Devara 1st Day Box Office Collection: Junior NTR-Starrer Gets Solid Start In Andhra, Telangana

Junior NTR's much-anticipated film 'Devara' kicked off with an impressive start at the Indian box office, garnering a total collection of Rs 77 crore on its opening day across five language versions: Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam.

Telugu Version Leads the Charge
The Telugu version of 'Devara' has done exceptionally well, contributing the lion's share of the collections. With an overall occupancy of 79.56%, the movie performed exceptionally well throughout the day, as per Sacnik data.

Morning Shows: 80.11%
Afternoon Shows: 71.46%
Evening Shows: 79.21%
Night Shows: 87.45%

Key Centres

Hyderabad witnessed a strong turnout with an impressive 86.00% occupancy across 1,726 shows. Vijayawada saw an even better response, reporting a phenomenal 94.50% occupancy from 342 shows. Vizag-Visakhapatnam also performed exceptionally well, recording 90.75% occupancy across 387 shows. However, Guntur led the day with the highest occupancy rate, reaching an outstanding 95.75% across 154 shows.

The Telugu version contributed a massive Rs 68.6 crore to the total collection, thereby getting a great start.

Other Language Versions
Though the Telugu version dominated, the movie's performance in other languages varied.

Kannada Version
The Kannada version had a relatively low overall occupancy at 29.70%, with a slow start in the morning (17.04%) but improving towards the night shows (40.86%). It contributed Rs 30 lakh to the total box office.

Tamil Version
In Tamil Nadu, Devara saw an overall occupancy of 25.94%, with the night shows drawing the highest numbers at 35.54%. The film collected ₹80 lakh from its Tamil version.

Malayalam Version
The Malayalam version saw modest performance with an overall occupancy of 24.25%, gradually increasing throughout the day and peaking at 35.75% during the night shows. This version contributed ₹30 lakh to the total earnings.

Hindi Version
The Hindi version had the lowest overall occupancy at 18.37%, with morning shows struggling at 9.63% but picking up towards the night shows with 31.81% occupancy. The Hindi version contributed ₹7 crore to the box office, which is a decent start but lagged behind expectations compared to the Telugu version.

Conclusion
'Devara' opened strongly, especially in its primary market of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, with the Telugu version carrying the film to an impressive Rs 77 crore total on Day 1. The Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam versions saw mixed responses but still contributed significantly to the overall numbers.

The film's success on its opening day has set high expectations for the coming days, with weekend collections expected to soar further.