Bahubali 2: The Conclusion was also the highest-grossing Indian film in the world, grossing $7.92 billion in six days. It was the first Indian film to enter the 1000 Crore Club, grossing more than ten billion rupees in all Indian languages. By the end of two weeks, it had earned more than $12.5 billion in all languages. The film was the 39th highest-grossing film of 2017, grossing over 14.169 billion rupees (US$218 million) in India and over 2.896 billion rupees (US$44 million) overseas, for a total worldwide gross of 17.065 billion rupees (US$262 million) as of September 2017.
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