Pawan Kalyan’s Katamarayudu has put up commendable performance in the first weekend despite mixed word of mouth. The action entertainer has reportedly raked in a worldwide share of Rs 42.5 Cr in the first weekend, which is very good considering the weak performance of the film in overseas.
A remake film with below average reviews, generating this amount of revenue over the weekend is true testimony to the stardom and crowd pulling capacity of Pawan. The numbers put Katamarayudu in All Time Top 3 weekend grossers.
Below is the area wise break up of share:
Nizam – 7,85,00,000
Ceded – 4,75,00,000
Nellore – 1,60,40,145
Guntur – 3,73,50,000
Krishna – 2,56,09,549
West – 3,41,64,920
East – 4,23,96,513
Uttharandhra – 4,50,98,000
Total 3 days AP & TG Share – Rs 32.67cr
Karnataka – 3,95,00,000
Rest of India – 1,05,00,000
Total 3 days Domestic Share – Rs 37.67cr
USA – 3,68,00,000
Rest of world – 1,20,00,000
Total 3 days Worldwide Share – Rs 42.55cr
The weekend numbers are good but according to reports, significant drop was witnessed on Monday. Wednesday being the Ugadhi festival holiday, could help the movie. As there is no big release next week except Puri’s ‘Rogue’, Katamarayudu can rake in a few more crores.
However, the break-even point Rs 85 Cr+ looks almost unreachable from this point.