Megastar Chiranjeevi’s political thriller, GodFather under the direction of Mohan Raja was released yesterday. Opened to positive word of mouth, the film has registered an average opening at the worldwide box office. As per the trade reports, the film has collected Rs 16.68 crore share on its first day. Below is area-wise break up.
Nizam
3.25 cr
Ceded
3.15 cr
Uttarandhra
1.26 cr
East
1.60 cr
West
0.59 cr
Guntur
1.75 cr
Krishna
0.71 cr
Nellore
0.55 cr
AP/TS Total
12.86 cr
Rest of India
1.50 cr
Hindi
0.22 cr
Overseas
2.10 cr
Worldwide Total
16.68 cr
As per the reports, the pre-release business of GodFather including all versions is done for Rs 91.2 crore and the film has to collect Rs 92 crore to achieve break-even status. As the film has collected Rs 16.68 crore on its first day, it should generate Rs 75.32 crore share to attain hit status. As the festival holiday season is going on we have to wait and see how far will the film manage to collect by the end of long weekend.