Gandhada Gudi box office collection Day 3: Puneeth Rajkumar's swansong scores big in first weekend

While the Kantara buzz remains strong as ever, Gandhada Gudi too boasts of strong word-of-mouth publicity which should help the earnings remain consistent

Poster of Gandhada Gudi

Gandhada Gudi began its theatrical run on an excellent note and went on to collect more than Rs. 8 crores (net) in the first two days alone. The film outdid Kantara in terms of daily box office numbers and looked well on course for a successful opening weekend and just as expected the Day 3 collections have indeed helped Gandhada Gudi race past the Rs. 10 crores mark.

Yes, as revealed by the latest trade reports, Amoghavarsha’s latest docu. film has managed to collect Rs. 5 crores on Sunday, October 30, to close the opening weekend at a whopping Rs. 13.50 crores. The film, which comes as Puneeth Rajkumar’s final on-screen appearance, has beaten Kantara (Kannada) by a clear margin and is now all set to reap similar rewards through the week.

Gandhada Gudi beckoned all the fans of the late Powerstar Puneeth Rajkumar to the cinema halls and has attracted a lot of love and adoration for being the perfect send-off to the beloved superstar. The film also managed to unite a majority of the film fraternity with several Kannada and other south Indian superstars speaking highly of the quality it boasts of. Actor Rakshit Shetty deemed Gandhada Gudi as the 'beginning of a new kind of theatrical experience' for Indian audiences.

Coming back to the box office, team Gandhada Gudi would only wish to leverage the great start and the current trade estimates suggest that the film will continue to fare through the week. While the Kantara buzz remains strong as ever, Gandhada Gudi too boasts of strong word-of-mouth publicity which should help the earnings remain consistent. According to reports, the film is likely to go past the Rs. 15 crores mark on Day 4 or Monday.

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