Filmmaker Mani Ratnam’s Ponniyin Selvan is on a rampage. The acclaimed historical drama has crossed Rs 350 crore mark world-wide in just ten days. After an impressive week one–with rave reviews and despite competition from Hrithik Roshan starrer Vikram Vedha– in which Ponniyin Selvan had grossed more than 300 cores globally, the film added more than Rs 50 crore in its second weekend.
The film has also scripted history in Tamil Nadu, as it has crossed the lifetime collection of Viswasam and Baahubali2 to become all-time rank two grosser in the state, with collections in the north of Rs 150 cr.
#PonniyinSelvan WW Box Office
CROSSES ₹350 cr milestone mark.
Week 1 – ₹ 308.59 cr
Week 2
Day 1 – ₹ 15.47 cr
Day 2 – ₹ 26.72 cr
Total – ₹ 350.78 cr#PonniyinSelvan1— Manobala Vijayabalan (@ManobalaV) October 9, 2022
According to according to trade analyst Ramesh Bala, Ponniyin Selvan in Tamil Nadu is now only behind this year’s blockbuster Vikram, which had clocked more than Rs 190 crore gross in the state.
Ponniyin Selvan has also become the first non-Rajinikanth starrer in decades to become all-time number one Tamil movie in USA. According to the analyst, the film, with its collections of $5,545,000, has overtaken Rajinikanth-Akshay Kumar starrer sci-fi blockbuster 2.0, which had collected $5,509,317.
In the last 25 years or so, for the first time a Non-Rajini movie has become USA 🇺🇸 ‘s All-time No.1 Tamil movie..#PS1 overtakes #2Point0 and is now All-time No.1 Tamil movie in USA
1. #PS1 – $5,545,000*
2. #2Point0 – $5,509,317
— Ramesh Bala (@rameshlaus) October 9, 2022
PS-1 is also now this year’s highest grossing Indian movie in UK, ahead of blockbusters like KGF: Chapter 2, SS Rajamouli’s RRR and Bollywood smash hit Brahmastra. Trade analyst Taran Adarsh called the film a “box office monster” and tweeted that Ponniyin Selvan is rewriting record books in Tamil Nadu.
Based on Kalki’s works, PS-1 released in theatres on September 30 in five languages — Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada. The film stars Karthi, Vikram, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Jayam Ravi, Trisha, and others. The second film is expected to release 2023 summer.
