Suriya's "Anjaan" has netted more than ₹30 crore in its opening weekend at the worldwide box office, according to
Indiaglitz.
Despite receiving negative reviews, "Anjaan" took a humongous
opening owing to pre-release buzz and advance booking. The Independence
Day holiday and the weekend helped the film perform well at the box
office.
According to reports, the Suriya starrer has minted ₹30 crore in
its first weekend itself. If it turns out to be true, then the film has
surpassed the opening weekend collections of Ajith's "Veeram" and
Vijay's "Jilla."
In Chennai, "Anjaan" has turned out to be biggest opener of 2014
so far. The film has surpassed the opening weekend collections of
biggies like Ajith's "Veeram", Vijay's "Jilla", Rajinikanth's
"Kochadaiiyaan" and Dhanush's "Velai Illa Pattathari" ("VIP").
The Suriya starrer reportedly grossed ₹2.35 crore from 573 tracked weekend shows, according to
Behindwoods.
It has outperformed the collections fetched by "Veeram" and "Jilla",
which amount to ₹1.23 crore and ₹1.32 crore, respectively.
"Anjaan" collections are also much better than "Kochadaiiyaan"
(₹1.80 crore) and "VIP" (₹1.67 crore). [Note: the number of tracked
shows varies for these films]
"Anjaan" has also fared well in the overseas markets. To get the details about the film's overseas collections, click
HERE.
The film has ended the first weekend on a fantastic note. Now, it
remains to be seen how the action entertainer fares in the weekdays at
the ticket window. Its collections might drop owing to negative
feedback.
The release of "Anjaan" has affected the performance of other
films like "VIP" and "Jigarthanda" as they have lost several shows to
the Suriya starrer. It remains to be seen whether these films will be
able to bounce back in the coming days.
Meanwhile, the makers of "Anjaan" have trimmed the film by 20
minutes as the Lingusamy directorial received flak for its lengthy
runtime. The film's runming time is now 2 hours and 30 minutes and
theatres have begun screening the re-edited version.
"#Anjaan - Final cut from today - 20 minutes trimmed. 9 min 1st
half + 11 min 2nd half. Now Running Time 2 hrs 30 minutes!,"
entertainment industry tracker Sreedhar Pillai
tweeted.
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Two schedules of the upcoming Suriya - Venkat Prabhu movie 'Masss' have been completed in Chennai and the team is currently on a schedule break till the 15th of this month. The 3rd schedule will again resume in Chennai. Venkat Prabhu has meanwhile tweeted that the first look of the movie would be out soon.
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