The producers of Petta – Sun Pictures, and the TN distributors of Viswasam – KJR Studios, have released the two films’ official collections. Viswasam has earned Rs 125 crore in eight days in Tamil Nadu, says KJR studios. This beats Petta‘s collections of Rs 100 crore in 11 days in the state.
Last evening, distributor and president of Tamil Nadu Theatres and Multiplexes Owners Association, M Tirupur Subramaniam, convened a press meet to announce that as of Sunday, Petta‘s collections have crossed Rs 100 crore.
“This is the actual data, and is not sourced from other reports or anywhere else. The cinema distributors association have the information that for the first time, in 11 days, in Tamil Nadu alone, the film has crossed Rs 100 crore. Theatre owners, distributors, producers, all are very happy about the success of the film,” he said.
Here is the AUTHENTIC #Petta BO report : Veteran distributor Tirupur Subramaniam states that from this Sunday, #Petta will become the FIRST Tamil film to cross 100 crores in 11 days in Tamil Nadu ALONE.#PettaFastest100CrsInTNhttps://t.co/ETacAJY8bv@karthiksubbaraj
— Sun Pictures (@sunpictures) January 17, 2019
Following this, Viswasam‘s distributors KJR studios tweeted that their eight-day collections in the state, as of yesterday, have crossed Rs 125 crore. They said this was data with proof. “Thanks to our distributors, theatre owners and most importantly our angali pangalis (fans),” they said.
#Viswasam125CroresVettai – Angali pangali ooda aadharavula #Viswasam has crossed 125 crores gross in TAMIL NADU alone by the end of today! Thank you makkaley ?#Thala #Ajith #Nayanthara @SathyaJyothi_ @directorsiva @immancomposer @DoneChannel1 @SureshChandraa pic.twitter.com/ziZV1RAZzv
— KJR Studios (@kjr_studios) January 17, 2019
Karthik Subbaraj’s Rajinikanth-starrer Petta has collected more than his previous film 2.0 in the state. 2.0 opened to Rs 18.2 crore on day 1, and made Rs 70 crore at the Tamil Nadu box office by day 7. Before this, his film Kaala earned Rs 52.52 crore in the state in seven days.
Director Siva’s fourth collaboration with Ajith, Viswasam has also collected more than his previous film Vedalam, which collected Rs 60 crore from Tamil Nadu at the end of eight days, and is said to have earned Rs 100 crore worldwide.
Petta and Viswasam released on January 10, a little ahead of Pongal. Many industry trackers made estimations about the films’ collections since day two. This was opposed by Sun Pictures who said they didn’t know from where the trackers were getting data when they themselves were yet to receive data from theatres in the state.
Producers, distributors, theatre owners said a more reliable system is required to supply collections data, and the TFPC and distributors council must do something about this.
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