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Valimai Vs Bhimla Nayak at the Box Office: Pawan Kalyan beats Ajith Kumar in the opening weekend – Henry Club

March 2, 2022
Bharat Times English News

For the last one week, cinemas across the country have resumed business in full swing. Ajith Kumar’s Valimai, Pawan Kaylan’s Bhimla Nayak And Alia Bhatt’s Gangubai KathiawadiDespite getting mixed reviews, these films are pulling people towards theatres. It also marks the start of a high-voltage film season, with big-budget movies hitting theaters in the coming weeks.

These films have done a commendable job in reviving public interest to return to cinema and removing the hesitation induced by COVID. Movie viewers in southern states are more excited to return to theaters than their northern counterparts during the pandemic.

So that Ajith Kumar’s Valimai gave the biggest opening Livelihood. This achievement becomes all the more important because work was open on Thursdays and there were no holidays around the corner. A huge box office opening for Valimai, filmmaker R. Justifies Parthiban’s long-standing demand: festival holidays should be reserved for the release of small and medium budget films, while big star films should take non-festival dates.

Valimai debuts at the box office On Thursday, earning around Rs 35 crore domestically, which is the first time in Ajith’s career. Morning shows and late night shows during the opening weekend played a huge role in boosting the firm’s earnings.

According to Cinetrack, the Ajith starrer earned Rs 28 crore on its opening day in Tamil Nadu alone. The film had earned over Rs 3 crore in Karnataka, over Rs 1 crore in Kerala, over Rs 2 crore in Telugu states, and collections from the rest of the country were less than Rs 1 crore on day one. The film managed to remain strong throughout the weekend in Tamil Nadu.

Cinetrack claimed that Valimai collected around Rs 67 crore in Tamil Nadu, taking its first four-day domestic collection to Rs 82 crore. Cinetrack also said that the film’s box office performance in international markets did not live up to expectations, estimating its first weekend collection to be a little over Rs 29 crore.

during this, Pawan Kalyan’s Bhimla Hero did a great job well in overseas market during its opening Weekend. According to film trade analyst Taran Adarsh, the film has collected over Rs 42 crore from abroad.

Bhimla Nayak also did excellent business in the Telugu states. The film also gave Pawan one of the best openings of his career. According to andhraboxoffice.com, the film earned Rs 37 crore at the box office in Telugu states alone. The market’s firm belief is that the collection numbers would have been much higher, if not Lower ticket prices imposed The Andhra Pradesh government also did not allow the film to do morning shows in Andhra Pradesh, which affected its opening day collections.

Andhraboxoffice.com pegged the film’s three-day collection at over Rs 76 crore in Telugu states. And in the same period, the film’s worldwide collection is said to be around Rs 118 crore.