Entire nation is waiting eagerly for the release of young rebel star Prabhas’s high octane action entertainer Saaho hitting the screens worldwide on 30th of this month with huge expectations. The film’s teasers and trailer lived up to the expectations and also hiked buzz. In fact, there’s huge effect of Baahubali on Saaho pre-release business.
Saaho has done remarkable pre-release business in all the centers. While Telugu rights alone were sold for Rs 125 crores, Karnataka rights fetched 28 crores. T Series bought North Indian rights inesting whopping Rs 120 crores. Overall, Saaho has done a humongous theatrical pre release business of Rs 333 crores. So, the film needs to recover Rs 350 crores from theaters which is a mammoth task. Here is the breakup list:
AREA BUSINESS (IN CRORES)
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NIZAM 40.00
CEDED 25.00
NELLORE 4.50
KRISHNA 8.00
GUNTUR 12.50
VIZAG 16.00
EAST + WEST 19.00
TOTAL AP & TS 125.00
KARNATAKA 28.00
TN+KERALA 18.00
NORTH 120.00
OVERSEAS 42.00
TOTAL WW BUSINESS 333.00