Jr NTR’s Devara beats Francis Ford Coppola’ Megalopolis in North America

Jr NTR is back on the screen for the first time since the super success of SS Rajamouli’s RRR. His latest film Devara: Part 1 has been receiving tremendous response not only in India but also in North America which has become the biggest market for Telugu films outside of India. The change has happened because Telugu has become the 11th most spoken language in the United States of America.

In Devara, Jr NTR plays the dual role of father and son and is well supported by the cast of Saif Ali Khan , Janhvi Kapoor and Prakash Raj. The Koratala Siva directorial venture opened to US $ 2.85 million just for its premiere shows while on day 1 it added US $ 941876 to its kitty, taking the Day 1 number to beyond US $ 3.9 million, thus debuting at No.3 spot at North America box office. Over the weekend the film was able to take its collection US $ 5 million thereby being the second Telugu film of the year to break into the Top 10 list. Devara is currently on the 4th spot of Top 10 list of the weekend in North America.
By minting US $ 5 million Devara has gone to beat the legendary Francis Ford Coppola’s comeback film Megalopolis which had a dismal weekend of just US $ 4 million. THe film had earned US $ 1.8 million on its first day including premiere shows. The film stars Adam Driver, Giancarlo Esposito, Nathalie Emmanuel, Aubrey Plaza, Shia LaBeouf, Jon Voight, Laurence Fishburne, Talia Shire, Jason Schwartzman, Kathryn Hunter, Grace VanderWaal, Chloe Fineman, James Remar, D. B. Sweeney, and Dustin Hoffman and is pegged to be made on a budget of US $ 120 million.

It would be interesting to see if Devara is able to maintain its ranking its the list over the week. Going by the numbers, it looks difficult as Telugu version has begun to show a drop while it is the Hindi version which is keeping the film afloat.