Despite the response to the movie ‘Ponniyin Selvan‘ in other languages, this movie has become a super hit in Tamil. At any rate, this movie has been breaking records since day one. ‘Ponniyin Selvan’ holds one box office record in Tamil. This is the fastest film in Tamil Nadu to reach Rs.100 crores. It has become the highest first day and first weekend grosser of this year.
It is remarkable that the worldwide collection of this movie has already reached Rs.300 crores. More than 80 percent of the collections came from the Tamil version. ‘Ponniyin Selvan’, which has already surpassed Baahubali’s collections in Tamil, is soon going to surpass the collections of ‘Vikram’ as well. There are also chances of surpassing ‘2.O’ to become number one Tamil movie in full run. This movie has already surpassed the collections of ‘2.O’ overseas.
In almost every country where ‘Ponniyin Selvan’ has been released, it is taking steps towards becoming the all-time number one Tamil film. In America, ‘Ponniyin Selvan’ has crossed the collections achieved by a blockbuster film like ‘Vikram’ within three days. The collections of this movie are approaching 5 million dollars.
Tamils seem to have taken it upon themselves to watch this movie. This movie was based on the novel ‘Ponniyin Selvan’ which is the most popular in the history of literature. Now the second part is coming. The second part will be released next year.