New Delhi, May 4 -- Riteish Deshmukh's historical epic Raja Shivaji has witnessed its first noticeable drop at the box office on Monday after a powerful opening weekend that rewrote records for Marathi cinema.

The film, co-written and directed by Deshmukh, collected Rs.2.49 crore net on Day 4 (live figures) while running across 3,644 shows, taking its total India gross collection to Rs.43.28 crore and India net collection to Rs.36.39 crore so far, according to early trade estimates. Final Monday numbers are still awaited and are expected to be updated later in the night.

The Monday dip comes after the film posted a strong Rs.12 crore on Day 3, its first Sunday, with occupancy touching 36.4 per cent across 5,771 shows. By comparison, Mon...