Arjun Reddy US box office collection: Vijay film is 5th highest grossing Telugu movie of 2017

Arjun Reddy is unfazed by Balakrishna's Paisa Vasool, as it has gone on to top the collection charts at the US box office in its second weekend. It has emerged as the fifth-highest-grossing Telugu movie of 2017.

Having had a brilliant opening, Arjun Reddy collected a total $1,180,317 at the US box office in the first week. Due to its huge demand, distributors increased its screen count from 88 to 124 in the country in the second week.

But some people in the industry were bit sceptical about the collections of Arjun Reddy, as it clashed with Balakrishna and Puri Jagannadh's much-talked-about movie Paisa Vasool in the second week.

The Vijay Devarakonda-starrer was rock-steady on its second Friday. After Paisa Vasool was rejected by audiences, Arjun Reddy became the first choice for many and went on to show decent growth on Saturday and Sunday.

Arjun Reddy collected $300,393 at the US box office in its second weekend, taking its 10-day total collection to $1,480,710. The breakup of its second weekend collection is $89,013 on Friday, $115,250 on Saturday and $92,295 on Sunday.

Arjun Reddy needed to collect around $20,000 to cross the $1.5-million mark and it grossed more than that at the US box office on its second Monday, becoming the fifth Telugu film to achieve this feat in 2017.

Idlebrain Jeevi tweeted: "#ArjunReddy crosses $1.5M. 5th Telugu USA grosser to do so this year after #BB2 20M, #KN150 2.4M, #Fidaa 2M & #GPSK 1.6M. Fantastic! [sic]"

Arjun Reddy has become 15th-highest-grossing Telugu movie of all time in North America. As per its current pace of collection, the movie is likely to beat the record of Gautamiputra Satakarni, which minted $1.66 million at the US box office in its lifetime. It is set to be the 10^th-highest-grossing film of all time.

Here is the list of top 20 highest grossing Telugu films of all time at the US box office. All the figures are million dollars.

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