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mahesh babu's
'Pokiri' was released on 28th April, 2006 and proved to be then
industry hit breaking the full run collections of previous industry hit
'Indra'. The movie was
directed by Puri Jagannadh. Ileana was the female
lead of the movie while Manisharma
scored the music of the film. Given
below are the details of the success story of the movie.
*
BEFORE 'POKIRI'S RELEASE:
mahesh babu
gave a decent hit 'Athadu' in the year 2005.
Yet, his fans were eagerly
waiting for a resounding hit. Chiranjeevi's 'Indra's(2002) industry
hit
collections were not broken by any film then. Meanwhile, Puri Jagannadh
expressed
his confidence on the success of 'Pokiri' in interviews of
some of the newspapers. However,
nobody could expect the gigantic
success of the movie including Puri Jagannadh.
* AFTER 'POKIRI'S RELEASE:
The movie generated blockbuster talk at the end of the
mornings shows
on the first day of its release. The box office records of the movie at
the
end of its full run are as follows.
* The movie collected an unbelievable
share of Rs.11.70 crores in Nizam area. Earlier,
'Tagore' collected
Rs.9+ crores share in this area.
* In Ceded area the movie collected a
share of Rs.6.80 crores. However, top record was
held by 'Indra' with
Rs.8 crores while 'Simhadri' got Rs.7.50 crores then.
* In Nellore area, 'Pokiri' collected Rs.1.10 crores.The record was held by 'Indra' with
Rs.1.20 crores share.
* In Krishna, the movie collected an all
time record share of Rs.2.70 crores. Earlier,
'Indra' and 'Simhadri'
made Rs.2.30+ crores each.
* In Guntur, the movie collected Rs.3.12 crores, an all time record. Previous record was
held by 'Indra' with Rs.2.70+ crores.
* In Vizag, the movie collected Rs.2.80
crores. However, the record was held by
'Tagore' with Rs.3.50 crores and
'Indra' and 'Simhadri' with Rs.3.25+ crores each.
* In East Godavari, the movie collected
Rs.2.17 crores. Previous record was held by Indra'
with Rs.2.05 crores
and 'Tagore' with Rs.2.02 crores.
* In West Godavari, the movie collected Rs.2.12 crores. Previous record was held by 'Indra'
with Rs.2 crores.
* The movie was released in 200+
theaters across the globe. The film ran 50 days directly
in 160 centers
while 100 days directly in 137 centers. It also ran 175 days(silver
jubilee) in
48 direct centers and stood at next best after 'Simhadri's
53 silver jubilees. Jubilee records
of both these films have not been
beaten by any movie even today. In Kurnool city the
movie recorded a
marathon run of 500 days with shifted theaters.
* CONSOLIDATED REPORT:'Pokiri'
collected Rs.32.51 crores share at the end of its full
run in AP alone.
On a whole the movie collected nearly Rs.40 crores which include the
collections
of Karnataka and other states, Overseas, audio and satellite
rights of the film. Previous
industry hit 'Indra' collected Rs.33
crores which include audio and satellite rights of the movie.