In Tamil Nadu, Kabali superseded the previous best opening record held by Ajith Kumar’s Vedhalam, which had collected around Rs 15 crore.
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Hundreds of thousands of fans of Indian superstar Rajinikanth thronged cinemas across India and Malaysia on Friday for the premiere of his latest film, “Kabali”, jumping from their seats and dancing in the aisles as their hero fought enemies in the gangster flick.
The film has already earned Rs 200 crore with the sale of satellite rights. But collection figures for Singapore and Malaysia are yet to come in. Also it will not a miracle if Kabali will enter in 100 crore club in just 2 days. “Thanks 2 all SuuperStar Fans, movie lovers, friends & well…”
“Kabali” has made the mark at the U.S. Box Office even, shattering the opening day collection record.
An Indian fan light a candle to bless an image of Rajinikanth outside a cinema on the first day of release of “Kabali” in Chennai on July 22, 2016. After all, rarely has a new release combined such star power with a viral publicity machinery, and a huge spread in terms of distribution.
Kabali has also managed to break the the opening day collection records of Salman’s “Sultan” and Aamir’s “PK” in the US. “But since the review is not that great, there will be a drop in its collection from Monday”.
– taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) July 21, 2016#Kabali [Tamil+Telugu] sets new benchmarks in preview shows in USA-Canada… Definitely, we can say this is an epic start for this Tamil and Telugu release which raked Rs 12.93 crores. According to Indian Express, it also created box office history in America by registering the highest viewership for an Indian film premiere.
Produced on a budget of Rs 110 crore, the third-costliest Rajini movie after Robot (Rs 200 crore) and Kochadaiiyaan (Rs 125 crore), Kabali was released in 10,000 screens, 6,000 in worldwide markets, D Paranthaman, CEO, V Creations, the producer of Kabali, had told Business Standard earlier.
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Fans cut their hair in the style of Rajinikanth’s character and some even had his face tattooed on their arms as they awaited the release.
