Allu Arjun's 'Pushpa: The Rise' makes Rs 250 crore in pre-release business worldwide

Sukumar directorial 'Pushpa: The Rise,' starring Allu Arjun and Rashmika Mandanna, is all set to hit the big screens on December 17. The film unit of the action thriller is expecting the film to be a hit as the pre-release business of the film is already valued in crores.All the rights of 'Pushpa: The Rise' have been locked now, and the pre-release total business of this Allu Arjun starrer is around the Rs 250 crore mark. If reports are to be believed, the film has done a business of Rs 250 crore including non-theatrical (OTT & Digital) rights. In total, Pushpa: The Rise is the first major Telugu movie to have done such pre-release theatrical business post-second wave of coronavirus.The pressure is now on the film to live onto the expectations. It would be interesting to see how the film fares at the box office and what the revenues are for the stakeholders. In simple terms, the film has to be the biggest hit of Indian cinema for the distributors to recover their investment and surpass the previous box office numbers. So far, the makers have managed to impress the audience with its every promos and posters.Produced by Mythri Movie Makers and Muttamsetty Media, the film also stars Rashmika Mandanna, Fahadh Faasil, Jagapathi Babu, Prakash Raj, Anasuya Bharadwaj, Sunil, Harish Uthaman, Vennela Kishore, Rao Ramesh and Ajay Ghosh in key roles. Devi Sri Prasad has scored music for the film. Since Pushpa is the third upcoming film of Allu Arjun and Sukumar together, there are huge expectations of it. The film is considered as one of the big-budget movies of Allu Arjun’s career. 'Baahubali 2' to 'Saaho,' top 5 most-watched Telugu movie trailers in 24 hours