Ekka box office verdict: Yuva Rajkumar's Kannada action drama earns Rs 10 cr, trade analyst says audience 'rejected' it

Ekka box office verdict: Yuva Rajkumar’s Ekka hit the screens on July 18 and opened to a good response at the box office. According to Koimoi, an entertainment portal, it netted Rs 1.45 crore on the first day and emerged as Sandalwood’s highest opener of the year. The film, however, received underwhelming reviews and this affected its performance in the long run. Ekka has now ended its run at the box office, and the final verdict is out.


Ekka has completed its run at the Indian box office, and the results are not up to the mark. Manobala Vijayabalan, a trade analyst, told Indiatimes that the film earned Rs 10 crore in its full run and failed to recover its budget. He added that Ekka was ‘rejected’ by a vast majority of the audience after its release.

“Ekka was rejected by the majority of the audience, which led to its failure at the box office. The film was made on a budget of ₹20 cr but grossed just around ₹10 cr from theatrical release. This is the overall collection, including a tiny bit from overseas, as there was no big release there,” he said.


According to Sacnilk, Ekka started on a strong note, but the collections saw a dip from the second day onwards as it earned just Rs 1.35 crore on its first Saturday (July 19). The collections further dropped over the weekdays, adding to its woes.

Ekka’s underwhelming tally means that it has failed to match the performance of Yuva, Yuva Rajkumar’s maiden film. The actioner, which premiered in theatres in 2024, grossed Rs 19.40 crore at the box office. It was directed by Santosh Anandram and featured the debutant in the role of a wrestler.


Coming back to Ekka, it received mixed reviews. Yuva Rajkumar, Dr Rajkumar’s grandson, received praise for his performance but the execution failed to impress most critics. The Times of India gave it two and a half stars out of five and said that it is a ‘formulaic’ but caters to the genre’s fans.


“Ekka may be a formulaic take on the Bangalore underworld, but for fans of this genre, it offers just enough action, emotion, and style to make it worth a watch,” read a portion of the review.

The average reviews played a role in the film’s mediocre performance at the box office.


Ekka is an actioner directed by Rohit Padaki. It centres on a rural thug who enters the underworld to punish a former ally who betrayed him. It stars Yuva Rajumar and Sanjana Anand in the lead roles. The cast includes Atul Kulkarni, Aaditya and Shruti. Its music is directed by Charan Raj.

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