Box office report for Game Changer at 8:00 p.m.
According to the website, the movie earned ₹15.47 crore net on its first Saturday in India, bringing its total earnings to ₹66.47 crore as of 8 p.m. Shankar’s Telugu debut is doing well in comparison to his last movie, Indian 2, which starred Kamal Haasan. With a lifetime total of 81.32 crore net in India, Indian 2 made ₹25.6 crore on its first day of release. Whether Game Changer will top that on its second day is still up in the air. Even though it was a weekend, the Telugu version’s morning, afternoon, and evening occupancy rates were only 20.66%, 31.52%, and 36.09%, respectively—better than the Tamil and Hindi versions of the movie.

Sankranthi releases as a rival
Ram’s performance was hailed in Game Changer’s reviews, while other aspects of the movie were panned for being out of date. Although there were high hopes for the movie, it appears like other Sankranthi films will now pose a serious threat. On January 12, Bobby Kolli’s Daaku Maharaaj, starring Balakrishna, Bobby Deol, Urvashi Rautela, Shraddha Srinath, and Pragya Jaiswal, will be released in theatres. On January 14, Anil Ravipudi’s Sankranthiki Vasthunam, starring Venkatesh, Meenakshi Chaudhary, and Aishwarya Rajesh, will be released. January 17 will see the release of 20 minutes of new material from Allu Arjun’s Pushpa 2: