Box Office: PS-1 Crosses Brahmastra To Become Third Highest-Grossing Indian Film of 2022

Chennai, October 17 - Mani Ratnam's period action drama Ponniyin Selvan - Part 1 has become the 3rd highest-grossing Indian movie of 2022, after crossing the biggest Bollywood grosser of the year Brahmastra Part 1 - Shiva in just 17 days.

Ponniyin Selvan - 1, which is already the second highest-grossing Tamil movie of all time, has so far grossed around 440 crores worldwide in 17 days. Ayan Mukerji's Brahmastra has grossed 430 crores worldwide and is now the 4th biggest Indian movie of the year.



The top two films are KGF: Chapter 2 and RRR with approx. 1,210 crores and 1,115 crores, respectively. PS-1 is also nearing the 200 crores mark in the home state, Tamil Nadu. Currently, it has grossed approx. 196 crores and will become the only movie to enter 200 crores club in the state in the next couple of days.

Based on Kalki Krishnamurthy's 1955 novel of the same name, Ponniyin Selvan - 1 is the second 400 crores Tamil grosser in 2022, after Kamal Haasan's mega-blockbuster Vikram, and is 3rd overall with Rajinikanth and Akshay Kumar's 2.0, which is also the biggest Tamil movie with approx. 744 crores worldwide.

Produced by Madras Talkies and Lyca Productions, the film stars an ensemble cast including Vikram, Jayam Ravi, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Karthi, Trisha, Jayaram, Aishwarya Lekshmi, Sobhita Dhulipala, Prabhu, R. Sarathkumar, Vikram Prabhu, Prakash Raj, Rahman, R. Parthiban and Lal in key roles.

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