After multiple delays due to CoVID, the highly anticipated Sandalwood movie Vikrant Rona finally saw the day of light yesterday. Kiccha Sudeep-led action-adventure thriller film opened to record-breaking numbers, grossing Rs. 14.50 crores approx at the Indian box office on Thursday. Of these, Rs. 9.5-10 crores approx for the movie came from the home state of Karnataka.

The opening day numbers are career best for Kicha Sudeep. There is a lack of consistent box office data for Kannada movies, so it’s hard to ascertain which was his previous best but from what is known collections of Vikrant Rona are almost three times Sudeep’s previous release Kotigobba 3. In fact, Bangalore city alone collected higher for Vikrant Rona than Kotigobba 3 did in the entire state.