Kannappa box office collection day 5: Vishnu Manchu-starrer slows down, earns over ₹27 crore

Kannappa box office collection day 5: Vishnu Manchu's film released on June 27. The makers have clarified that the film will not be making early debut on OTT.

Kannappa box office collection day 5: Vishnu Manchu's mythological film Kannappa, despite receiving mixed reviews, has managed to perform decently at the box office. According to Sacnilk.com, the film, which features Akshay Kumar, Prabhas, Mohanlal, Kajal Aggarwal, has collected over ₹27 crore in its first 5 days. (Also read: Suriya sends flowers to Vishnu Manchu to congratulate him on the release of Kannappa: ‘So proud of you’)

Kannappa box office collection day 5: The mythological fantasy thriller released in theatres on June 27.

Kannappa box office update

The box office report pointed out that Kannappa has collected ₹1.75 crore at the end of 5 days at the box office (as per early estimates). It is the film's lowest single-day collection so far. Kannappa saw a massive drop in collections on its first Monday and earned ₹ 2.3 crore. Kannappa made an opening day haul of ₹9.35 crore and went on to collect ₹7.15 crore on its first Saturday. On Sunday, the film went on to collect ₹6.9 crore. The overall collections now stand at ₹27.45 crore.

Kannappa had an overall 14.13% Telugu Occupancy on Tuesday.

About Kannappa

Kannappa, directed by Mukesh Kumar Singh, has been written by Vishnu and produced by Mohan Babu. It is based on the legend of Kannappa in Hinduism, a devotee of God Shiva.

It stars Vishnu, Akshay Kumar, Prabhas, Mohanlal, Kajal Aggarwal, Sarathkumar, Mohan Babu, Preity Mukhundhan and others. The film has been in the making for a decade. Prabhas plays Rudhra in the film, Akshay plays Shiva, and Vishnu plays Kannappa.

Ahead of its release, producer Mohan Babu took to social media to share that his best friend and superstar Rajinikanth watched the film with his family. He shared a few pictures and wrote in the caption, “Last night, @rajinikanth uncle watched #Kannappa. After the film, he gave me a tight hug. He told me that he loved #Kannappa. I’ve been waiting 22 years as an actor for that hug! Today, I feel encouraged. Humbled. Grateful.”