The Telugu language version of Kabali was a big flop in both the Telugu states, except in the film distribution zone called the Nizam area. Interestingly, people who bought the Telugu distribution rights made profits with this film because they sold to different local distributors, area-wise.
The film rights, bought by new distributors KP Chowdhary and Praveen Varma for a whopping '30 crore, included the satellite rights of the Telugu version. Abhishek Pictures, which bought the Nizam area rights for '8.5 crore, is the only one who reported marginal profits. “The Superstar and the film both got good hype, so the first three days of the bookings were almost full,” says Abhishek Nama. He added that from Monday onwards, collections dropped. “But I am safe,” he says.
The film collected a sum of Rs 10.50 crore for the first week in the Nizam area. In other areas, like Ceded and Andhra, the film was a big disaster. The film rights sold for Rs 14 crore in Ceded but collected only Rs 8 crore.
