round-number mark close by. The film is Rs 31.25 crore worldwide. The next talking point would be holding on through the weekend. Even small weekend numbers would stretch the run past three weeks. For now, the Maalik record is the story. Rajkummar Rao has beaten his own earlier film with a courtroom drama. That is the kind of win that matters more than one more lakh on a weekday.
The film itself
Prahaar is a biography drama built around the life of noted lawyer Ujjwal Nikam. Rajkummar Rao plays the lead role. The film is a courtroom story, not a mass action film. It has no big song-and-dance hook and no star-driven opening weekend machine behind it. The numbers show that shape. It opened at Rs 2.20 crore on Day 1. Week 1 closed at Rs 17.04 crore. Week 2 ended at Rs 21.75 crore. Then Dussehra gave it a lift — Rs 3.30 crore on 20 October, its best single day. After the festival, the pace cooled week by week, which is normal for this kind of film. Courtroom dramas live on word of mouth. They do not open huge. They grow if people talk about them, and they fade when talk moves on. Prahaar followed that path. Twenty days in theatres is itself a decent run for the genre.
Why the Maalik mark matters
Beating Maalik is a personal win for Rajkummar Rao. Maalik was his own earlier film. Actors rarely get to beat their own recent film with a quieter, smaller genre film. It shows his audience trusts him across genres, not just in one kind of role. It also matters for the makers. A courtroom drama crossing Rs 31 crore worldwide proves there is room for such films in a season full of action spectacles. The film did not need a Rs 100 crore opening to make its point. It needed staying power, and it found enough of it.
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FAQ
Q1. How much did Prahaar earn on Day 20?
Rs 16 lakh net in India on 4 November, down 30.4% from Day 19’s Rs 23 lakh.
Q2. What is Prahaar’s total collection after 20 days?
Rs 23.81 crore India net, Rs 28.22 crore India gross, Rs 3.03 crore overseas, and Rs 31.25 crore worldwide.
Q3. What record did Prahaar break?
It crossed Rs 31 crore worldwide, beating the lifetime worldwide total of Rajkummar Rao’s own earlier film, Maalik.
Sources
- Times of India, 5 Nov 2026
- Sacnilk, 5 Nov 2026
- Bollywood Hungama, 5 Nov 2026
- India TV, 21 Oct 2026
Sasanka Sekhar Pradhan is the founder of India Presents, an India-focused news site. He covers daily box-office trackers, India news, economy explainers, sports previews and festival guides — in simple English, so readers across India can follow fast-moving stories without jargon. His focus is what a story means for the reader: the number that matters, the source behind it, and what happens next. India Presents publishes daily, with day-trackers updated as new figures come in.
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