Balayya beats Ajith and Vijay in the box office hunt. ‘Veera Simha Reddy’ hit the theaters on January 12 as a Sankranti release and collected Rs 54 crore on its first day worldwide. The collection information has been officially released by the makers of the movie, Maitri Movie Makers.
The film is heading towards the biggest success of Balayya’s career. Veera Simha Reddy’s All India Collection is 42 Crores. 38.7 crores from Andhra Pradesh-Telangana and 3.25 crores from Karnataka. The overseas collection is 8 crores. Before this, Balayya’s highest collection on the first day was ‘Akhanda’. 29.6 crore on the first day.
Both Vijay’s ‘Warisi’ and Ajith’s ‘Thunivi’, which came with huge pre-release hype, failed to cross 50 crores on the first day. According to trade analysts, Waris has collected 49 crores and Thuniv 42 crores worldwide. The collection was also estimated to have been affected by the fact that the Telugu version of Waris was not released on the same day. Telugu version release today.
There are reports that Waris is close to 10 crores in Kerala. The first day collection was 4 crores. Waris released in 400 screens in Kerala and Thuniv in 250 screens. The non-release of other Malayalam films this week may benefit both the films in the coming days.
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