Majili made a fantastic collection at the worldwide box office in the first weekend. The Naga Chaitanya and Samantha Akkineni starrer has inched closer to Rs 30 crore gross mark in three days.
Riding on huge hype, Majili was released in a large number of cinema halls on April 5 and made a superb debut at the ticket counters across the globe. The film collected Rs 11.50 crore gross at the worldwide box office on the first day. The movie became the biggest opener for Naga Chaitanya, smashing the records of Savyasachi and Shialaja Reddy Alludu, which minted Rs 7.70 crore and Rs 11.40 crore.
Majili was successful in striking the chord with most of the filmgoers and meeting the expectations that it had generated before its release. Many viewers heaped praises upon director Shiva Nirvana, actors and technicians of the film. What has stunned them the most is the amazing chemistry between Naga Chaitanya and Samantha Akkineni, who are fondly known as ChaySam.
A good word of mouth helped it hold very strong at the ticket counters on Saturday and Sunday and its collection on both theses was on par with its opening day business. Majili has collected approximately Rs 28.18 crore gross at the worldwide box office in the first weekend and it is the highest amount for a film starring Naga Chaitanya.
Made on budget of around Rs 20 crore, Majili fetched Rs 21.14 crore for its producers from the sale of its theatrical rights. The movie has earned Rs 17.35 crore for its distributors in three days. The film has recovered 82.07 percent of the investment to its distributors in its opening weekend. It is expected return the remaining amount on the weekdays.
Here are the details of the price of its area-wise theatrical rights and earning of Majili these numbers are based on various sources and they may not match with the actual ones. All the figures are in rupees and crore.
Area | Rights | Earnings |
Nizam | 6.00 | 5.35 |
Ceeded | 2.50 | 1.77 |
Vizag | 1.98 | 1.94 |
G East | 1.44 | 0.90 |
G West | 1.12 | 0.64 |
Krishna | 1.28 | 1.01 |
Guntur | 1.62 | 1.24 |
Nellore | 0.70 | 0.40 |
AP/TS Total | 16.64 | 13.25 |
Rest Of India | 1.50 | 1.85 |
Overseas | 3.00 | 2.25 |
Global Total | 21.14 | 17.35 |