Box Office: PS-1 And Kantara Second Saturday Early Estimates

Chennai, October 8 - Blockbuster period action drama film Ponniyin Selvan - Part 1 sees an excellent jump of over 55% on its second Saturday at the domestic box office and grossed an estimated 17-18 crores. The total domestic gross collection is now approx. 235 crores.

Directed by Mani Ratnam, "PS-1" has crossed the 150 crores mark in the home state, Tamil Nadu, after scoring an estimated 11-12 crore gross on the second Friday. It is the fastest film ever to reach the milestone and is only the third film after "Vikram" and "Baahubali The Conclusion" to do so.



"Ponniyin Selvan - Part 1" is sure to become the biggest grosser in Tamil Nadu while it also has real shot to become the first ever to enter 200 crores club. Meanwhile, the Hindi version of the movie is performing very well and sees a jump of almost 100% on its 9th day for an estimated 1.70 crores net. The total net collection in Hindi is approx. 16.75 crores while worldwide, it has crossed 350 crores including today's estimates.

Meanwhile, on the other hand, Kannada sensation Kantara hits 50 crores net after an estimated 8 crores on its second Saturday. The jump from the second Friday is approx. 55% while the same is approx. 80% from the first Saturday, which is massive, to say the least.

Written and directed by Rishab Shetty, who also plays the lead role, "Kantara" has dropped only twice in its first 9 days. It is now heading towards a sure shot of 100 crores gross or maybe even higher, thanks to the super positive audience word of mouth. With today's estimated total, the worldwide gross collection of the film is around 65 crores (9 days).

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