Telugu Film Industry has witnessed a historic opening week at box office with Dookudu.

Telugu Film Industry has witnessed a historic opening week at box office with Dookudu.

Telugu films have been struggling at box office this year without proper hits and with dubbing films ruling the market for the past few months. In this situation, Dookudu’s huge success brought a big relief for Telugu Film Industry.

The film which released on 23rd of September in 900 screens across the world has collected a humongous share of 30 Crores in its opening week. It crossed the opening week share of Magadheera by 25% and shattered all opening week records in all areas except Ceded and Nellore.

The film set new records irrespective of A, B, C centers.

For instance, it crossed the previous record in Vizag by 18.5 Lakh margin. In Kakinda, it crossed the previous record by 10 Lakhs. In Bhimavaram, it crossed the full share of Mahesh babu’s previous hit Pokiri within a week, setting a new town record. Even in B centers like Machilipatnam, Ongole, Tenali, the film crossed first week records by huge margins. Even in Ceded which is considered as a slightly weak area for Mahesh, the film created new records in Tirupathi, Chittore, Anantapur and Kurnool.

In Overseas, Dookudu had a mind boggling opening of 1.5 Million in its opening weekend in USA alone.
The film has set new records in other countries like UK, Australia. Even in countries like Singapore where Telugu film market is very less, the film is releasing on 30th of September and 1800 -2000 tickets are already sold out.

Trade experts are predicting around 9 to 10 Cr Share only from Overseas in its full run. This Success of Dookudu has given new hopes for telugu films abroad and affirmed that Mahesh Babu is the Numero Uno of Telugu Film Industry.

Great Andhra provides the break-up of first week shares of Dookudu, exclusive to its readers.

Area	Dookudu  Share*	Previous Record*
Nizam	7.7 Cr	7.1 Cr (Magadheera)
Ceded	4.3 Cr	4.6 Cr (Magadheera)
Uttarandhra (UA)	1.9 Cr	1.8Cr (Magadheera)
Guntur	2.15 Cr	1.85 Cr (Magadheera)
Krishna	1.5 Cr	1.26 Cr (Magadheera)
E.Godavari	1.42Cr	1.30 Cr (Adurs)
W.Godavari	1.36Cr	1.24Cr (Adurs)
Nellore	0.9 Cr	1.05 Cr (Magadheera)
Overseas	7 Cr	2.5Cr (Magadheera)
Other states	2.5Cr	2Cr (Magadheera)
Total	30.73 Cr

We have to wait and see if Dookudu will be able to cross Magadheera in its full run as there are lot of big releases in coming weeks.

These numbers are gathered from various exhibitors, distributors and inside sources from the respective areas.