Back in 2016, Nagraj Manjule`s film Sairat created history by becoming the first-ever Marathi film to cross the Rs 100 crore mark at the worldwide box office. Since then, for a decade now, no Marathi film has managed to surpass that record. But Riteish Deshmukh’s historical drama Raja Shivaji has created history by achieving this feat. Raja Shivaji has emerged as the highest-grossing Marathi film of all time.
Raja Shivaji becomes the highest-grossing Marathi film
The film has witnessed a strong and consistent performance at the box office since its release on May 1, 2026. Raja Shivaji opened to exceptional numbers, earning more than Rs 30 crore net during its first weekend. It then continued its successful run in the following weeks, collecting Rs 57.70 crore net by the end of its first week and Rs 84 crore net by the end of the second week.
The film has maintained a steady hold in theatres in the third week as well. According to the latest box office numbers, Raja Shivaji has collected Rs 1.70 crore on its third Friday, Rs 2.90 crore on its third Saturday and Rs 3.80 crore on its third Sunday. With these collections, the film’s total India gross collection has touched Rs 109.90 crore, while the India net collection stands at Rs 93 crore. The film has also collected Rs 4.90 crore overseas, taking its worldwide gross total to Rs 114.80 crore.
With this, Raja Shivaji has officially surpassed Sairat’s lifetime worldwide collection of Rs 110 crore gross to become the highest-grossing Marathi film of all time. Sharing the achievement on Instagram, Jio Studios wrote, “The glorious saga of Hindavi Swarajya has awakened pride in every heart!”
About Raja Shivaji
Written and directed by Riteish Deshmukh, the film has been produced by Genelia D`Souza and Jyoti Deshpande under the banners of Mumbai Film Company and Jio Studios, respectively. The historical drama stars Riteish and Genelia in lead roles along with an ensemble cast including Sanjay Dutt, Abhishek Bachchan, Mahesh Manjrekar, Sachin Khedekar, Bhagyashree, Fardeen Khan, Jitendra Joshi and Amole Gupte.
Notably, the film also marked the acting debut of Riteish and Genelia’s sons, Riaan and Rahyl, who played different stages of the life of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
