The USA box-office still has not fully recovered from COVID-19. The market is slowly opening up.
While the Sankranthi releases have failed to collect a decent amount, “Uppena” is already inching towards $200k.
On its first day, the film grossed 71k dollars, and the second day it has added other 61k dollars to its tally. The Sunday trend seems to be impressive as well.
The film could have collected more had some key locations like VA, Seattle was not closed before 6 PM due to inclement weather.
Day-1: $71K from 71 locs (Ltd Premieres + Fri), Day-2: $61K from 74 locs (Sat), Total Gross: $132K
Starring newcomers Vaishnav Tej and Krithi Shetty as the lead pair, “Uppena” is running to packed houses in the domestic market. In the USA, this is the best opening for an Indian movie in the current scenario.