At the box office on Wednesday, there was a close battle between two major Tamil language films, released during the Pongal celebrations. Varisu, the family entertainer starring Thalapathy Vijay, won out, but both films did extraordinarily well, resulting in a victory for Indian cinema. Reportedly, Thunivu, the H Vinoth-directed action-thriller, earned Rs 26 crore in India on its opening day, just Rs 50 lakh behind Varisu.
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Sacnilk, an industry data tracker,
- claims that Thunivu earned more money in the Tamil Nadu region compared to Varisu, which made about Rs 17 crore. In addition
- Thunivu made Rs 3.5 crore in Karnataka
- Rs 2.5-Rs 3 crore in the Andhra Pradesh and Telangana region
- Rs 1.5 crore in Kerala
- Rs 50 lakh in the rest of India
In recent years, South Indian movies, especially those in the Telugu language, have become popular across the country. Last year, two Kannada language movies, KGF: Chapter 2 and Kantara, achieved great success. However, Tamil cinema, which once boasted some of India’s biggest stars, has seen its popularity diminish, along with Bollywood. Both Vijay and Ajith’s recent releases, Beast and Valimai, were met with critical and commercial failure.
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Thunivu’s first-day box office results show that South Indian films still have a long way to go before they make an impression in the north. On its opening day, the movie had an occupancy rate of just 30% in the National Capital Region.
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Local fans of the movie appeared to have really enjoyed it, with the occupancy for the Tamil version increasing from 61% in the morning to 82% for the night shows. Chennai experienced an average occupancy of 98.25% throughout the day and Pondicherry had a stunning 99.5% occupancy on the opening day.