2.0, Shankar’s directorial venture, in which Superstar Rajinikanth, Akshay Kumar and Amy Jackson are playing the lead roles, has finally arrived at the theaters yesterday on 29th November 2018. The Sci-fi movie 2.0 has marked its box office release with a bang on Thursday. The movie registered an occupancy of over 90 per cent in South while it registered an occupancy of around 30 per cent in Hindi belt largely due to delay in the opening of the advance bookings. According to the traders report, 2.0 movie opened in Chennai like never before, as it has collected Rs 2.64 Cr gross on its 1st day and it has crushed the collection record of recently released movie Sarkar starring Vijay, Keerthy Suresh and Varalakshmi Sarathkumar, which is directed by AR Murugadoss. Sarkar had earned Rs 2.37 Cr in Chennai City on its opening day.
Top 5 movies with record first day openings in Chennai City are:
2.0 : Rs 2.64 Cr
Sarkar :Rs 2.37 Cr
Kaala :Rs 1.76 Cr
Mersal :Rs 1.52 Cr
Vivegam :Rs 1.21 Cr
2.0 was released on over 10,000 screens worldwide creating a record. The film’s advance booking of Lyca Production’s venture was started around a week before in overseas markets like the US, the UK, Australia and New Zeland among other countries.
2.0 has earned around Rs 59 lakhs ($83,720) from 35 screens in Australia and collected Rs 11.11 lakhs ($15,920) in New Zealand from 18 screens.
According to the critic and trade analyst Ramesh Bala, Rajinikanth starrer 2.0 (2point0) has grossed $282,967 from 258 Locs in the US till 9PM EST.
The official 2.0 (2point0) handle had tweeted, “It’s an Overwhelming Response for #2Point0. Thanks all for your Unconditional Love. Experience the Grand Epic in 3D. @rajinikanth @akshaykumar @iamAmyJackson @shankarshanmugh @arrahman @resulp @srinivas_mohan @LycaProductions @DharmaMovies @LycamobileUK @divomovies”