Ponniyin Selvan Becomes The First Movie In The State To Gross Over 200 Crores At The Box Office In Tamil Nadu

Yesterday, Ponniyin Selvan made history by becoming the first movie in Tamil Nadu history to earn 200 crores of rupees. On the film's eighteenth day of distribution, it made Rs. 2.50 crores in collection, giving it an estimated running total of Rs. 202 crores. Before this, only two other Indian states—Baahubali Maharashtra's 2 and Andhra Pradesh's RRR—had films that exceeded the 200-film milestone. Tamil Nadu is now the third state to accomplish so.

The first Rs. 150 crore grosser in Tamil Nadu was only released in June of this year, whereas the first Rs. 100 crore grosser was released back in 2016. Even though history will have it that way, Enthiran ($96 crores) in 2010 and Baahubali 2 ($146 crores) in 2017 did come close to setting the records for the first films to reach the $100 and $150 million mark, respectively. In conclusion, the movie has made around Rs. 304.50 crores in India and $19.60 million abroad, for a total worldwide box office of Rs. 467 crores. The movie needs to make an additional Rs. 33 crore to reach the Rs. 500 crore milestone, which will primarily depend on how it performs against the avalanche of Diwali movies scheduled for the following year.