Megastar Chiranjeevi has once again proved why he is a bigger crowd-puller among all his peers. His latest offering Waltair Veerayya is having a mind-boggling run in USA despite low ratings. Chiranjeevi’s stardom has triumphed over all reviews and resulted in phenomenal collections in all territories of North America. He is now the only senior hero with four million dollar films in USA.
Despite heavy competition from other Sankranti releases, Waltair Veerayya gained upper hand at the box office with its terrific run. After taking a sensational start with $ 680K from Thursday’s premier shows, the Bobby directional collected close to $ 300K on Friday and followed it up with another spectacular $ 400K gross (approximately) on Saturday to surpass the $ 1.4 Million mark. The film is targeting a $ 1.7 Million weekend which is nothing but quite outstanding. It is likely to collect close to $ 2.5 M in its full run. Khaidi No 150 , SyeRaa and God Father are his previous films with million dollar gross.
Balakrishna’s Veera Simha Reddy is struggling after an impressive start. The film is unable to surpass the million-dollar mark even after the end of Saturday. After collecting $ 708K from Premiers, the numbers nosedived due to mixed reports and bad reviews. It collected less than $ 100K in the next three days and couldn’t sustain an important first weekend.