Vettaiyan box office day 9: Rajinikanth’s film enters slow second weekend
Vettaiyaan, starring Rajinikanth and Amitabh Bachchan, ended its first week with a collection of Rs 122 crore at the domestic box office. The film has now entered its second weekend.
Rajinikanth’s latest film, Vettaiyaan, has entered its second weekend at the box office. The investigative action drama continued to decline in its first week and collected Rs 2.65 crore on its second Friday. According to trade website reports, the total collection of the film after nine days at the domestic box office is around Rs 124.80 crore. Sacnilk,
Directed by TJ Gnanavel, the film took a massive opening over the Dussehra (extended) weekend and earned Rs 31.7 crore. However, the numbers continued to decline thereafter. In case of Rajinikanth’s blockbuster film, the collections increase only after the opening day, at least during the first weekend. However, this was not the case with Vettaiyan.
Check out day-wise box office breakup of Vettaiyan after 9 days in India – Net Collection (Source: Sacknilk)
- Thursday: Rs 31.7 crore
- Friday: Rs 24 crore
- Saturday: Rs 26.75 crore
- Sunday: Rs 22.3 crore
- Monday: Rs 5.6 crore
- Tuesday: Rs 4.3 crore
- Wednesday: Rs 4.3 crore
- Thursday: Rs 3.2 crore
- Friday: Rs 2.65 crore
- Total: Rs 124.80 crore
The popular Tamil film, which also stars Amitabh Bachchan, Rana Daggubati and Fahadh Faasil in pivotal roles, completed its first week at the box office with earnings of around Rs 122.15 crore in India. Of this, about Rs 105.07 crore came from India alone, while the Telugu versions contributed Rs 13.58 crore.
Meanwhile, the makers of Vettaiyaan wanted to make a prequel to the film. During a recent media interaction in Hyderabad, director Gnanavel announced that he is deeply inspired by the theme of police encounter killing and would like to explore more on the same lines in the prequel.
“I’m more interested in developing a prequel that can delve deeper into Athiyaan’s journey. It adds layers to the existing story. They have always affected me whenever I read about encounter killings in the news. This The film challenges whether these encounters are justified or fabricated, exposing what seems straightforward often has deeper issues,” he explained to Hyderabad media over a Zoom call.
Vettaiyaan, produced by Subaskaran Allirajah’s Lyca Productions, was released on 10 October.