Janatha Garage
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Junior NTR's "Janatha Garage" has received an overwhelming response in Guntur, Krishna, Vizag and East Godavari regions and broken the collection records of "Sardaar Gabbar Singh" (SGS) and "Bahubali" on its opening day.

The hype surrounding "Janatha Garage" helped the makers sell the theatrical rights of these regions for a record price. The distributors booked a large number of cinema halls in these areas in a bid to cash in on the NTR-mania. They also held some special shows in the wee hours of Thursday. Buoyed with good advance booking, the movie opened to an earth-shattering response and made good collections in these areas on the first day.

Its theatrical rights for Vizag were acquired by Gayatri Devi for a whopping amount of Rs. 5.12 crore and the film was released in nearly 100 screens across this region. "Janatha Garage" earned a share of Rs. 2.29 crore on its opening day and returned around 40 percent of the investment to its distributors.

"Janatha Garage" fetched Rs. 4.23 crore from its theatrical rights of East Godavari. Distributor Ishna Entertainment has released it in over 100 theatres across the area. "Janatha Garage" earned a share of Rs. 2.28 crore on its opening day and returned over 50 percent of the investment to the distributors.

S Creations bought its theatrical rights for Krishna and Guntur for a fancy price of Rs. 8.34 crore, and the distributor released it in over 150 cinema halls across both the areas. "Janatha Garage" earned a share of Rs. 4.12 crore on the first day and returned 50 percent of the investment to the distributors.

The makers are thrilled with its performance at the ticket counters in all the four areas. "'Janatha Garage' has broken the collection records of "Bahubali" in four areas -- Guntur, Krishna, Vizag and East Godavari. It has become the all time biggest opener Telugu movie in these areas," Mahesh S Koneru, the publicist for the movie, told International Business Times, India.

Here are the shares of the top five biggest openers in these four areas:

Area Janatha Garage
SGS Bahubali Srimanthudu Nannaku Prematho
Vizag Rs. 2.29 crore Rs. 2.01 crore Rs. 1.75 crore Rs. 1.05 crore Rs. 1.16 crore
G East Rs. 2.28 crore Rs. 2.26 crore Rs. 1.98 crore Rs. 1.51 crore Rs. 1.17 crore
Krishna Rs. 1.54 crore Rs. 1.51 crore Rs. 1.25 crore Rs. 1.07 crore Rs. 0.85 crore
Guntur Rs. 2.58 crore Rs. 2.46 crore Rs. 2.54 crore Rs. 1.68 crore Rs. 1.52 crore