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Chennai Love Story achieves box-office success and OTT deal

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Chennai Love Story sustains box‑office surge achieves box-office success and OTT deal

The Telugu romance romantic drama *Chennai Love Story* kept Story*, directed by Ravi Namburi and starring Kiran Abbavaram and Sri Gouri Priya, has emerged as a significant commercial success. Prior to its momentum after July 24 release, the film had reportedly recovered its production costs through the sale of theatrical, OTT, and satellite rights, totaling approximately ₹35 crore. Upon its worldwide release, the film opened with a first-day gross of roughly ₹7.5–8 crore. Despite facing competition from Vijay’s *Jana Nayagan*, the movie maintained strong momentum. After its opening weekend. Tracker weekend, tracker Sacnilk recorded a worldwide gross of ₹16.62 crore after two days, and an crore, while official poster later figures cited by the makers reached ₹25.2 crore, likely adding premiere earnings. The film’s screen count rose from 1,638 to 1,762 between Friday and Saturday, indicating growing audience interest despite competition. In crore. By the end of its first full week week, the movie posted film achieved a tracked all‑India all-India gross of roughly ₹27 crore, with an estimated actual domestic collection near ₹32 crore. Overseas overseas markets contributed contributing about ₹6.3 crore, pushing worldwide earnings past ₹38 crore. The strong weekday hold Subsequent reports indicated the film's worldwide gross reached between ₹40 crore and ₹60 crore. The film’s success, characterized by positive word‑of‑mouth have cemented the film as word-of-mouth and strong youth engagement, marks the biggest box‑office box-office hit of lead actor Kiran Abbavaram’s career, boosting career. This achievement has bolstered his standing in Telugu cinema. The commercial success also underscores Abbavaram’s upcoming directorial debut, slated marketability as he prepares for an October entertainer, which his directorial debut in October. Following its theatrical run, the film is expected scheduled to further raise his profile. premiere on the streaming platform Sony LIV, offering availability in multiple languages including Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, and Hindi.

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  1. 2026-08-20 04:47 UTC Chennai Love Story achieves box-office success and OTT deal
  2. 2026-07-31 08:24 UTC Chennai Love Story sustains box‑office surge
  3. 2026-07-26 12:22 UTC Chennai Love Story opens strong despite clash

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