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Riteish Deshmukh's historical action drama 'Raja Shivaji' continues to earn well at the box office. After record-breaking earnings in the first week, the film has maintained a strong hold in the second weekend as well. After a slight decline on the second Friday, the film made a great comeback on Saturday and took a huge jump of 63% in the earnings. The special thing is that despite fewer screens and shows, the audience's excitement about the film seems to be continuously increasing. Now the film has reached very close to the 70 crore club and is fast moving towards becoming the second highest grossing film of Marathi cinema.

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Tremendous jump in second Saturday's earnings of 'Raja Shivaji'

'Raja Shivaji' showed excellent growth at the box office on the second Saturday. The occupancy of the film was around 23% in the morning shows, while by the afternoon it increased to 40%. The occupancy was recorded up to 46% in the evening shows and it was reported to cross 50% in the night shows. Due to this strong trend, the film earned Rs 5.7 to 5.9 crore on the 9th day. This is approximately 58.33% to 63.88% more than the earning of Rs 3.6 crore on the 8th day. The total net collection of the film has now reached Rs 67 to 67.2 crores.

The film came very close to 70 crore club

After the impressive growth in the second weekend, 'Raja Shivaji' is now a few steps away from the Rs 70 crore club. According to reports, the gross collection of the film has reached Rs 79.06 to 79.29 crore. Trade experts believe that the film can register a bigger surge on Sunday. The interesting thing is that despite fewer screens and shows, crowds of viewers are continuously reaching theatres. The film is continuously getting the benefit of strong word of mouth and historical theme.

New history is going to be made in Marathi cinema

With earnings of more than Rs 67 crore, 'Raja Shivaji' is currently the third highest grossing film of Marathi cinema. Now the next target of the film is the record of 'Baipan Bhari Deva', which had made a net collection of Rs 76.28 crore. 'Raja Shivaji' is just Rs 9 crore away from this record and trade pundits believe that this record can be broken in the next 2-3 days. If this happens, Riteish Deshmukh's film will become the second biggest blockbuster of Marathi cinema. Let us tell you that 'Sairat' is at number one in this list, which had earned Rs 90 crore.