Telugu fantasy Mirai opens to strong interest amid mixed box office

Telugu fantasy action film Mirai, headlined by Teja Sajja and released on September 12, opened to strong audience interest and mixed box office reports as it rolled out in multiple languages across India and overseas. Produced by People Media Factory and presented in Hindi by Karan Johar's Dharma Productions, the Karthik Gattamneni film stars Manchu Manoj, Ritika Nayak, Shriya Saran, Jagapathi Babu and Jayaram and is positioned as a large-scale mythological spectacle.

Producers posted a Day 1 worldwide gross of Rs 27.20 crore on the film's official X handle, a figure they described as the film's opening revenue. Trade trackers offered different snapshots: Sacnilk reported a Rs 12 crore opening day across all languages, while other box office estimates put the global gross in the 18 to 20 crore range. Early North America premiere trends, reported separately, suggested healthy dollar returns, with Mirai's initial shows crossing about $367,000 and potentially approaching $400,000, which would put it near or above the premiere figures recorded by Sajja's 2024 hit HanuMan. The film released on roughly 500 screens worldwide, and its makers have said Mirai was made on a budget of...