First Weekend (4 Days) Box Office Collection: Vijay Starrer beats SS Rajamouli's 'Baahubali' in Chennai.
Vijay's "Puli" has got a dream opening in Chennai in its first weekend. The underlining part of the story is that the Tamil movie has beaten SS Rajamouli's magnum opus "Baahubali".
Behindwoods reports that "Puli" has raked in Rs 2.84 crore in its first weekend at the Chennai box office. The movie had 465 shows, in which it enjoyed an average of 90% occupancy in the four days. Indeed, it has smashed the record of "Baahubali", which had collected Rs 1.66 crore from 363 shows from its two versions (Tamil and Telugu).
'Puli' Tamil Nadu Business
Meanwhile, "Puli" has done an impressive business in its first weekend in Tamil Nadu. The trade reports say that the flick has earned Rs 32 crore with a net business of Rs 27 crore in the opening weekend. The coming days are crucial for the movie as the film has to make good business to recover its invested money of Rs 100+ crore.