Krishnavataram Part 1: The Heart continued its run at the Indian box office by collecting around Rs. 1 crore on its second Wednesday. With this, the total collection of the mythological fantasy drama has reached approximately Rs. 20.60 crore nett in India.
The film is expected to finish its second week with collections close to Rs. 21.50 crore. However, trade experts believe the movie will need a major jump in collections during the third week if it wants to reach a stronger final total at the box office.
The film stars Siddharth Gupta, Sanskruti Jayana, Sushmitha Bhat, and Nivaashiyni Krishnan in important roles. Expectations from the movie were high because mythological films have recently shown strong box office growth in India. Some trade analysts expected Krishnavataram Part 1 to follow a similar trend to films like Mahavatar Narsimha and Laalo Krishna Sada Sahayate.
So far, that kind of growth has not happened. Even so, there is still some hope because mythological films can sometimes show unexpected jumps after weeks in theatres. For example, Laalo Krishna Sada Sahayate reportedly had a slow start and later gained strong audience support. Similarly, Mahavatar Narsimha opened with only Rs. 1.25 crore nett on its first day but later showed major growth over the weekend and eventually collected around Rs. 170 crore nett in Hindi.
At present, the budget of Krishnavataram Part 1 is being seen as high compared to its current box office performance. The coming weeks will decide whether the film can attract a larger audience and improve its collections.
The day wise box office collections of Krishnavataram Part 1: The Heart in Hindi are as follows:
Previews collected Rs. 0.40 crore.
Friday collected Rs. 1.05 crore.
Saturday collected Rs. 2.15 crore.
Sunday collected Rs. 3.20 crore.
Monday collected Rs. 1.05 crore.
Tuesday collected Rs. 1.55 crore.
Wednesday collected Rs. 1.15 crore.
Thursday collected Rs. 1.20 crore.
In the second week, the film collected Rs. 1.00 crore on Friday, Rs. 2.00 crore on Saturday, Rs. 2.85 crore on Sunday, Rs. 0.80 crore on Monday, Rs. 1.20 crore on Tuesday, and around Rs. 1.00 crore on Wednesday.
The total India collection currently stands at Rs. 20.60 crore nett.