Balakrishna’s monumental film Gautamiputra Satakarni is being considered as Sankranti winner by US trade as it is having high ROI (Return of Investment).
It’s learnt that the film’s landing cost in US is at 1.2 Million USD for US distributor including the rights, Publicity & Advertising and other expenses. As the film touched the mark (1,258,691 USD) on Sunday, Monday it entered into profits.
Although Khaidi grossed 2,099,110 USD USD (till Jan 15), i,e Rs 14.29 Crore, the film’s overseas rights alone were sold for whopping Rs 13.5 Crore. Including P&A, it said to have costed nearly Rs 14 Crore. Even this film entered into profits zone.
But it’s GPSK which is having an edge. Even on Sunday, Satakarni has earned over 44,000 USD than Khaidi.
GautamiPutraSatakarni on Sunday – 190K USD
KhaidiNo150 on Sunday – 146K USD
As Khaidi has reached saturating point and Satakarni is still rock steady, the more returns are expected for Satakarni buyers. With Balakrishna all set for his US tour to promote the film, the returns are expected to increase.
On the whole, both the biggies have done exceptionally well at the US Box Office showing the Tollywood dominance once again in the US.
