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Box Office: Megastar Chiranjeevi's 'Bholaa Shankar' Scored Disappointing Opening Weekend Worldwide
Hyderabad, August 14 - The Indian box office created history during the weekend of August 11-13 with all the movies running in theaters currently grossing close to 400 crores. However, in-between raining blockbusters, Telugu superstar Chiranjeevi's "Bholaa Shankar" disappointed big time and registered a low opening weekend at the domestic as well as global box office.## Directed by Meher Ramesh, "Bholaa Shankar" was expected to continue the winning run for Chiranjeevi after the big blockbuster success of "Waltair Veerayya" earlier this year. But it was not the case as "Bholaa Shankar" recorded one of the lowest weekend collections for the superstar in recent times.## "Bhola Shankar" grossed approx. 36 crores worldwide, including just 5 crores at the overseas box office over the 3-day weekend. Domestically, the movie grossed 31 crores approx., including approx. 21.75 crores share collection in Telugu states (Andhra Pradesh and Telangana).## The AK Entertainments and Creative Commercials' production venture needs to gross at least 125 crores worldwide to reach the break-even target, for which, the movie needs a miracle which is not looking to happen. The critics' reviews for the movie were poor though the audience reception was mixed, yet "Bholaa Shankar" is not in a position to bounce back from here on.## There is a big public holiday tomorrow in the form of Independence Day on which the Chiranjeevi-starrer might witness a jump, otherwise, the future is looking bleak for the movie at the box office. ## Stay tuned...