The second week of January was a festival of big releases in South Indian cinema. From Tamil, Vijay’s Waris and Ajith’s Thunim hit the theaters on the same day on January 11. Nandamuri Balakrishna starrer Veera Simharedhi in Telugu is another big release that hit the theaters the next day. But the new report says that Balayya has overtaken Ajithini and Vijay in the hunt for box office.
Balayya released on January 12 as a Sankranti release and collected Rs 54 crores on its first day global collection. Maitri Movies, the makers of the film, released the collection information. This is the biggest opening of the year. Prior to this, Balayya’s highest opening day collection was Akhanda.
All India collection of the film is 42 crores. The film collected 38.7 crores from Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and 3.25 crores from Karnataka on the first day. Balayya’s Akhanda grossed 29.6 crores on its first day.
Veera Simharedhi is an action film written and directed by Gopichand Malineni. Shruti Haasan is the heroine. From Malayalam, Honey Rose and Lal are playing the lead roles. and Varalakshmi Sarathkumar, Duniya Vijay, P. The film also stars Ravi Shankar, Chandrika Ravi, Ajay Ghosh, Murali Sharma and others.
Meanwhile, Waris and Tuniv might not reach fifty crores in first day collection. Trade analysts report that Waris has collected 49 crores and Tuniv 42 crores worldwide. Waris Telugu version was not released along with Tamil. It is also said that this is the change in the collection. The Telugu version will hit the theaters on January 14.