Friday last week had three big releases- the Alia Bhat-starring Gangubai Kathiawadi, the Pawan Kalyan-starring Bheemla Nayak, and the Ajith-starring Valimai. Reviews were mostly positive for Gangubai Kathiawadi, which took up a leading position at the box office from day one. Overseas markets gave higher ratings to this film than to either of its competitors; other than trailing behind slightly in India.
In spite of being in third place for each country, some overseas countries are still attracted to the South Indian industry. For example, Gangubai Kathiawadi has pulled in Rs. 1.6 crore from Canada alone, while taking up second position worldwide (excluding India) with collections totaling up to Rs. 6 million combined from UK & Ireland and Australia both!
These numbers are still less than what Pawan Kalyan’s latest release Bheemla Nayak brought in; which collected a total of Rs. 8 crores when combining its income from these three regions combined – clearly outdoing everyone else! However, it is Ajith who seems to have had more trouble abroad this time around; his Valimai collection hitting only Rs. 4 crores when combining the totals for each region.
However, at the North American box office, Bheemla Nayak has trounced Gangubai Kathiawadi to emerge as the leader. Collecting a whopping Rs. 14.93 cr., this Pawan Kalyan flick has grabbed more money than Alia Bhatt’s Gangubai Kathiawadi (Rs. 6.57 cr.), which only managed to collect less than three crore rupees from its opening weekend!
USA Box Office
Bheemla Nayak (Telugu) – 19,81,241 USD
Gangubai Kathiawadi – 8,72,157 USD
Valimai (Tamil) – 3,54,674 USD
Canada Box Office
Gangubai Kathiawadi – 2,12,410 USD
Bheemla Nayak (Telugu) – 7,807 USD
Valimai (Tamil) – 5,092 USD
UK and Ireland Box Office
Gangubai Kathiawadi – 2,23,367 £
Valimai (Tamil) – 1,12,670 £
Bheemla Nayak (Telugu) – 1,36,725 £
Australia Box Office
Gangubai Kathiawadi – 3,76,237 A$
Bheemla Nayak (Telugu) – 2,90,412 A$
Valimai (Tamil) – 1,79,230 A$
New Zealand Box Office
Gangubai Kathiawadi – 62,483 NZ$
Bheemla Nayak (Telugu) – 24,222 NZ$
Valimai (Tamil) – 19,868 NZ$
