Vijay Deverakonda's Liger has seen another dip in collections on Saturday in the South Indian market. After a start of Rs. 17 crores, the film came down to Rs. 4.25 crores on Friday and now on Saturday, there was another crash of 30 percent as estimates indicate the third day at Rs. 3.25 crores. With this, the gross total of Liger in the South Indian belts stands at Rs. 24.50 crores. The South Indian rights i.e. Telugu states, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Karnataka, were sold for a sum of Rs. 70 crores, of which Rs. 60 crores is for the Telugu states.
The three-day share of Liger is in the range of Rs. 13 crores, which leaves Rs. 57 crores worth of recovery still pending. Liger will close its share in the Southern belt with a share of Rs. 17 crores, which means a consolidated South Indian belt loss of Rs. 53 crores. The film has more or less ended its run at the box office and it's now just the wait for Monday for the collections to reach almost a pittance.
The talk across the board is negative, though the Hindi markets are somehow managing to stay afloat over the weekend, but a crash is inevitable there too on Monday. If we look at overall losses on Liger, keeping in mind the international markets, the distributors stand to lose at least Rs 65 crore, as the worldwide rights (including Hindi belts) are valued at Rs. 90 crores.
Liger will end up being the biggest disaster of Vijay Deverakonda's career, as also the biggest Telugu disaster of 2022 after the Chiranjeevi starrer Acharya. It remains to be seen if this year has any more surprises.
