Among
two
much-hyped
Telugu
releases,
Manam
has
received
an
earth-shattering
response
and
concluded
the
first
week
with
a
fantastic
collection
at
the
worldwide
Box
Office.
The
late
Akkineni
Nageswara
Rao,
Nagarjuna
and
Naga
Chaitanya
starrer
has
topped
the
business
chart
in
Andhra
Pradesh
and
the
USA,
pushing
down
another
new
release
Vikramsimha
featuring
Rajinikanth
and
Deepika
Padukone
in
the
leads.
Manam
is
the
last
movie
of
late
legendary
actor
Akkineni
Nageswara
Rao,
who
passed
away
on
January
22,
2014.
So
the
film
goers
were
eagerly
waiting
to
see
him
on
screen.
Released
in
800
screens
across
the
globe
on
May
23,
the
movie
opened
to
an
overwhelming
response
everywhere
on
Friday.
Apart
from
viewers'
sentiment,
a
strong
positive
word
of
the
mouth
took
its
business
upwards
on
the
following
days.
Having
rocked
the
viewers,
Manam
has
collected
Rs
13.47
crores
nett
at
the
Indian
Box
Office
in
seven
days.
Its
area-wise
breakup
is
Rs
5.20
cr
in
Nizam,
Rs
1.95
cr
in
Ceded,
Rs
1.34
cr
in
Vizag,
Rs
91.41
lakhs
in
Guntur,
Rs
94.20
lakhs
in
Krishna,
Rs
75.85
lakhs
in
East
Godavari,
Rs
69.89
lakhs
in
West
Godavari,
Rs
39.90
lakhs
in
Nellore,
Rs
1.01
cr
in
Karnataka,
Rs
3.41
lakhs
in
North
India,
Rs
21.12
lakhs
in
Tamil
Nadu
and
Kerala
and
Rs
1.42
lakhs
in
Orissa.
Manam
has
also
done
superb
business
in
America
and
become
the
second
highest
grosser
Telugu
film
in
the
country
in
2014
after
Mahesh
Babu's
1:
Nenokkadine.
The
movie
has
collected
Rs
6.45
crores
nett
($
1,096,886)
at
the
USA
Box
Office
in
six
days.
Its
day-wise
breakup
is
$
95,473
on
Thu,
$
213,511
on
Fri,
$
260,327
on
Sat,
$
274960
on
Sun,
$
166,541
on
Mon,
$
38,370
on
Tue
and
$
31,074
on
Wed.