Allu Arjun's "S/O Satyamurthy" (SOS), Nandamuri Balakrishna's "Lion" and Raghava Lawrence's "Ganga" have received decent life-time collections at the worldwide box office.
"S/O Satyamurthy", which was released in theatres on 9 April, opened to superb response and has grossed ₹90.50 crore worldwide in its life-time. Its net total stands at ₹51.90 crore. The film has set several new records for Allu Arjun in different regions. But the film, which fetched ₹54 crore from its theatrical rights, has failed to recover the investments of its distributors.
Released in theatres on 14 May, "Lion" also received a fantastic opening, but the word of mouth took a toll on its business on the following days. The film has grossed ₹28.95 crore worldwide. Its global net total stands at ₹16.80 crore. Having sold its theatrical rights for ₹24 crore, the film has also failed to return the investments to its distributors.
"Ganga" is the Telugu version of Tamil film "Kanchana 2". The huge success of Muni series had created a lot of hype prior to its release. Released on 17 April, the film garnered positive response and maintained rock-steady business in the following weeks. It has collected ₹18.65 crore net in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
"Ganga" has fetched ₹16.50 crore from its theatrical rights of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. The film has been successful in returning the investments with a small amount of profit share to its distributors.
Below is the area-wise break-up of the life-time collections of "S/O Satyamurthy", "Lion" and "Ganga". These figures are approximate numbers provided by Andhra Box Office and they may vary from the actual figures.
Area | SOS | Lion | Ganga |
Vizag | ₹4.20 Cr | ₹1.81 Cr | ₹2.25 Cr |
G East | ₹2.95 Cr | ₹1.14 Cr | ₹1.65 Cr |
G West | ₹2.44 Cr | ₹1.10 Cr | ₹1.40 Cr |
Krishna | ₹2.57 Cr | ₹1.00 Cr | ₹1.31 Cr |
Guntur | ₹3.29 Cr | ₹1.66 Cr | ₹1.90 Cr |
Nellore | ₹1.45 Cr | ₹0.89 Cr | ₹0.74 Cr |
Ceeded | ₹6.70 Cr | ₹3.30 Cr | ₹3.60 Cr |
Nizam | ₹14.05 Cr | ₹4.20 Cr | ₹5.80 Cr |
Karnataka | ₹5.80 Cr | ₹1.35 Cr | Nil |
Kerala | ₹1.15 Cr | Nil | Nil |
Tamil Nadu | ₹0.63 Cr | Nil | Nil |
Rest of India | ₹0.72 Cr | ₹0.35 Cr | Nil |
USA | ₹5.20 Cr | NA | Nil |
Rest of World | ₹0.75 Cr | NA | Nil |
Total | ₹51.90 Cr | ₹16.80 Cr | ₹18.65 Cr |