'Devara: Part 1' had very high expectations and it also managed to fulfill them in a way. It had a huge opening day number of Rs 82.5 crore in all the languages combined.
This is considered a big number, however, since then, it kept seeing a gradual dip in the business. Interestingly, while the Telugu version is constantly seeing a dip, the film's Hindi business does seem better. The Jr NTR starrer did benefit from the Gandhi Jayanti holiday on Wednesday and made Rs 20 crore.
However, post that, it dropped and has been making only single digit numbers. While on Thursday, the film clocked in Rs 7.25 Cr, now on Day 8, which is Friday, 'Devara' managed to bring in Rs 6.
25 crore combined in all languages. The total collection of the movie so far, after 8 days is Rs 221.85 crore.
The film started facing a little bit of competition from Hollywood biggie, ' Joker : Folie a Deux' which released three days ago. Apart from that, there's no other major Bollywood release or any movie from south whcih can give it a tough competition. Hence, it's expected that the footfalls will hopefully increase over the weekend.
It also seems like the Navratri vibe may be affected the business of movies in cinemas as people are busy going out to play garba, instead of flocking to cinemas to watch a film..