Telugu
film
Greeku
Veerudu
starring
Akkineni
Nagarjuna
and
Nayantara
in
leads,
has
received
superb
opening
at
the
USA
Box
Office.
It
has
become
the
biggest
opener
of
Nagarjuna
in
America.
The
Dasarath-directed
movie
has
beaten
the
first
weekend
collection
record
of
Nag's
previous
releases
like
Damarukam
and
Shirdi
Sai
in
just
two
days.
Greeku
Veerudu
is
one
of
the
most-awaited
Telugu
movies
of
2013.
Especially,
Nagarjuna's
stylish
look
featured
in
its
promos
had
soared
up
the
viewers'
curiosity
to
the
sky
high.
This
Tollywood
film
debuted
with
an
earth
shattering
response
at
the
USA
Box
Office
in
preview
shows
on
Thursday
with
its
business
reaching
$29,822
from
43
locations
in
the
country.
Despite
Greeku
Veerudu
getting
mixed
reviews
from
film
critics,
its
business
improved
considerably
on
Friday.
The
Nagarjuna
and
Nayantara
starrer
collected
$48,270
from
48
locations
at
the
USA
Box
Office
on
the
second
day.
The
movie
showed
further
improvement
on
Saturday
with
its
collection
crossing
$55,995.
It
did
even
better
business
on
Sunday
and
its
numbers
are
still
being
compiled.
However,
Nagarjuna's
previous
releases
like
Damarukam
and
Shirdi
Sai
had
collected
$1,08,882
(Rs
60.47
lakhs)
from
20
screens
and
$1,70,958
(Rs
94.79
lakhs)
from
45
screens
at
the
USA
Box
Office,
respectively,
in
their
opening
weekend.
Whereas
Greeku
Veerudu
has
smashed
these
records
by
collecting
$134,086
(Rs
72.14
lakhs)
in
three
days.
Its
first
weekend
total
in
the
country
is
expected
to
cross
Rs
1
crore
mark.