‘Vettaiyan’ collects above INR 180 Crore Globally in the Opening Weekend…!!!!
After registering the 10th best global opening for a Tamil Movie, Vettaiyan went on to make around ₹185 Cr in the 4-Day Opening weekend. The Rajinikanth starrer enjoyed the advantage of holidays in the domestic market to the fullest while the overseas market reported close to $8M in the Opening weekend.
Domestic Circuits
In the home state of Tamil Nadu, the film got off to a fabulous start by grossing above ₹70 Cr in the Opening weekend. This is the second highest Opening weekend in the region behind GOAT. The film saw above 31 lakh admits in Tamil Nadu. The state of Kerala also saw a favorable word of mouth by selling over 6 Lakh tickets in the Opening Weekend. Vettaiyan grossed ₹12.80 Cr, which is the highest Opening weekend for a Tamil movie in the state surpassing GOAT. By Monday, the film is set to go past the final collections of the Vijay starrer in Kerala.
In Karnataka, Rajnikanth starrer is second highest for a Tamil film behind Vijay’s GOAT, reporting ₹14.50 Cr in the 4-Day extended Opening weekend. Rajini’s audience in AP/TG region seems like being tested with Vettaiyan. The film couldn’t create major inroads despite being Dussehra holidays. The performance of the film in the North India region was subpar, as it could muster only ₹4.50 Cr in the region. This is way below Vijay’s GOAT despite having the presence of Amitabh Bachchan.
International Circuits
Vettaiyan registered the fifth highest opening for a South Indian movie in 2024. The film made a stunning $3.17M on the Opening Day, which is the second highest Tamil movie behind GOAT.
In the Middle East Territory, the film collected around $1.85M in the opening weekend, recording the 12th biggest opening weekend for a Tamil film and 4th best for Rajinikanth. Top 4 films of the actor in this region are as follows:
Jailer $4.28M
2.0 $3.20M
Kabali $2.57M
Vettaiyan $1.85M
The film also reported above 91K admissions in UAE alone, collecting above $1.06M, which is the second highest of 2024 behind GOAT.
Vettaiyan takes the 9th biggest Opening weekend for a Tamil movie in UK/Ireland Box-Office. The Top 10 are as follows:
Leo £1.24M
The GOAT £827K
PS1 £800K
Jailer £728K
Varisu £669K
PS2 £618K
2.0 £533K
Beast £506K
Vettaiyan £487K
Vikram £426K
Similarly, Rajnikanth starrer reports the 9th highest opening weekend in Australia. The Top 10 are as follows:
Leo A$1.16M
PS1 A$1.09M
Jailer A$1.03M
The GOAT A$959K
2.0 A$940K
PS2 A$908K
Master A$685K
Vikram A$634K
Vettaiyan A$588K
Beast A$538K
In the North America Box-office, Vettaiyan has reportedly collected nearly $2.40M in the opening weekend, bulk of the collections coming from the original Tamil version. Tamil, Telugu & Hindi languages collected $2.22M, $169K & $19K respectively. The 4-Day extended weekend reported gross breakup in USA & Canada is as follows:
USA $1.89M
Canada $491K
Final Breakup (Estimates)
AP/TG ₹13.50 Cr*
Karnataka ₹14.80 Cr*
Tamil Nadu ₹71.00 Cr*
Kerala ₹12.80 Cr
North India ₹4.50 Cr*
India Total – ₹116.60 Cr
USA/Canada $2.41M
UK $636K
Europe $614K*
Aus/Nz $432K
GCC $1.85M
Singapore/Malaysia $1.72M*
ROW $285K*
International Total – $7.95M (₹66.80 Cr)
Global Total – 183.40 Crore