The biggest South film of the year so far, PEDDI, will finish at around 225 crore nett as it stands 223 crore nett after four weeks with a little more to come. The film has proved to be a HIT/SUPER HIT film in Nizam Andhra with collections going towards almost 180 crore nett but that is not enough for the film.

Due to the budget, the film needed a response from the Hindi version and that is ending up at just 18 crore nett. Because of this, the film overall turns out to be an AVERAGE fare. The Hindi markets will always be the risk factor for these big budget South films as they cant recover from South alone and Hindi will always be an unknown which you cant bank on no matter how big the film is.

The weekly collections of PEDDI (all versions) are as follows.

Week One - 1,79,42,00,000

Week Two - 31,71,00,000

Week Three - 8,59,00,000

Week Four - 3,75,00,000

PEDDI (Hindi) did dull business in its first weekend as it collected 9 crore nett and this was over four days and not the normal three day weekend. The film could not even do well in the likes of Maharashtra, CP Berar and Gujarat where the south dubbed content has scored better. Odisha can be called decent but that is a very small circuit.

As mentioned before, the South dubbed films are going to find it tougher as the audience sees similarity in the look and feel of most of these films. The Hindi release would not matter much to this film if it was not made at such a cost. The home market of Nizam/Andhra has done pretty well and that would have been enough but with this sort of budget, you are looking at a break out somewhere and because of past instances, the Hindi market becomes the most likely contender.

There will be no break out here and the film will have to settle for limited returns the Hindi market. The results for the film are much better in Nizam/Andhra and Mysore/Karnataka but that was always likely. The all India business of the film will be in the 140-145 crore nett range which is decent enough for the film if it can go on from here. This 140 crore nett plus figure has come over almost 5 days.

Thursday - 2,50,00,000 apprx

Friday - 1,65,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 2,00,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 2,75,00,000 apprx

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PEDDI has done well in its home market of Nizam/Andhra but the overall picture is middling due to the costs of the film. The best comparison for this film is the 2024 release DEVARA, which emerged a HIT film. Both have similar costs and are also in the same zone. PEDDI stands at 155.50 crore nett after its Monday business and DEVARA after Monday also stood at a similar mark of 157 crore nett.

The difference being that DEVARA released on Friday and it was four days while here the film was released on Wednesday evening and its been more than five days. The lifetime business of DEVARA was 265 crore nett plus and it looks it will be difficult for PEDDI to reach that total. The Monday business of both films is pretty similar as well with PEDDI actually being better in Nizam/Andhra.

Its down to Nizam/Andhra going on a run otherwise it will be the Hindi version that will be the difference between the two films as DEVARA did almost 60 crore nett and here it looks like 20 crore nett. From the trailer, PEDDI looks like a regular Telugu film with better production values than normal but the costs are such it needs some support outside the regular Telugu market. As this support is not there, it will turn out be an average success rather than HIT unless Nizam/Andhra goes on a run.

The collections of PEDDI across India on all versions are as follows.

Paid previews - 17,50,00,000 apprx

Thursday - 46,00,00,000 apprx

Friday - 25,00,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 27,00,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 29,00,00,000 apprx

Monday - 11,00,00,000 apprx

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PEDDI (Hindi) remains poor as it collects around 11.50 crore nett in its first five days and looks to be a heading for an extended first week of 13.50 crore nett. The 20 crore nett mark for lifetime business looks difficult for the film due to the multiple releases on Friday. The film has faced rejection as far as the Hindi circuits go. The collections on Tuesday were around 1.35 crore nett.

The business in the bigger multiplexes is extremely dull but even the mass pockets are not good be it Maharashtra, UP or Gujarat. The only place which is somewhat decent is Odisha. This 1.25-1.50% contribution circuit may end up with more than a 8-10% contributing East Punjab.

The results continue to be better in the South as the film collects 164 crore nett in six days across India but the dull Hindi business is going to tell on the final figure of the film. The business in Nizam/Andhra is around 130 crore nett including the Hindi version.

The collections of PEDDI (Hindi) are as follows.

Thursday - 2,50,00,000 apprx

Friday - 1,65,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 2,00,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 2,75,00,000 apprx

Monday - 1,10,00,000 apprx

Tuesday - 1,35,00,000 apprx

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PEDDI (Hindi) could not do much in the first week as it collected 13 crore nett which is over eight days and not the regular seven days. GAME CHANGER has collected around 24 crore nett in its first week with the same star but in that film, there was a fiddle with the initial collections. The last day of the week is actually more for PEDDI than GAME CHANGER despite it being day eight for the former and day seven for the latter. The collections of PEDDI (Hindi) are clean.

The film will not get to 20 crore nett from here and even if we take out the fiddle for GAME CHANGER, it will still be doing less business than that film. Its a different story in the South where the film has done well and its all India collections for the extended first week will finish up in the 180 crore nett range with bulk of the contribution from Nizam/Andhra.

Despite the South doing well, it is not enough to compensate for the dull showing in Hindi. The Hindi version would hardly matter if it was a regular Telugu film. It does look a regular Telugu film but the costs are not like a regular Telugu film. So, it had to do much better in Hindi and that is likely to be the difference between a HIT film and AVERAGE fare which this film will probably end up becoming.

The collections of PEDDI (Hindi) are as follows.

Thursday - 2,50,00,000 apprx

Friday - 1,65,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 2,00,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 2,75,00,000 apprx

Monday - 1,10,00,000 apprx

Tuesday - 1,35,00,000 apprx

Wednesday - 90,00,000 apprx

Thursday - 85,00,000 apprx

PEDDI has fair figures on all its versions over the first three days driven by the home belt of Nizam/Andhra but they are nowhere near enough for the cost of the film. The film is that rural rustic film but you cant compare with PUSHPA. So, a better comparison is DEVARA but that film had comfortably crossed 100 crore nett in the first two days on all versions.

The Hindi version of the film collected around 2.65 crore nett on the first day and the second day is 2 crore nett which gives it around 4.65 crore nett in two days and its going nowhere. There should be a jump today but that is not going to change the fate of the film. It remains to be seen if it can get a 10 crore nett extended weekend for its Hindi version.

The opening of the Hindi version pretty much sealed its overall fate also despite the good opening in Nizam/Andhra. The costs of these films have to go much lower as today these South producers have to factor in negligible revenue for the theatrical Hindi version. It could be something but there is a good chance it is going to almost zero as well and its this you have to factor when budgeting the film.

The collections of PEDDI across India on all versions are as follows.

Paid previews - 17,50,00,000 apprx

Thursday - 46,00,00,000 apprx

Friday - 25,00,00,000 apprx

PEDDI (Hindi) had a low first day as it collected 2.50 - 2.75 crore nett apprx and it was pretty much dull business in all circuits. Odisha can be called somewhat decent but other places like Maharashtra and Gujarat, where these South films have done better in recent times, did not really collect. A Thursday release does not help when a trailer does not generate much response. But here, there is probably no choice as the film in its original language Telugu needs an extended weekend to get the best out of the initial.

The film has opened to a good response in Nizam/Andhra where collections will probably be 37-38 crore nett on the first day. Mysore is around 4.50 crore nett which means the first day figure across all versions will be around 45-47 crore nett. The problem is that the cost of the film is so high that unless something extraordinary happens in the South, it has to get collections in Hindi and that is not going to happen.

The film had issues in Andhra prior to release as there is a problem with exhibitors who want to shift to revenue sharing while distributors and producers prefer the present rental deals. The eventual outcome will be revenue sharing whether it happens today or a few years time as that is only way exhibitors have chance of surviving. The Nizam/Andhra circuit already has huge issues with lack of content for cinemas.

As for PEDDI, the Hindi collections pretty much settle its fate and this is not the case with this film but pretty much anything film from the South now which has these sort of costs associated it and they will start to find out what the real ground realities at present as compared to a few years back.