Ravi Teja is regarded as a hero with a mass image. He does not have a large international market. None of his recent films have done well in the United States.
Despite being a big hit in the domestic market, "Krack" was a box office flop in the United States.
Nikhil Siddharth, on the other hand, has a decent market in the United States, and his previous film, "Karthikeya 2," was a smash hit. The film did extremely well there. It made about $1.6 million.
Given this scenario, industry experts predicted that Nikhil's film would perform better than Ravi Teja's. Nikhil Siddharth's “18 Pages” was expected to do well at the box office, but it completely underperformed.
In addition, the weather in the United States prevented people from going to the movies.
While Ravi Teja's "Dhamaka" is approaching $200k in its first weekend, Nikhil's film is trailing.
#Dhamaka Fri: $81,582 Sat: $42,912 Sun: $55k (apprx) Total Gross: $180k (apprx)
#18Pages: Thu: $40,200 Fri: $36,381 Sat: $32,418 Sun: $40k Total Gross: $149k