
They Call Him OG Box Office collection Day 7: Actor-politician Pawan Kalyan's film They Call Him OG has completed its first week run at the box office. The film opened with impressive business over the first weekend but later slowed down over the weekdays despite the festive season. It is now clashing with Rishab Shetty's Kantara Chapter 1, which released on Thursday.
According to industry tracker Sacnilk, They Call Him OG raked in ₹7 crore net in India on day 7. The film had a slight dip in earnings as it earned ₹7.25 crore on day 6.
The total business made by the Pawan Kalyan-starrer is ₹ ₹ 161.85 crore net in India so far.
Check out They Call Him OG day-wise box office business so far:
Day 0 [ Wednesday]- ₹ 21 crore
Day 1 [1st Thursday] - ₹ 63.75 crore
Day 2 [1st Friday]- ₹ 18.45 crore
Day 3 [1st Saturday]- ₹ 18.5 crore
Day 4 [1st Sunday]- ₹ 18.5 crore
Day 5 [1st Monday]- ₹ 7.4 crore
Day 6 [1st Tuesday]- ₹ 7.25 crore
Day 7 [1st Wednesday]- ₹ 7 crore
They Call Him OG is originally a Telugu action crime drama, also released in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi languages.
The film is written and directed by Sujeeth. It is backed by D. V. V. Danayya.
Besides Pawan Kalyan in the lead, it also features Priyanka Mohan, Arjun Das, Sriya Reddy and Prakash Raj star in key roles.
OG officially marks the Telugu film debut of actor Emraan Hashmi who plays the prime antagonist, Omi Bhau in the film.
They Call Him OG maintained strong momentum on Wednesday with an overall 21.49% occupancy among the Telugu audience. Morning shows were comparatively modest at 13.99% occupancy, but collections picked up in the afternoon at 21.99% occupancy. It further improved in the evening to 23.57% occupancy, and peaked during the night with 26.40% occupancy.
Among the key regions in the Telugu-speaking belt, Hyderabad led with 751 shows at 22.50% occupancy, followed by Bengaluru with 441 shows at 16.25% and Vizag-Visakhapatnam with 187 shows at 23.50%. Vijayawada (131 shows) and Guntur (66 shows) also saw steady turnout, while Chennai had only 12 shows.
On the other hand, They Call Him OG Hindi version recorded an overall 5.70% occupancy on day 7. Morning shows stood at 4.32% occupancy, followed by a slight rise in the afternoon at 5.68% occupancy. Evening shows dipped to 4.50% occupancy, but the film witnessed its best turnout during the night with 8.30% occupancy.
OG (Hindi) had its strongest presence in Ahmedabad with 175 shows, though the occupancy remained low at 5%. Delhi NCR followed with 122 shows at 5.75% occupancy, while Surat (98 shows) and Mumbai (54 shows) contributed significantly in terms of screen count.
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