Kanguva box office collection day 1: Suriya has career-best opening, but fails to beat Vijay's GOAT, Rajni's Vettaiyan

Kanguva box office collection day 1: Suriya-starrer Kanguva earned ₹22 crore net in India on Friday, beating the actor's previous record of Singam II.

Updated on: Nov 15, 2024, 09:44:14 IST

By Abhimanyu Mathur

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Kanguva box office collection day 1: Suriya went pan-India with his latest release, Kanguva, released in theatres on November 14. The Tamil reincarnation drama, directed by Koratala Siva, fared well in advance bookings and was expected to take a grand opening at the box office. It did, to a certain extent, but still fell short of the expectations. (Also read: Kanguva Review: Suriya’s superb performance let down by weak writing and narration)

Kanguva box office collection day 1

According to early estimates from Sacnilk, Kanguva earned ₹22 crore net on its opening day in India. The film saw 30-40% occupancy across the day in all theatres. This is healthy but not at par with some of the other openings of big Tamil films recently. For reference, the films of superstars Rajinikanth and Vijay see 50-60% occupancy in most places. The ₹22-crore collection did make it Suriya's best-ever opening, beating Singam II's ₹12-crore opening by a country mile.

Kanguva's subpar opening

However, given that Kanguva is one of the most expensive Indian films ever made (with a reported ₹350-crore budget), the ₹22-crore opening is considerably low. Kanguva is the third-highest-opening Tamil film of the year, behind Vijay's GOAT and Rajinikanth's Vettaiyan. The latter's lifetime haul was under Kanguva's budget despite the high opening, which should be a cause of concern for the Suriya-starrer. Sivakarthikeyan's Amaran, released two weeks ago and running in theatres successfully, may have also impacted Kanguva. Since the biopic is still doing well, Kanguva has not been able to secure a screen count as high as it would have liked.

All about Kanguva

An action thriller set simultaneously in the current time and the 11th century, Kanguva tells the tale of the titular medieval warrior and his reincarnation, Francis (both played by Suriya), as he faces off against his nemesis (Bobby Deol). The film also stars Disha Patani and Yogi Babu in key roles.

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Abhimanyu Mathur
Abhimanyu Mathur is Deputy Editor, Entertainment at Hindustan Times. With almost 15 years of experience in writing about everything from films and TV shows to cricket matches and elections, he inhales and exhales pop culture and news. Currently, he watches movies and TV shows and talks to celebrities for a living, while occasionally writing about them as well. A journalism graduate of Delhi College of Arts and Commerce, Delhi University, Abhimanyu began his career with Hindustan Times at the age of 20, swapping classrooms for newsrooms at an early age. He began his journey in the early days of digital journalism, later switching to the madness of print journalism. Work has led him to far off places like Japan and Jordan, as well as to the interiors of Haryana and the Indo-Pak border. He dabbled in city reporting in places like Meerut, Gurgaon, and Delhi, covered the Olympics and Cricket World Cups, before finding his calling in entertainment and lifestyle during the pandemic. A Rotten Tomatoes Certified Film Critic, he is equally at home covering stories on ground as he is interviewing celebrities and studios, and sometimes prefers to shepherd teams in delivering traffic through the day. Even as his role has evolved from reporter to supervisor over the years, his first love remains writing (and of late, talking on camera). With a good understanding of cinema and its trends, and a keen eye for detail, he continues to spark conversations around showbiz for readers around the world.Read More

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