Power star Pawan Kalyan’s Sardaar Gabbar Singh is enroute to become the biggest disaster in the history. The film opened on a strong note last Friday and collected a whopping 30 Crores shares worldwide and stood in the second place in the list of films with highest opening day figures. But, the adverse web reviews and poor word of mouth took a toll on the collections which nosedived phenomenally from the second day itself in all areas.
The film was able to collect only 37 percent ( Approx) of the first day share on Saturday and Sunday. Despite various advantages like long weekend, hike in ticket prices and less competition, the collections have dropped big-time making it the biggest ever drop in the collections after a record breaking first day.
In Overseas, the film crossed the 1 Million mark at a snail pace. After taking in $616K on premiers, the film struggled to maintain the tempo and it took three days to cross the mark. The total pre release business was close to 100 Crores ( Including third party shares) and in Hindi, the theatrical business is close to 16 Crores (Including publicity and other costs). The Hindi version share is negligible due to very poor collections.
The total distributor recovery is 40-42 Crores at the end of first weekend. The total share is likely to end at 43-44 Crores. So, the estimated loss( including third party) in Telugu is nearly 55 -57 Crores. Including the Hindi version, the loss will be around 73 Crores.
So, trade circles predict that Sardar Gabbar Singh is likely to end as the biggest disaster in the history of South India.
