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Released
2024 · FILM

Kalki 2898 AD

A legendary warrior reborn as Ashwatthama must protect an unborn child foretold to become the savior Kalki, while a cynical bounty hunter stands in his way in a dystopian 2898 AD.

“When the world is taken over by darkness, a new force will arise.”

Directed by
Nag Ashwin, Srinivas Eetha
Written by
Nag Ashwin
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
176 min
Language
TE
ActionAdventureSci-Fi

Synopsis

In the year 2898 AD, approximately 6000 years after the Kurukshetra war, Ashwatthama prepares for his final battle of redemption in a dystopian world, guided by a sign of hope. Bhairava, a wisecracking and self-interested bounty hunter, becomes an obstacle in his path, having grown weary of the dangers of his perilous life.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 985+ credited

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Kotagiri Venkateshwara RaoShot by Djordje StojiljkovicScored by Santhosh NarayananDesigned by Nitin Zihani ChoudharySound by Anirban BorthakurCostumes by Thota Vijay BhaskarVFX by Abhay Baviskar

Box Office

2024 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.9× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$141.0M

Budget$75.0M
Worldwide gross$141.0M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $18.3M — 13% of worldwide · International: $122.7M (87%)

Opening weekend: $5.7M — 31% of its US run.

Peak 1,049 theaters

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  • Kalki 2898 A.Dde

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