The much awaited movie Gopala Gopala was released on Saturday, 10th January, 2015. This mercurial movie has opened to a great welcome response all over the world. The reviews of this movie are excellent and both the critics and the audience are optimistic as regards the success of the movie. Overall, this movie is expected to set new benchmarks and traditions in the Telugu film industry.
The background
Gopala Gopala is the Telugu remake of the Bollywood hit movie Oh My God featuring Akshay Kumar and Paresh Rawal. The Telugu version stars Pawan Kalyan and Venkatesh playing the lead roles and ably supported by Shriya Saran. In addition, Bollywood superstar Mithun Chakraborty is making his Telugu movie debut with this film. The presence of a powerful star cast and a strong story could turn out to be the main success factor for this film.
The Collections
After release on Saturday, the film Gopala Gopala is faring pretty well at the box office. Although the movie was not able to beat the first day collections of either Attarintiki or Aagadu, the collection was not bad at all. In fact, the third day collection for this film at the box office was estimated to be around Rs.7.5 crores and the weekend business figures stand at a mind blowing figure of about Rs.19 crores. The film has received a strong response in AP/Nizam, Ceeded, Guntur and a large number of other centers. The hall occupancy rate for this movie on the third day was over 70%. The chemistry of superstars Pawan Kalyan and Venkatesh promise the movie Gopala Gopala to set new standards and records in the days to come.
The film received a super opening at the US box office and earned a smashing 300k dollars on the opening day itself. The movie is also faring well in other overseas Box Offices as well and the overseas total income is estimated to be around Rs.6 crores. This film is expected to create more ripples at the box office and the worldwide acceptance by the audience is an early indication to the fact.
Conclusion
The movie Gopala Gopala has opened to excellent market response and is expected to set new records and become an iconic Telugu movie. The movie is expected to have a free run till the 14th of January, 2015 after which it is expected to face stiff competition from Shankar’s “I”. However, the initial response and the powerful star cast point out towards the overall success of this movie.