The premiere day collection of Vijay Deverakonda’s “Dear Comrade” has surprised all. It took more than 300k dollars from the premiere shows at a time when Telugu films are struggling to get even decent openings in the USA.

Of late, the market is in recession mode. Given such massive opening on the premiere day, one expected that the film would easily cross $1 million mark in its first weekend.

But the Vijay Deverakonda and Rashmika starrer saw a steep fall on Friday after the reviews came out. Reviews and mixed talk have affected the film.

The Saturday collection was too low and the Sunday’s trend was also similar. Thus the romantic drama closed its weekend gross under $700k. Had the film got positive talk and the good reviews, it would have touched $1.2 million.

#DearComrade Premieres: $310k Friday: $154k Sat: $148k Sun: $80k: Total Weekend Gross: $695k

Vijay Deverakonda has once again proved that he can pull audiences to the theaters on the premiere day on par with the Tollywood’s top heroes but he should do films that would appeal to wider audiences to strengthen his market in the USA as well.