Gautamiputra Satakarni (GPSK) has made superb business at the worldwide box office in the first weekend. Its gross collection has crossed Rs 50 crore mark in the global market in four days.
The Nandamuri Balakrishna-starrer was released in over 1,000 screens across globe on January 12 and received good opening everywhere. Gautamiputra Satakarni collected Rs 18.55 crore gross at the worldwide box office on the first day. The film earned Rs 12.75 crore for its distributors on its opening day and became the biggest opener for Balakrishna and director Krish.
The Krish-directed epic historical movie received positive talk from both critics and audience and the word of mouth helped it to go on strength to strength on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Gautamiputra Satakarni has grossed Rs 33 crore in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, Rs 5.25 crore in Karnataka, Rs 8.25 crore in the US and 3.50 in other parts of the globe in the four-day extended first weekend.
Gautamiputra Satakarni has collected approximately Rs 50 crore gross at the worldwide box office in the four-day extended first weekend. The movie, which is made on a budget of Rs 45 crore, fetched Rs 46.80 crore from the sale of its global theatrical rights. The film has earned Rs 36 crore for its distributors in three days and it recovered 76.92 percent of their investments.
Gautamiputra Satakarni has been made tax free in Andhra Pradesh and Telangna and the expemption of 15 percent entertainment has boosted its collection in these two states. The film has beaten the lifetime earnings of the AP/T distributors of Dictator, which earned Rs 19.30 crore.
Here are the details of price of the distribution rights and the earnings of Gautamiputra Satakarni in various areas around the world. All the figures are in Rs crore. These are ballpark figures.
Area | Distributor |
Rights Price |
Earnings | Recovery |
Nizam | Shreshta Movies | 9.00 | 5.88 | 65.33 |
Ceeded | Vaarahi | 12.50 | 5.43 | 64.72 |
Vizag | 2.66 | |||
G East | Suresh MFD | 3.20 | 2.08 | 65 |
G West | Aditya Films | 2.80 | 2.43 | 86.78 |
Krishna | S Creations | 7.70 | 2.02 | 66.10 |
Guntur | 3.07 | |||
Nellore | Sri Yaswant Films | 2.00 | 1.22 | 61 |
AP/T Total | ------ | 37.20 | 24.79 | 66.63 |
Karnataka | Gokul Films | 3.80 | 2.10 | 55.26 |
US | Read Heart / 9PM | 4.00 | 4.23 | 105.75 |
Rest of world | Various | 1.80 | 1.10 | 61.11 |
Global Total | --------- | 46.80 | 32.22 | 68.84 |