Top production house Mythri Movie Makers have signed projects with all the top stars of Telugu cinema. After scoring a series of flops, the production house bounced back with Uppena, a small film that marks the debut of Sai Dharam Tej's brother Vaisshnav Tej in the lead role. Buchi Babu directed the movie and Krithi Shetty is the heroine. Vijay Sethupathi played a negative role in Uppena and the film released last Friday. After registering packed houses over the weekend, Uppena continued to stay strong all over on the weekdays. The film had a super-strong Monday and Tuesday at the Tollywood box-office.
Uppena collected a theatrical share of Rs 37.39 crores in five days across the globe. The theatrical rights are valued at Rs 22 crores and the film is made on a budget of Rs 24 crores. Uppena is expected to end up collecting over Rs 50 crores in its final run. The film collected Rs 32.92 crores in Telugu states alone which is a record among the small movies in Telugu cinema. Mythri Movie Makers produced the film and Devi Sri Prasad composed the music, background score. The entire movie unit will celebrate the film's success in a grand manner today evening in Rajahmundry. Mega Powerstar Ram Charan will attend the event as Chief Guest. Here are the five days worldwide collections of Uppena:
Nizam: Rs 11.03 Cr
Ceeded: Rs 5.17 Cr
Vizag: Rs 5.59 Cr
Guntur: Rs 2.65 Cr
East: Rs 3.23 Cr
West: Rs 1.91 Cr
Krishna: Rs 2.20 Cr
Nellore: Rs 1.14 Cr
AP and Telangana: Rs 32.92 Cr
Rest of India: 2.87 Cr
Rest of World: Rs 1.6 Cr
Total Worldwide: Rs 37.39 Cr