Sankranthi festival is one period that registers huge collections for Telugu movies. Majority of Andhra people will definitely watch couple of movies on this festival.
However, Telugu audiences will have to shell nearly Rs 400 Cr on Sankranthi 2019 films as four big movies are hitting the screens.
The much-hyped and anticipated NTR Biopic, Ram Charan and Boyapati’s “Vinaya Vidheya Rama”, Venkatesh and Varun Tej starrer “F2” and Rajinikanth’s dubbed movie “Petta” will hit the screens during Sankranthi festival and all four movies have to gross nearly Rs 400 Cr to see the profits.
“NTR Kathanayakudu” has done highest business in Balakrishna’s career given the craze around the movie.
The biopic has to gross Rs 125 to Rs 150 Cr to bring in the profits. So, Telugu people have to spend such money on this movie this Sankranthi.
Ram Charan’s mass-masala movie has done pre-release business to the tune of Rs 95 Cr and the action drama needs to gross more than Rs 150 Cr to reach to the break-even stage.
Since this film is releasing after the massive hit “Rangasthalam”, the buyers had invested heavily anticipating huge returns.
Venkatesh and Varun Tej’s comedy entertainer “F2” and Rajinikanth’s “Petta” were sold for moderate prices and each need to collect the gross of Rs 60 Cr and Rs 20 Cr respectively as per their businesses.
If we add another Rs 50 Cr spend on food at theaters, the Telugu audiences will be spending nearly Rs 400 Cr on these films.
