Vijay Deverakonda’s Liger Crashes at the box office in Telugu theatres;  suffers his third consecutive failure

Vijay Deverakonda’s Liger Crashes at the box office in Telugu theatres;  suffers his third consecutive failure

Liger, the much anticipated Telugu film starring Vijay Deverakonda, released on Thursday and got off to a strong start, grossing around Rs. 17 crores in South India (+2 crore from paid screenings in Hindi). Nevertheless, the movie received blatantly poor reviews from the audience and critics despite the collections.

The South Indian market for the movie saw one of the largest falls ever. As per the reports, Liger made between Rs. 4.10 and Rs. 4.40 crores on its second day, bringing its total earnings to at least Rs. 21 crores.

The film is expected to achieve an opening weekend share of between Rs 15 and Rs 16 crore in the Telugu markets, where the two-day share is now around Rs 11 crore. For those who don’t know, the sport-based action film Liger was sold to the distributors for a total of Rs. 55 crores;

as a result, the Vijay Deverakonda movie is expected to make a minimum loss of Rs. 35 crores in Telugu states. The film stands to lose the distributors more than Rs. 50 crores if we consider the global potential.

After World Famous Lover and Dear Comrade, it will be the actor’s third straight failure in the Telugu market.  Now All his hopes are on his next film Khushi with Samantha. While the film has failed to find an audience in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Karnataka, it is anticipated that Telugu-speaking areas will have seen the last of it by Monday.

There were a record amount of performance cancellations for Liger on Friday morning. In comparison to the opening day.

source: ETimes