Nandamuri Balakrishna’s Chenna Kesava Rey got off to a record start at the USA box office with the film collecting over $45K dollars on the day of its re-release in the USA. This is the highest tally for a re-release in the USA.
But in the Telugu states, Balayya is not even remotely close to Pawan Kalyan. Chenna Kesava Reddy couldn’t replicate Jalsa-level euphoria not was it in a position to break the box office numbers posted by Jalsa. It ended up as a mediocre fare here.
The vast majority of the theatres screening CKR are reporting very little occupancy on Book My Show. The bookings trend is very weak. Barring a couple of fast filling shows, there’s go green everywhere at the time we write this. This is opposed to Jalsa which reported housefulls just hours after opening.
There were a few mass celebrations in selected parts of Andhra Pradesh but overall, CKR is not even close to Jalsa. The Pawan Kalyan starrer saw unprecedented celebrations and recorded excellent revenues.