Baby John vs Pushpa 2 box office battle: Varun Dhawan or Allu Arjun, who won on Christmas?

On December 25th, Varun Dhawan's highly awaited film Baby John finally hit the theaters. According to reports, the movie performed well on its opening day but failed to beat Alllu Arjun's Pushpa 2.

As per Sacnilk.com, Varun Dhawan-starrer earned Rs 12.50 crore at the box office. Meanwhile, Pushpa 2, which had been released earlier on December 5, 2024, continues to perform exceptionally well. On Christmas, the film raked in Rs 16.82 crore, despite already being in theaters for several days. 

 

 

 

 

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The film's success highlights its dominance at the box office despite facing controversies.

 

 

 

 

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Allu Aravind, film producer and father of Pushpa 2 actor Allu Arjun, has announced financial support of Rs 2 crores for Sri Tej, the victim of the Sandhya Theatre tragedy and the son of Revathi, who lost her life in the incident and the victim's family.

After meeting the child injured in the Sandhya Theatre incident during the premier show of Pushpa 2, Allu Aravind told the media, "...

After speaking to the doctors, we are very happy to know that the boy is recovering... and all the days he has been on ventilator and ventilator has been removed and he is breathing himself and doctors are very positive about his recovery..."

He added, "To support the family and the boy after coming out... for his future, all this we thought we should support him with an amount of Rs 2 crores-Rs one crore has been given by Allu Arjun and Rs 50 lakhs given by the producers and 50 lakhs by the director. This amount is being handed over to Dil Raju, Chairman of Telangana Film Development Corporation..." Dil Raju visited KIMS Hospital in Secunderabad, Hyderabad, to meet Sri Tej's family.

Speaking to ANI, he revealed that he had earlier met Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy to discuss providing support to Sri Tej's family, ensuring that both the film industry and government would extend all necessary assistance. "He (the child injured in the Sandhya Theatre incident during the premiere show of Pushpa 2) is responding and recovering... He was taken off the ventilator two days ago," said Dil Raju.

(With inputs from ANI)