Peddi Box Office Collection Day 13: Ram Charan, Janhvi Kapoor Film Sees No Growth, Crosses ₹223 Crore

The box office journey of a mega-budget commercial entertainer often experiences extreme fluctuations, and the latest South Indian cinematic spectacle Peddi is currently navigating a highly predictable second-week slowdown. Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Buchi Babu Sana and featuring the high-profile lead pair of global superstar Ram Charan and Bollywood actress Janhvi Kapoor, the periodic sports action drama initially stormed into theatres with monumental momentum. Set in the rustic backdrop of rural Andhra Pradesh during the vibrant 1980s, the narrative focuses on a spirited villager who masterfully unites his local community through traditional sports to safeguard their collective pride against a powerful, corrupt rival. While the movie successfully shattered multiple theatrical opening records globally during its first week, the business has witnessed a noticeable stabilization phase as it approaches the end of its initial fortnight. On its thirteenth day at the ticket windows, which happened to be a crucial second Tuesday, the film experienced a flat trend with no major growth in audience footfalls, though it managed to comfortably cross the massive milestone of two hundred twenty-three crore rupees net within the domestic Indian market.

The single-day collections on day thirteen remained remarkably steady yet modest, pulling in close to four and a half crore rupees across all regional versions to bring its total thirteen-day domestic net collections to an estimated two hundred twenty-five crore rupees. Trade analysis reports indicate that the film recorded an overall national theater occupancy rate of roughly eighteen point seven percent on Tuesday, operating across a significantly reduced screen count of one thousand eight hundred sixty-six shows nationwide after a strong initial rollout. The original Telugu version remains the primary engine driving the film’s financial success, contributing nearly ninety-three lakh rupees net on Tuesday from over a thousand shows while holding a decent twenty-two percent occupancy in core circuits like Warangal, Chennai, and Visakhapatnam. In stark contrast, the highly promoted Hindi dubbed version continued to face severe theatrical resistance in the northern territories, bringing in just twenty-one lakh rupees from seven hundred sixty-eight shows with a low fourteen percent occupancy rate, demonstrating that the presence of prominent Hindi actors like Divyenndu Sharma and Boman Irani failed to create a substantial commercial footprint in the Hindi-speaking belt where the dub has struggled to cross fifteen crore rupees net so far.

This sudden deceleration in ticket sales following a historic opening weekend—where the sports drama effortlessly amassed a whopping fifty-one crore rupees on its very first day alongside an extra eighteen crore rupees from select previews—is being heavily attributed by trade experts to an ongoing societal controversy surrounding the film’s narrative execution. Several section of viewers and digital critics heavily slammed the director for the extreme objectification and hypersexualization of Janhvi Kapoor’s character, Achiyamma, arguing that the screenplay reduced the female lead to a mere background prop filmed through an uncomfortable male gaze. The massive online backlash eventually forced director Buchi Babu Sana to issue a formal public apology and promise immediate modifications, confirming that the production team took the critical feedback seriously and actively initiated the removal of the most offensive visual frames from the running theatrical prints. Despite these lingering script controversies and a notable deficit in overseas earnings where the project is heading for an international loss, Peddi has still delivered a historic milestone for Ram Charan’s solo acting career, successfully securing its place as his very first solo-led project to confidently cross the prestigious double-century mark domestically.