Karuppu box office collection day 3: Suriya's film records impressive Sunday, inches closer to ₹70 crore

Karuppu box office collection day 3: The film is directed by RJ Balaji. It also stars Trisha Krishnan.

Karuppu box office collection day 3: Suriya's much-awaited film Karuppu finally hit theatres on May 15 and has largely lived up to the massive hype surrounding it. Videos circulating online show fans erupting in celebration inside cinema halls, cheering, dancing and jumping during key moments of the film. The overwhelming response from audiences has also reflected strongly at the box office, with the film raking in over ₹60 crore within just three days of its release. (Also read: Vijay Deverakonda cheers for Suriya and Trisha Krishnan as Karuppu dominates box office: ‘It fills all of us with joy’)

Karuppu box office collection day 3: Suriya plays the lead in RJ Balaji's Karuppu, which was supposed to hit screens on May 14.

Karuppu box office update

The latest report from Sacnilk states that Karuppu has collected ₹28.35 crore. The film collected ₹15.50 crore on its opening day and showed a spike in numbers on Saturday, earning ₹24.15 crore. Sunday's numbers show an upward trend that is a result of positive word of mouth and the advantage of a weekend. This brings the total India gross collections to ₹78.75 crore and the total India net to ₹68.00 crore so far.

On Sunday, Karuppu collected ₹24.20 crore from Tamil shows and an additional ₹4.15 crore from its Telugu shows. The film is now running across 6,818 shows.

About Karuppu

In Karuppu, Suriya plays a fighter who also knows how to win court battles, as he is portrayed as a lawyer in the film. Karuppu is directed by RJ Balaji and is based on a screenplay by Ashwin Ravichandran, Rahul Raj, TS Gopi Krishnan, and Karan Aravind Kumar. It is produced by Dream Warrior Pictures. In addition to Suriya and Trisha Krishnan, the film also stars Swasika, Indrans, Yogi Babu, Sshivada, Natty Subramaniam, and Supreeth Reddy.

The action thriller was set to release in theatres on May 14, but shows were cancelled at the last minute amid financial troubles faced by producer SR Prabhu of Dream Warrior Pictures. The film was released a day later, on May 15.

Several actors from the Tamil and Telugu industry congratulated Suriya on the success of the film and the response from fans. Naga Chaitanya wrote on X, “Very happy to hear all the positivity around @Suriya_offl Garu’s #Veerabhadrudu . Always looked forward to his films and versatile character selections . It’s an honor for @AnnapurnaStdios to be associated with the Telugu release . Congrats to the entire team on this.” RJ Balaji replied and wrote, “Thank you Chay !!! Glad the film is received well in Telugu too ..!!! Means a lot to us.”