Box Office Collections

[ajaybaskar]

And Varalaaru had more than 100% occupancy for that matter!! Aren't you surprised?

This is unmatchable by any yardstick. Kudos!!!

[Kumaran.P]

1. KATHTHI

Ranking based on Chennai Box Office Collections from Nov 03rd 2014 to Nov 09th 2014
Week :3
Total collections in Chennai :Rs. 6,70,98,734
Verdict:Blockbuster
No. Shows in Chennai (Weekend):165
Average Theatre Occupancy (Weekend):70%
Collection in Chennai (Weekend):Rs. 69,41,004
No. Shows in Chennai (Weekdays):324
Average Theatre Occupancy (Weekdays):40%
Collection in Chennai (Weekdays):Rs. 69,16,912
The big-budgeted Kaththi gets the Blockbuster tag by the sheer weight of its collections. It is holding on pretty well even after the new releases.
http://behindwoods.com/tamil-movies/...ce-nov-09.html

[Kumaran.P]

Kaushik LM @Lmkmoviemaniac :
#Vijay's #Kaththi- Chennai city gross estimate till date - 6.71 crores. The highest this year - Blockbuster

[Kumaran.P]

Kaushik LM @Lmkmoviemaniac :
#Kaththi gets the much-coveted BLOCKBUSTER tag by the sheer weight of its collections. 2nd BB this year after #VIP

[Kumaran.P]

Sreedhar Pillai
@sri50 :
Chennai Box-Office - Nov 7 to 9 - No.5 Poojai, No.4 Jaihind2, No.3 Oru Oorula Rendu Raja, No.2 Interstellar, No.1 Kaththi

[Parthyy]

I think the difference is SOLO release .......

Nanban was SOLO 2 days Prior to Vettai...But Shankar film+Vijay What happened???? Did it set any records..Please answer it

Thuppaki and Kathi both were *HOLIDAY* releases + Festival Crowd ++Vija+ ARMurugadoss ..Again Festival days Pongal/Diwali day bring about 20% more crowd than usual day in TN
...So when you have these Privileges of Festive Holiday You shouldn't be worrying about Solo in Workin day....Logic of whinning over SOLO is void.Period
For People saying Poda Podi which released in 200+ screens and Poojai with Vishal in approx 300 Screens is Great competitor Given form of Those actors...Cant help you

In Bollywood they follow seperate Top Ten for Weekday Releases/Holiday releases.Before Blaming SOLO think of these...


Mankatha released in Holiday 3 years back we setted next to Endiran TN opening in 370 screens.Sad thing only after this Vijay fans whenever they sleep the got infected with SOLOPhobia...Before that Any guy had this NO...

[ArulprakasH]

I think the difference is SOLO release .......

Expected reply... SOLO release illa brother Saturated Release.. Ajith's Billa was the first movie to go for saturated release among his generation of actors. Trade was very confident that Ajith can pull the crowd and it was proved. Distributors do this for the Stars whose movie release is celebrated as a festival. They don't need a festival weekend to get the grand opening. Release it on any day, rest take care by the Star's opening power. Ajith movies consistently enjoying this saturated release next to Rajini and Kamal. It gives the flexibility to the producer to release the movie on any day when the movie is completed. They do not need to wait for a holiday or festival period.

[Parthyy]

Film may refer someone Ghilli But Trade has Refferred always Thala as Ghilli ..

Guess this was written By SreedharPillai when he was in Sify

The Gilli of Kollywood!
By Moviebuzz
Source : MOVIE_BUZZ

Among the Diwali releases, only Ajit’s Varalaaru will be profitable for its distributors and theatres who paid Minimum Guarantee (MG). It clearly indicates the Ajit power at the box-office, as most of them have been able to recover their investment in the first week itself!

The first three days collection of Varalaaru proves that Ajit is the best opener in Tamil cinema after Rajnikanth. In cricketing terms, he is the ‘Gilli’ of Kollywood, like the Australian wicket keeper-batsman Adam Gilchrist, considered to be the best opener in one-day cricket.

Gilli, as he is popularly known plunders maximum number of runs in the less number of balls, giving his team a great start. Similarly Ajit films attack the box-office and plunder huge openings in least number of days, making the road to profitability faster for its buyers.

An Ajit film normally turns profitable in the first week of release and how big hit it is depends on the content of the film. This strategy has worked to his advantage this year with Paramasivam and Varalaaru but backfired with Tirupati where the content was bad.

Now all eyes are on Ajit’s Pongal 2007 release Aalwar where he is pitted against arch-rivals Vijay’s Pokiri and Vikram’s Bheema.

Ajit has almost completed the entire shoot of Aalwar and will move on to Suresh Balaji’s Kireedom by December. Now all top banners want his dates and the rumour is that he has signed a film for producer A.M.Ratnam.

The best thing that happened to Ajit is that he has been able to get away from the clutches of Nic Arts Chakravarthy and his gang. Now the actor takes his own decisions regarding his career which augers well for him.

http://www.sify.com/movies/the-gilli...hKhheiasi.html


Anyway thanks for reminding Varalaaru here....Mind you this was When he was down..Lowest phase of his career...Still Full form Batsmen couldn't get this strike rate at that time...they need suitable weather/Pitch to set
and Pity on someone whinniing on SOLO

[noireexcip]

Nanban was a pure remake movie even if it's a Shankar's direction. He himself told before the movie releases this Nanban will be a pure remake and I am not gona spoil the original. Yet 3 idiots watched already by most of the tamil audience but still Nanban did a tremendous collection all over the world including my country Srilanka.

[uruzalari]

Film may refer someone Ghilli But Trade has Refferred always Thala as Ghilli ..

Guess this was written By SreedharPillai when he was in Sify

http://www.sify.com/movies/the-gilli...hKhheiasi.html


Anyway thanks for reminding Varalaaru here....Mind you this was When he was down..Lowest phase of his career...Still Full form Batsmen couldn't get this strike rate at that time...they need suitable weather/Pitch to set
and Pity on someone whinniing on SOLO

Yup. Ajith does not need any other factor apart from himself. Varalaaru made history. Then what made Aalwar his immediate next release such a damp squib? And Vijay's release before Pokkiri was Aadhi and so he was not on fire exactly at that time.

Pokkiri (previous release Aadhi) vs Aalwar (previous release Varalaaru)

Ok. the content of Aalwar was weak and it lost. But I do not remember it even getting a great opening. Guess Thamirabharani did better. For someone who does not rely on anything apart from himself may I know the reason for this debacle?