Theri: 10 Box Office records the Vijay-Samantha film has created
Ilayathalapathy Vijay starrer Theri was released on April 14 2016. The film started on a thunderous note at the Box Office is still breaking records almost everywhere. Have a look at the records set and broken by Atlee's Theri.
1. Theri has broken Thala Ajith'sVedalam opening day record of Rs 23 crore by a huge margin of Rs 6 crore. On it's opening day Theri has collected Rs 29 crores which now stands at the seventh spot in the list of all-time highest South Indian openers after Bahubali, Sardar Gabbar Singh, Lingaa, I, Srimanthudu and Endhiran.
2. Theri is the first movie to cross Rs 4 crore in its opening weekend in Chennai in 4 days (April 14-17, 2016)
3. Theri has collected a massive Rs 3.30 crore on its opening day to become the highest opener ever for a film in Kerala. The previous record was held by Shankar - Vikram's I with Rs 3.05 crore.
4. Theri recorded the highest opening weekend ever with collections of Rs 9.85 crore. On Monday afternoon itself the film had crossed the coveted Rs 10 crore mark at the Kerala Box Office. The Ilayathalapthy starrer easily surpassed the lifetime business of his previous blockbusters Thuppakki and Kaththi ( both Rs 10 crore plus grossers) in just five days.
5. Theri is the fastest ever Tamil film to cross the Rs 100 crore mark worldwide. Theri crossed the century mark in just 6 days time by beating Ajith's Vedalam record of 8 days.
6. With Theri, Vijay has equalled megastar Rajinikanth's record (three Rs 100 crore films) of the maximum number of Rs 100 crore films in Tamil cinema.
Atlee's second directorial outing has continued it's rocking performance at the overseas Box Office as well:
7. Theri has collected a massive £360964 (Rs 3.47 crore) at UK Box Office overtaking Superstar Rajinikanth's 6 year unbeaten record, £277,918 (Rs 2.67 crore) set by Enthiran.
8. In Canada, Theri has so far collected $329,084 (Rs 2.19 crore) from 1 week of it's theatrical release. The Vijay starrer is all set to cross the highest grosser, Enthiran's record of $499,831 (Rs.3.33 crore).
9. Theri is the only solo language release in North America to cross the $1 million mark. Films like Enthiran, Viswaroopam and I have also crossed the $1 million mark, but were released in multiple languages including Tamil, Telugu and Hindi. At the end of week 1, the collection of theTheri stand at $1002792 (Rs 6.68 crore)
10. Theri has broken the life time business of I and Baahubali at Australia Box Office within two weeks of theatrical release. The film is now the all time highest grosser there with collection of A$366326 (Rs 1.88 crore)
Looks like Vijay is the new king of overseas Box Office.
First published: 26 April 2016, 2:43 IST
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