Preservation starring Naga Chaitanya Akkineni and Krithi Shetty, and directed by Venkat Prabhu had a dismal first weekend with worldwide gross collections of just slightly over Rs 11 crores after 3 days. The 3 days part of the film is less than Rs 5 crores which is very poor. The film needs another share worth Rs 20 crores to break even but it won’t happen.

Final recoveries from custody appear to be about 20 percent of the estimated rights

With the final recovery expected to be only about 20 percent of the estimated rights, the film will be judged a massive disaster. The film had high expectations on it as it brought Naga Chaitanya and Venkat Prabhu together for the very first time, but alas, the film was not well received and the numbers are on the board.

The opening weekend territorial breakdown for the gross box office collection of Custody in India is as follows:

Nizam – Rs. 3.60 crores (Rs. 1.22 crore share excluding gst)
Ceeded – Rs. 83 lakhs (Rs. 40 lakh share)
Andhra Rs. 3.45 crores (Rs. 1.76 crore share)

AP/TS – Rs. 7.88 crores (Rs. 3.38 crores share excluding gst)

Karnataka – Rs. 42 lakhs
Tamilnadu – Rs. 90 lakhs
North India – Rs. 10 lakhs

Rest of India – Rs 1.42 crores (Rs 54 lakh share)

All India Total – Rs. 9.30 crores (Rs. 3.92 crores share)

The opening weekend worldwide breakdown for the gross box office collection of Custody is as follows:

All India – Rs 9.30 crores (Rs. 3.92 crores share)

USA – 220k USD

Rest – 30k USD

Total overseas – 250,000 USD = Rs 2.05 cr (Rs 82 lakhs share)

Total Worldwide – Rs 11.35 crores (Rs 4.74 crores share)

Naga Chaitanya will have to come up with better movie choices

Naga Chaitanya’s last few films, barring exceptions, have failed to please his audiences. The actor will have to recalibrate and come up with better choices as an actor to satisfy his viewers. It’s hard to get it right every time, but at least a better effort can be made to please viewers.

You can watch Custody at a theater near you.

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