Vijays Puli has got a dream opening in Chennai in its first weekend. The underlining part of the story is that the Tamil movie has beaten SS Rajamoulis magnum opus Baahubali.
Puli has raked in Rs 2.84 crore in its first weekend at the Chennai box office. The movie had 465 shows, in which it enjoyed an average of 90% occupancy in the four days. Indeed, it has smashed the record of Baahubali, which had collected Rs 1.66 crore from 363 shows from its two versions (Tamil and Telugu).
But, Baahubali made the aforementioned business in three days, unlike Puli, which made Rs 2.84 crore from four days with Gandhi Jayanthi holiday working in favour of the flick. Adding to that, the solo release helped Vijays movie post a huge number at the collection centres.
Puli has also performed better than the movies, which have been in theatres for the past few weeks. Nayantaras latest release Maya had 90 shows last weekend, from which it has earned Rs 19.38 lakh. The total collection of the flick now stands at Rs 2.68 crore by the end of its third weekend.
According to traders, the total collection of the movie would have easily crossed the Rs 3-crore mark if Puli had not faced last-minute release issues, which resulted in the cancellation of early morning and later shows.
Puli Tamil Nadu Business Meanwhile, Puli has done an impressive business in its first weekend in Tamil Nadu. The trade reports say that the flick has earned Rs 32 crore with a net business of Rs 27 crore in the opening weekend. The coming days are crucial for the movie as the film has to make good business to recover its invested money of Rs 100crore.
