Nani's Bhale Bhale Magadivoi (Bale Bale Magadivoy/BBM) continued with its dream run at the US box office in its fourth weekend. It has now become the fourth all time high grosser Telugu film.
In its third weekend, "Bhale Bhale Magadivoi" made it to the sixth place on the list of top 10 all time high grosser Telugu movies with its collection of $1.36 million (Rs 8.91 crore). The movie needed another $55,629 to beat the records of "Manam" and "Aagadu".
On the weekdays, "Bhale Bhale Magadivoi" grossed $23,349 at the US box office, taking its three-week US collection to $1.33 million. The movie failed to break the lifetime record of Mahesh Babu's "Aagadu", which stands at $1.39 million.
In its fourth week, "Bhale Bhale Magadivoi" clashed with Sai Dharam Tej's "Subramanyam for Sale", which reduced its screen count from 48 to 21. The movie had a steep decline on its fourth Friday, but its business grew up by 100% on Saturday.
On Sunday, Trade analyst Taran Adarsh tweeted, "Telugu film #BhaleBhaleMagadivoi crosses $ 1.4 mn in USA. Wk 4: Fri $ 9,278, Sat $ 18,159. Total: $ 1,404,379 [₹ 9.29 cr]. @RentrakIndia."
The Nani and Lavanya Tripathi-starrer has raked in approximately $8,440 in the country on Sunday. "Bhale Bhale Magadivoi" has collected a total of $35,877 from 21 screens at the US box office in its fourth weekend and its 24-day US total stands at $1.41 million (Rs 9.33 crore), according to Bollywood Hungama.
"Bhale Bhale Magadivoi" has become the third biggest Tollywood money spinner of 2015 after "Baahuabli - the Beginning" and "Srimanthudu". The movie has also beaten the record of "Manam", which was the fourth all time high grosser Telugu movie in the country. Now it is fast heading to beat the record of Pawan Kalyan's "Attarintiki Daredi".
Here is the list of top 10 all time high grosser Telugu movies at the US box office:
Rank | Movie | Screens | Collection |
1 | Baahubali | 170 | $6,460,124 |
2 | Srimanthudu | 157 | $2,882,809 |
3 | Attarintiki Daredi | 94 | $1,522,734 |
4 | Bhale Bhale Magadivoi | 113 | $1,412,819 |
5 | Manam | 108 | $1,412,302 |
6 | Aagadu | 130 | $1,387,355 |
7 | Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu | 69 | $1,262,100 |
8 | Son of Satyamurthy | 126 | $1,254,699 |
9 | Baadshah | 125 | $1,232,757 |
10 | Race Gurram | 66 | $1,227,881 |