James box office collection Day 2: Puneeth Rajkumar's swan song has a great opening weekend

Puneeth Rajkumaar’s final commercial movie, James, released on March 17. Releasing in over 4000 screens, the movie had the biggest opening collection for a Kannada movie. James has kept its box office momentum for day 2. 

On its second day, the movie reportedly collected close to Rs 18 Crore from Karnataka. Having collected a whopping Rs 23.60 crore on its first day, the total box office gross of James stands at Rs 45 Crore. 

The movie has also reportedly edged past the first day collection record set by Yash’s period action drama, KGF. With fans and family still flocking to catch the actor on the big screen for the last time, the movie is expected to do big in box office numbers in the long run. 

Puneeth Rajkumar passed away on October 29, 2021 at the age of 46 due to a cardiac arrest. 

Backed by Kishore Productions, the movie is directed by Chethan Kumar and has Priya Anand as the female lead. The movie also received favourable reviews following its release. 

“A major chunk of the film’s 149-minute run-time is dedicated to action, with Puneeth waltzing from one high-octane stunt sequence to another. There’s hand combat, gun fight, mid-air flips, helicopter kicks, the works – the Power Star is in supreme form in the action sequences.” reads OTTPlay’s review for the action flick. 

The streaming rights for James have been reportedly bagged by Sony LIV. The streaming platform is said to have outbid Amazon Prime Video for a massive Rs 40 crore.