Maharshi Settles At 15th Spot!

Super Star Mahesh Babu’s 25th film Maharshi was released in 260 centres across the USA in a bid to cash in on the massive hype surrounding it. They also held 2,500 premiere shows of the movie, a day before it hit screens in India. The film opened to good response in the preview shows, but its collection was not up to the expected mark. It witnessed a steep decline on the first day and the same trend continued throughout the week.

Maharshi collected $29,040 on its seventh day, taking its first week total in USA to $1,557,172[Rs.10.90Cr]. The film settles at 15th slot in the list of highest 1st week grossers in USA. Baahubali 2 and Baahubali holds first two spots, while Mahesh Babu’s previous film Bharat Ane Nenu is the third highest grosser. Here is the list:

1. Baahubali: $ 8405 K

2. Baahubali: $ 4971 K

3. Bharat Ane Nenu: $ 2803 K

4. Rangasthalam: $ 2792 K

5. Srimanthudu: $ 2292 K

6. Khaidi No.150: $ 2224 K

7. Agnyaathavaasi: $ 2031 K

8. Aravindha Sametha: $ 1935 K

9. A Aa: $ 1876 K

10. Mahanati $ 1860 K

11. Nannaku Prematho: $ 1761 K 

12. Geetha Govindam: $ 1720 K

13. Attarintiki Daredi: $ 1623 K

14. Janatha Garage: $ 1602 K

15. Maharshi: $ 1557 K