Ravi Teja’s Vikramarkudu VS Akshay Kumar’s Rowdy Rathore At Box Office: Blockbuster Remake Remained Slightly Lower Than The OG Worth 226% Returns!

Over the years, we have seen Akshay Kumar being part of some well-made remakes. In today’s time, when the exposure to OTT is huge, remakes are considered a curse, but several years back, when the regional content hardly reached the Hindi market, there was a big appetite for remakes among the Hindi audience. One such film is Rowdy Rathore, which benefitted immensely at the box office due to the low popularity of Ravi Teja’s Vikramarkudu in the Hindi market. Let’s see how both films fared!

Vikramarkudu featured Ravi Teja in a double role. The film was helmed by SS Rajamouli and released on June 23, 2006. Upon its release, the Tollywood action entertainer opened to mostly positive reviews from critics. It received praise for the entertainment quotient and the action sequences. Among the ticket-buying audience, it received a big thumbs up.

Riding high on positive word-of-mouth, Vikramarkudu enjoyed a long theatrical run and was a big success at the Indian box office. It amassed 35.90 crore gross in India, of which 32.40 crore gross came from Andhra Pradesh (including today’s Telangana before separation). Reportedly, it was made on a budget of 11 crore, which means it earned an ROI (return on investment) of 24.90 crore. Calculated further, it equals 226.36% returns.