‘Gopala Gopala’ makes Rs480m in first week

Pawan Kalyan and Daggubati Venkatesh’s Gopala Gopala, the Telugu remake of Hindi hit OMG: Oh My God! has struck gold at the box office by collecting a whopping Rs480 million (Dh28.4 million) worldwide in its first week.

“Despite the onslaught of Vikram-starrer I, Gopala Gopala has done phenomenal business of approximately Rs48 crore in its opening weekend worldwide,” trade analyst Trinath said.

Directed by Kishore Kumar Pardasani, the film, which released on January 10, featured Kalyan and Venkatesh for the first time.

Venkatesh reprised the role of Paresh Rawal from the original.

Trinath added the release of “I” caused some worry for the distributors of Gopala Gopala.

“Even though Gopala Gopala released four days before I, the latter did worry the distributors after registering highest opening for a dubbed Telugu film. Vikram’s film collected nearly Rs100 million on release day in Andhra Pradesh,” he said.

Nevertheless, Gopala Gopala managed to keep the cash registers ringing.