Mahesh Babu is the biggest Tollywood star in the overseas market, especially the US. Therefore, it comes as no surprise that his latest release Spyder, directed by AR Murugadoss is all set to make a killing at the box-office there on the first day of release.
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is releasing across more than 300 locations worldwide and with prices for the tickets for the premier shows touching as high as $25, more than $600,000 of presales have been reported to date.
The film is widely expected to top $1 million in first-day grosses, and to surpass the all-time US Tuesday record for an Indian film held by
Baahubali 2
.
His prior film
Srimanthudu
, earned $2.9 million in the U.S. in 2015, which makes it the third-highest grossing Telugu-language film there after the two Baahubali pictures, and the 30th highest-grossing Indian film overall.
Also Read: 'Spyder' box office collection day 2: Mahesh Babu and Rakul Preet starrer is expected to join the 100 Cr club by weekendRakul Preet Singh stars as the female lead opposite Mahesh Babu in Spyder which has music by Harris Jayaraj. SJ Suryah plays the antagonist in the film.