This year has been so far so good for Kollywood boxoffice. Starting with the epic clash between Thalapathy Vijay's Varisu and Thala Ajith Kumar's Thunivu. Both the films grossed huge numbers and set the ball rolling at the Tamil boxoffice. Now, another film has taken it to a whole new level. PS2 sequel to Tamil Nadu industry hit PS1, was released in theatres on April 28. Mani Ratnam's Magnum Opus garnered very good opening at the worldwide box office. The film is officially the highest Tamil opener of the year.
Ponniyin Selvan 2 has grossed Rs 62 crores on its opening day. Varisu with Rs 46 crores and Thunivu with Rs 42 crores have secured the second and third position respectively, among Tamil films. In all probability, Ponniyin Selvan II, based on its second day hold, looks to emerge as the highest Tamil grosser of the year so far, too.
Varisu and Thunivu both became successful ventures with the Thalapathy Vijay starrer grossing over Rs 300 crores while the Ajith Kumar starrer doing a business of slightly over Rs 190 crores worldwide. Both Varisu and Thunivu grossed over and around Rs 20 crores while PSII is just over 16 crores in the state. But, the international numbers of Ponniyin Selvan II have driven its biz while for Varisu and Thunivu, it was the other way around.
The opening of PS2, is at a little over Rs 62 crores, is lower than its first part that managed to do around Rs 80 crores on its first day. The first part settled being the fourth biggest Tamil opener of all time, behind 2.0, Kabali and Beast and the second part is positioned sixth, behind 2.0, Kabali, Beast, PSI and Sarkar.