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Samarasimha Reddy's Dream Run At The Box Office. Any corrections to be made?

 

Released on January 13, 1999, Nandamuri Balakrishna-starrer Samarasimha Reddy, directed by B. Gopal and produced by Chengala Venkat Rao, went on to become one of the biggest hits of Telugu cinema.

 

In its first release, the movie had a direct

50-day run at 92 theatres

100-day run at 73 theatres

125-day run at 37 theatres

175-day run at 30 theatres

200-day run at 3 theatres

with 4 shows daily and in the process set many records, some of which are still unbroken.

 

Some of the records set by the film:

 

It collected the highest single theatre gross at many centres. Some of the centres are given below-

Vizag-Chitralaya 70mm-Rs. 68,84,013

(previous highest was by Premalayam-Chitralaya 70mm-Rs. 52,67,819)

Vijayawada-Urvasi-Rs. 71,46,464

(previous highest was by Annamayya-Alankar-Rs. 63,02,028)

Guntur-Krishna Mahal-Rs. 48,02,605

(previous highest was by Pelli Sandadi-Bala Bhaskar-Rs. 36,13,015)

It had a record run at many centres. Some of the centres are given below-

Ongole-Vijaya Durga-177

(previous highest was by Pelli Sandadi-BVS-175)

Tenali-Gaiety-183

(previous highest was by Pelli Sandadi-Priya-175)

It had a direct 50-day run at 15 theatres in Guntur (first release-11, late release-4).

It had a direct 100-day run at 10 theatres in Guntur. The previous record was jointly held by Peddannayya, which celebrated a 100-day run at 6 theatres with 4 shows daily and Kondaveeti Simham, which had a similar run but with 3 shows daily.

It had a direct 50-day run at 24 theatres in Uttarandhra (first release-16, late release-8).

It became the fourth film to have had a 50-day run in a side theatre in Vijayawada (Sowmya-51 days). Pedarayudu, Ninne Pelladatha, Preminchukundam Raa being the other three.

It became the first film to have a direct 100-day run at the following centres.

Chinatalapudi

Cheepurupalli

Chittivalasa

Macherla

G. Mamidada

Banaganapalli

Tiruvuru

Piduguralla

Kodada

Darsi

Putturu

Done

It became the first film to have a direct silver jubilee run at the following centres.

Nandhyala

Proddutur

Macherla

Cheerala

Chailakaluripeta

Cheepurupalli

Chittivalasa

Payakaraopeta

Yemmiganur

Pulivendula

Karnataka

It is one of the few films that had a silver jubilee run in Gudiwada. Pelli Sandadi, Simhadri and Devadasu are the only other films which had a silver jubilee run in the town.

In its late release, the film celebrated a 100-day run at 2 cinemas (G. Mamidada-Srinivasa & Guntakal-SLV).

It had the second highest run in Vinukonda (72 days). Pedarayudu had a 78-day run in the town.

100 Days Gross Collections Of The Film At Some Centres:

 

Centre Theatre 100 Days Gross Collection

Vijayawada Urvasi Rs. 46,15,800

Guntur Krishna Mahal Rs. 31,95,389 (for 98 days)

Machilipatnam Urvasi Rs. 15,43,566

Narsaraopeta Eshwaramahal Rs. 15,06,309

Tenali Gaiety Rs. 14,76,957

Gudiwada Bhaskar Rs. 13,42,820

Ongole Vijayadurga Rs. 12,90,236

Mandapeta Rajaratna Rs. 10,82,373

Cheerala Mohan Rs. 8,86,988 (for 98 days)

Sattenapalli Srinivasa Rs. 8,15,714

Piduguralla Gangamahal Rs. 8,02,008

Mangalagiri Venkateswara Rs. 7,73,418

Macherla Neelima Rs. 7,46,375

Tiruvuru Srinivasa Rs. 5,09,716

 

50-day Centres (92+) (First Release-92, Late Release-Many):

 

S. No. Centre Theatre

Uttarandhra (16)

1 Vizag Chitralaya 70mm

2 Gajuwaka Mohini 70mm

3 Vijayanagaram Ranjani 70mm

4 Kancharapalem Urvasi

5 Srikakulam Kinnera Deluxe

6 Anakanapalli Ramachandra

7 Bobbili Sri Lakshmi

8 Parvathipuram Venkateswara Kalamandir

9 Sriharikota Seetaramanjaneya

10 Narsipatnam Sri Kanya

11 Payakaraopeta RK Chitra Mandir

12 Chittivalasa Nataraj

13 Cheepurupalli Nataraj

14 Kottavalasa Lakshmi Narasimha

15 Palakonda Rama Kalamandir

16 Palasa Sri Venkateswara

East (6)

17 Rajahmundry Nagadevi

18 Kakinada Chandraguptha

19 Amalapuram Deluxe

20 Mandapeta Rajaratna

21 Pitapuram Purna

22 Tatipaka Srinivasa

West (7)

23 Eluru Sai Balaji

24 Bheemavaram Satyanarayana

25 Tadepalligudem Ranga Mahal

26 Tanuku Sree Chitra

27 Palakollu Srinivasa

28 Jangareddygudem Lakshmi

29 Chintalapudi Tirumala Venkateswara

Krishna (6)

30 Vijayawada Urvasi

31 Vijayawada Soumya

(For 51 days-Gross Rs. 7,52,261, Share Rs. 4,93,334)

32 Machilipatnam Urvasi

33 Gudiwada Bhaskar

34 Vuyyuru Saimahal

35 Tiruvuru Srinivasa

Guntur (11)

36 Guntur Krishna Mahal

37 Tenali Gaiety

38 Ongole Vijayadurga

39 Cheerala Mohan

40 Narsaraopeta Eswara Mahal

41 Chilakaluripeta Kalamandir

42 Sattenapalli Srinivasa

43 Mangalagiri Venkateswara

44 Macherla Neelima

45 Piduguralla Gangamahal

46 Repalle Lakshmi Picture Palace

Nellore (7)

47 Nellore Kaveri

48 Guduru Sangham

49 Kavali Sai Mahal

50 Darsi Siva Shankar

51 Kavali Saimahal

52 Naidupeta CS Teja

53 Sullurupeta SVR

Nizam (9)

54 Hyderabad Sudharshan 70mm

55 Khammam Srinivasa 70mm

56 Warangal Sitarama 70mm

57 Karimnagar Venkat Sai 70mm

58 Mahaboobnagar Nataraj

59 Nizamabad Lalitha Mahal 70mm

60 Kodada Swathi 70mm

61 Miryalaguda Shakuntala

62 Suryapeta Lakshmi

Ceded (29)

63 Ananthapuram Gayatri

64 Hindupuram Srinivasa

65 Kadiri Radhika

66 Tadipatri Annapurna

67 Bellary Radhika

68 Kadapa Viswam

69 Prodduturu Anwar

70 Pulivendula Sujatha

71 Railway Koduru Srinivasa

72 Kurnool Venkatesh

73 Nandhyala National

74 Adoni Dwaraka

75 Yemmiganur Someswara

76 Allagadda Srilakshmi Prasanna

77 Done Sree Rama

78 Banaganapalli GM Picture Palace

79 Nandikotkur Siva Shankar

80 Tirupathi Ramaraj

81 Chittoor MSR

82 Madanapalli Tarakarama

83 Kalahasti Balaram

84 Pileru Venu

85 Putturu Srinivasa

86 Markapuram Radha Krishna

87 Srinivasapuram Venkateswara

88 Chintamani LLC

89 Gowribidanur Pushpanjali

90 Bagepalli Raghavendra

91 Parlakimidi Jayalakshmi

Karnataka (1)

92 Bangalore Majestic

93 Ponnuru Lakshmi (50 days) (Late Release)

(Gross - Rs. 5,90,603, Share - Rs. 4,15,603)

94 Vinukonda Keerthi (72 days) (Late Release)

(50 Days Gross - Rs. 5,76,248, Share - Rs. 3,02,648)

95 Addanki VNS (53 days) + Rama (2 days) (Late Release)

(Gross - Rs. 5,37,886, Share - Rs. 3,45,387)

96 Bapatla Vijayakrishna (50 days) + Srinivasa (13) (Late Release)

(Share - Rs. 2,40,418)

97 Chodavaram Lakshmi (68 days) (Late Release)

98 Yelamanchili Venkateswara (50 days) (Late Release)

99 Saluru Suryamahal (50 days) (Late Release)

100 Rajam Vasavi (50 days) (Late Release)

101 Ravulapalem Srinivasa (75 days) (Late Release)

(Share Rs. 3 lakhs)

102 Samarlakota Jayalakshmi (65 days) (Late Release)

(Share Rs. 3 lakhs)

103 Yeleswaram Venkateswara (50 days) (Late Release)

(Share Rs. 3 lakhs)

104 Anaparthi Satyagowri (50 days) (Late Release)

(Share Rs. 1,65,000)

105 Malkipuram Padmaja (50 days) (Late Release)

(Share Rs. 2 lakhs)

 

100-day Centres (75) (First Release-73, Late Release-2):

 

S. No. Centre Theatre

Uttarandhra (12)

1 Vizag Chitralaya 70mm

2 Gajuwaka Mohini 70mm

3 Vijayanagaram Ranjani 70mm

4 Srikakulam Kinnera Deluxe

5 Anakanapalli Ramachandra

6 Bobbili Sri Lakshmi

7 Parvathipuram Venkateswara Kalamandir

8 Sriharikota Seetaramanjaneya

9 Narsipatnam Sri Kanya

10 Payakaraopeta RK Chitra Mandir

11 Chittivalasa Nataraj

12 Cheepurupalli Nataraj

East (6)

13 Rajahmundry Nagadevi

14 Kakinada Chandraguptha

15 Amalapuram Deluxe

16 Mandapeta Rajaratna

17 Pitapuram Purna

18 Tatipaka Srinivasa

West (7)

19 Eluru Sai Balaji

20 Bheemavaram Satyanarayana

21 Tadepalligudem Ranga Mahal

22 Tanuku Sree Chitra

23 Palakollu Srinivasa

24 Jangareddygudem Lakshmi

25 Chintalapudi Tirumala Venkateswara

Krishna (4)

26 Vijayawada Urvasi

27 Machilipatnam Urvasi

28 Gudiwada Bhaskar

29 Tiruvuru Srinivasa

Guntur (10)

30 Guntur Krishna Mahal

31 Tenali Gaiety

32 Ongole Vijayadurga

33 Cheerala Mohan

34 Narsaraopeta Eswara Mahal

35 Chilakaluripeta Kalamandir

36 Sattenapalli Srinivasa

37 Mangalagiri Venkateswara

38 Macherla Neelima

39 Piduguralla Gangamahal

Nellore (4)

40 Nellore Kaveri

41 Guduru Sangham

42 Kavali Sai Mahal

43 Darsi Siva Shankar

Nizam (7)

44 Hyderabad Sudharshan 70mm

45 Khammam Srinivasa 70mm

46 Warangal Sitarama 70mm

47 Karimnagar Venkat Sai 70mm

48 Mahaboobnagar Nataraj

49 Nizamabad Lalitha Mahal 70mm

50 Kodada Swathi 70mm

Ceded (22)

51 Ananthapuram Gayatri

52 Hindupuram Srinivasa

53 Kadiri Radhika

54 Tadipatri Annapurna

55 Kadapa Viswam

56 Prodduturu Anwar

57 Pulivendula Sujatha

58 Railway Koduru Srinivasa

59 Kurnool Venkatesh

60 Nandhyala National

61 Adoni Dwaraka

62 Yemmiganur Someswara

63 Allagadda Srilakshmi Prasanna

64 Done Sree Rama

65 Banaganapalli GM Picture Palace

66 Nandikotkur Siva Shankar

67 Tirupathi Ramaraj

68 Chittoor MSR

69 Madanapalli Tarakarama

70 Kalahasti Balaram

71 Pileru Venu

72 Putturu Srinivasa

Karnataka (1)

73 Bangalore Majestic

74 G. Mamidada Srinivasa (Late Release)

(Share - Rs. 3 lakhs)

75 Guntakal SLV (Late Release)

 

175-day Centres (31) (Direct-30, Shift-1):

 

S. No. Centre Theatre

Ceded (8)

1 Adoni Dwaraka (201 days)

(Gross Rs. 36,50,000)

2 Nandyala National (200 days)

(Share Rs. 14,70,000)

3 Proddutur Anwar (183 days)

4 Kadapa Viswam (177 days)

5 Ananthapuram Gayatri (176 days)

(Gross Rs. 45,70,280)

6 Kurnool Venkatesh

7 Yemmiganur Someswara (177 days)

(Share Rs. 8,92,000)

8 Pulivendula Sujatha

Krishna (3)

9 Machilipatnam Urvasi (178 days)

(Gross Rs. 22,88,088)

10 Gudiwada Bhaskar (177 days)

(Gross Rs. 17,78,178)

11 Vijayawada Urvasi (177 days)

(Gross Rs. 71,46,464)

Nizam (2)

12 Hyderabad Sudarshan 70mm (177 days)

(Gross Rs. 70,60,286)

13 Warangal Sitarama

Uttarandhra (6)

14 Vizag Chitralaya (177 days)

(Gross Rs. 68,84,013)

15 Vijayanagaram Ranjani ( 177 days)

16 Srikakulam Kinnera (177 days)

(Gross Rs. 23,54,092)

17 Cheepurupalli Nataraj (175 days)

(Gross Rs. 12 lakhs, Share Rs. 6,10,000)

18 Chittivalasa Nataraj

19 Payakaraopeta RK Chitra Mandir

Guntur (6)

20 Guntur Krishna Mahal (227 days)

(Gross Rs. 48,02,605, Share Rs. 30,12,976)

21 Tenali Gaiety (183 days)

(Gross Rs. 20,34,369, Share Rs. 13,77,816)

22 Ongole Vijaya Durga (177 days)

(Share Rs. 14,92,119)

23 Macherla Neelima (176 days)

(Gross Rs. 9,55,751)

24 Cheerala Mohan (176 days)

(Gross Rs. 12,07,666, Share Rs. 5,92,708)

25 Chilakaluripeta Nagarjuna Kalamandir (175 days)

(Share Rs. 7,58,940)

West (2)

26 Eluru Sai Balaji (179 days)

27 Tanuku Sri Chitra (175 days)

East (2)

28 Kakinada Chandraguptha

29 Rajahmundry Nagadevi (175 days)

Bangalore (1)

30 Bangalore Majestic (175 days)

(Gross Rs. 44,37,674)

31 Nellore Raghavendra Cine Complex (Kaveri+Kalyani) (175 days) (Shift)

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