Box Office Collection: 'Oka Laila Kosam' Makes Decent Business in First Weekend

Naga Chaitanya's latest outing "Oka Laila Kosam" (OLK) has made decent collection at the worldwide box office in the first weekend.

"Oka Laila Kosam" is one of the highly-anticipated movies of 2014. It has been delayed several times due to some technical reasons. Having soared up the viewers' curiosity sky high, the movie finally released in 800+ screens across the globe on 17 October. With a decent amount of advance ticket booking, the movie opened to a superb start at the box office on Friday.

On its opening day, "OLK" registered an average of 65% to 75% occupancy in both single screens in the morning and matinee shows. It ran to packed houses in some urban centres.

The movie garnered positive response from both film critics and movie buffs. A strong word of mouth took its business upwards in the afternoon and evening shows on the first day.

"OLK" showed further improvements in its collection on Saturday and Sunday. The Chaitanya and Pooja Hegde starrer has raked in approximately ₹6.50 crore nett at the Andhra Pradesh and Telangana box office in the first weekend. It has also garnered very good response in other parts of the globe, where it has collected approximately ₹2 crore nett in three days.

The Vijay Kumar Konda directorial has collected approximately ₹8.50 crore at the worldwide box office in the first week.

"OLK", which has been made with a whopping budget of around ₹20 crore, has recovered 35% of its production. If it has to get its making cost, the movie has to do well at the box office in the first week as well.

However, five much-awaited movies like "Karthikeya", "Pooja", "I Am In Love", "Ishq Wala Love" and "Happy New Year" are scheduled to release as a Diwali treat this weekend. Trade experts in Tollywood predict that they will definitely snatch some amount of screens from "OLK" thereby taking a toll on its collection.

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