India, June 28 -- Kannappa box office collection day 1: The Vishnu Manchu-starrer didn't have a great opening in India but still managed to hold off competition, largely due to Akshay Kumar and Prabhas' cameos. As per Sacnilk.com, Kannappa earned just Rs.9 crore nett in India on day one, as per early estimates. The Telugu mythological film released in theatres on Friday.

As per the report, the film had an overall 16.45% Tamil occupancy, 55.89% Telugu occupancy, 14.56% Hindi occupancy, 13.81% Kannada occupancy and 7.20% Malayalam occupancy on Friday. Though Kannappa earned only Rs.9 crore on Friday, it managed to beat Kajol-starrer Maa, which earned Rs.4.50 crore, according to Sacnilk.com. It earned twice as much as Maa.

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