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Chennai, July 1 - Legendary Kamal Haasan's Vikram has entered the Rs. 400 crores club at the worldwide box office, first for him and 2nd ever Tamil movie to do so. The movie has grossed approx. 401 crores worldwide in 4 weeks. ## Directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj, "Vikram" is the 21st Indian and 7th non-Bollywood film to reach the coveted box office milestone. It has outperformed all other movies in Tamil Nadu and become the highest-grossing movie ever in the state with 171.15 crores gross over 4 weeks. ## "Vikram" has truly been an all-time blockbuster. It is by far the most profitable Tamil movie ever, which has not only given huge returns to the Tamil Nadu distributors but also to the other states' stack holders of the film. In Kerala, the action thriller is the highest-grossing Tamil movie while the Hindi version also proved to be a profitable venture with approx. 12 crores gross collection. ## Produced by Raaj Kamal Films International, "Vikram" has grossed approx. 278 crores at the domestic box office while overseas, it has minted Rs 123 crores gross in 4 weeks. It is one of the biggest Tamil overseas grossers. The lifetime run is expected to finish under 410 crores, which could make it the 20th biggest Indian movie. ## Click here for the detailed collection of the movie## The film serves as the second installment in the Lokesh Cinematic Universe (LCU). The plot continues from Kaithi (2019) and follows a black-ops squad led by Amar tracking down masked vigilantes, while he learns of a drug syndicate group called Vetti Vagaiyara, led by Sandhanam, who wants the missing drugs to be delivered to his cold-blooded boss Rolex.## It stars Kamal Haasan in the title role alongside Fahadh Faasil, and Vijay Sethupathi in the prominent roles while Suriya has played a cameo as Rolex. ## Stay tuned...

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Chennai, June 27 - Kamal Haasan's blockbuster return to the movies with Vikram has brought cheers to the Tamil film industry. The movie has not only surprised the industry trackers but also exceeded the expectations of the makers by putting up once in lifetime kind of show at the box office. ## Directed by Lokesh Kanagraj, the action thriller movie has completed 24 days in theaters since its release on June 3rd. It opened with a bang at the box office and scored a whopping opening weekend of 110.80 crores gross in India, which is the biggest for a Tamil movie in 2022. It received excellent reviews, probably the best for any movie this year, from critics and audiences alike which resulted in huge box office numbers. ## "Vikram", after taking a huge opening, continued its excellent run over the weekdays and further. It is now nearing a massive milestone of Rs. 400 crores gross at the worldwide box office, which is looking inevitable. It currently stands at 392.15 crores globally, including 272.15 crores at the Indian box office through 4th Sunday. Overseas, it has minted approx. 120 crores. ## Produced by Raaj Kamal Films International, "Vikram" has already become the highest-grossing movie ever in Tamil Nadu by crossing "Baahuabli 2". It has so far scored 167.8 crores gross in the home state, which is a monumental achievement. In Kerala also, "Vikram" is the biggest Tamil movie and has grossed 37.8 crores till now. ## "Vikram", which is the second film in director Lokesh Kangaraj's cinematic universe, will become only the second outright Tamil movie of all time to reach 400 crores worldwide gross, after Rajinikanth and Akshay Kumar's "2.0", which had grossed 744.78 crores in 2018. "Vikram" also stars Vijay Sethupathi and Fahadh Faasil in prominent roles. ## Stay tuned...

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Chennai, June 19 - The Tamil film industry had been delivering blockbuster after blockbuster but none of them could cross the box office collection of SS Rajamouli's historical blockbuster "Baahubali 2 The Conclusion" in Tamil Nadu state. ## The Kollywood film industry, led by some of the biggest Indian superstars, needed a special feature film to dethrone "Baahubali 2" to regain its lost glory. And finally, the record of Prabhas-fronted movie has been broken by legendary Kamal Haasan's "Vikram" after 5 years. ## The Lokesh Kanagaraj-directed action thriller film emerged as the Industry Hit in Tamil Nadu and also become the only Tamil movie to reach the 150 crores gross mark in the state. The bonafide record-breaking success of "Vikram" came at a time when no one was expecting it to reach even close to Baahubali 2's record, but the results are there for everyone to see. Check detailed box office collection of "Vikram".## There are multiple factors that worked in the favor of "Vikram's" box office success. First, it is led by legendary Kamal Haasan, who was returning to the big screen after nearly five years. So there was curiosity among the fans to see their favorite star on the screen after a long time. ## The movie was hugely hyped before its release, and the makers did very well to take the advantage of it by promoting heavily, not only in India but internationally too. While many actors prefer taking a back seat, Kamal Haasan went all out to promote the movie, which was one of the main reasons for the film's success. ## The inclusion of Vijay Sethupathi and Fahadh Faasil in the lead cast along with the blockbuster cameo of Suriya, plus, director Lokesh Kanagraj's ever-growing fan following worked wonders in the favor of the film. Overall, "Vikram" proved to be a film with a perfect casting and brilliant execution by Lokesh, which transformed into its unprecedented success of it. ## For a film, "Industry Hit" is a prestigious tag that reflects its prowess at the box office. "Vikram" proved that big things can be achieved if the execution is perfect.## Stay tuned...

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Chennai, June 19 - The long standing box office record of SS Rajamouli's all-time blockbuster "Baahubali 2 The Conclusion" has finally been broken by Kamal Haasan-fronted "Vikram" in Tamil Nadu state. ## Directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj, "Vikram" has scored an estimated 154 crores gross, including an estimated 5.50 crores on Sunday, to become new box office King in Tamil Nadu state. "Baahubali 2" had grossed 152.60 crores in the state in 2017.## "Vikram" is a surprise blockbuster in the home state. It was expected to go big, but no one had thought it will beat Baahubali 2 at the box office. The unprecedented box office success of this Tamil summer blockbuster has put director Lokesh in the elite league.## The action thriller movie is currently the second Highest-Grossing outright Tamil movie of all time, behind only Rajinikanth's "2.0". It has surpassed 350 crores worldwide, including over 235 crores gross at the domestic box office for all languages. Overseas, it has grossed approx 112 crores. ## Produced by RKIF, the movie also stars Vijay Sethupathi and Fahadh Faasil in prominent roles while Suriya plays a cameo role.## Stay tuned...

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Chennai, June 17 - Kamal Haasan-fronted mega-blockbuster Vikram has completed two glorious weeks at the box office and is near 350 crores worldwide. The movie has had a memorable run so far at the box office, be it domestic or overseas. ## The Lokesh Kanagaraj-directed action thriller film scored 61.10 crores gross in the second week, dropping 64% from the opening week. This takes the total domestic gross collection to 229.6 crores over two weeks. The second-week hold is remarkable considering "Vikram" being a Tamil movie as Tamil films tend to take a huge drop in the second week. ## The golden box office run of "Vikram" has put the movie on track to become the biggest grosser in Tamil Nadu. It has grossed a whopping 140 crores in the state in the first two weeks and is currently the third-highest-grossing film of all time in the state. It will cross Thalapathy Vijay's "Bigil", which scored approx. 142 crores in this Southern state of India. ## SS Rajamouli's "Baahubali 2 The Conclusion" is the highest-grossing movie in Tamil Nadu with 152.60 crores. "Vikram" is looking to reach there by the end of the 3rd week itself to become the new leader at the Tamil Nadu box office. ## Meanwhile, the Kamal Haasan/Vijay Sethupathi/Fahadh Faasil-starrer movie is racing towards 100 crores at the overseas box office. At the end of the second week, the movie grossed approx. 109 crores, pushing worldwide cume to 339 crores. The movie is aiming 400 crores worldwide mark and hopefully, it will reach by the end of its run. ## Stay tuned...

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Hyderabad, June 12 - It has been a surreal last week for legendary actor, and producer Kamal Haasan, thanks to the mega-blockbuster success of his action thriller film "Vikram". The word-of-mouth sensation will be crossing the 300 crores gross mark today (June 12), reaching the milestone in just 10 days. It is already the biggest Tamil blockbuster of 2022 and is on its way to becoming the second biggest of all time. ## Kamal Haasan and director Lokesh were in Hyderabad yesterday (June 11) where they participate in the success meet of the film. After the event, the duo visited megastar Chiranjeevi where they were felicitated by Telugu superstar Salman Khan, who is currently in Hyderabad for the shooting of his film "Kabhi Eid Kabhi Diwali". ## Chiranjeevi took to Twitter and shared pictures. "Absolute joy, celebrating & honouring my dearest old friend @ikamalhaasan for the spectacular success of #Vikram along with my dearest Sallu Bhai @BeingSalmanKhan @Dir_Lokesh & team at my home last night. What an intense & thrilling film it is!! Kudos My friend!! More Power to you!", Chiranjeevi wrote. ## Absolute joy,celebrating & honouring my dearest old friend @ikamalhaasan for the spectacular success of #Vikram along with my dearest Sallu Bhai @BeingSalmanKhan @Dir_Lokesh & team at my home last night.What an intense & thrilling film it is!!Kudos My friend!! More Power to you! pic.twitter.com/0ovPFK20r4— Chiranjeevi Konidela (@KChiruTweets) June 12, 2022 ## On the work front, Chiranjeevi and Salman Khan will be seen sharing screen space for the first time in the upcoming Telugu movie "Godfather", which is the remake of Malayalam blockbuster "Lucifer". Salman marks his Telugu debut with this movie. ## Stay tuned...

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Chennai, June 10 - Legendary Kamal Haasan's Vikram is simply unstoppable at the box office as it crossed a massive 250 crores worldwide in a flat first week. The action thriller, written and directed by brilliant Lokesh Kanagaraj, has become the 4th highest-grossing Indian movie of 2022. ## "Vikram" was expected to become a box office success, however, the makers wouldn't have thought this sort of response, both domestically and overseas box office. After the first week, the movie stands at 251.50 crores gross worldwide, including 168.5 crores at the domestic box office. ## Produced by Raaj Kamal Films International, "Vikram" has also topped 100 crores gross in Tamil Nadu state alone in just 7 days. It has become the 4th movie of 2022, after "Valimai", "Beast", and "KGF Chapter 2", to reach 100 crores in Tamil Nadu. For Kamal Haasan, "Vikram" is the biggest grosser, both in Tamil Nadu and worldwide. ## "Vikram" is the second film in Lokesh Kanagaraj's Cinematic Universe. The film continues from Kaithi (2019) and follows a black-ops squad led by Amar tracking down masked vigilantes, while he learns of a drug syndicate group called Vetti Vagaiyara, led by Sandhanam, who wants the missing drugs to be delivered to his cold-blooded boss Rolex. ## Kamal Haasan plays the title role alongside Vijay Sethupathi and Fahadh Faasil in prominent roles. Suriya makes a cameo appearance as Rolex and he will play one of the leads in the sequel to "Vikram", which has officially been announced by Kamal Haasan himself. ## Stay tuned...

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Chennai, June 4 - Tamil blockbuster Vikram is running riot at the box office and wrapped up the opening weekend on high, grossing over 170 crores worldwide in just three days. The film opened to superlative responses from the audience and also won critical acclaim with flying colors. ## The Lokesh Kanagaraj-directed movie is a total firecracker at the Tamil Nadu box office. After taking the 3rd biggest opening in 2022, the movie concluded the opening weekend with Kamal Haasan's career-best 67.10 crores gross in Tamil Nadu state. The Sunday collection of the movie is more than the opening day at the TN box office, which is the rarest achievement for a top-tier Tamil movie. ## There is a crazy demand among the moviegoers at the ticket window for the "Vikram" movie. Looking at the response, the movie might reach 100 crores gross at the TN box office in the opening week itself. The movie has also topped all-Indian domestic 100 crores gross in just three days, currently stands at 110.8 crores. ## While "Vikram" is ruling the Tamil Nadu box office like a boss, it has also become the highest-grossing Tamil movie of 2022 at the Kerala box office. In the first three days, it grossed 15.2 crores, beating Thalapathy Vijay's "Beast" (10.63 crores) to become the top Tamil movie in the state. It is also Kamal Haasan's biggest grosser in Kerala. ## Apart from the aforementioned areas, "Vikram" has reported 12.30 crores gross in Karnataka, 12.10 crores in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, and 4.10 crores in the Rest of India in the opening weekend. At the overseas box office, "Vikram" scored 64.2 crores in the first three days. At the USA box office, it has become Kamal Haasan's biggest grosser ever and also the biggest Tamil movie during the covid-19 pandemic with a reported gross collection of $1.75 million. The total worldwide collection of "Vikram" now stands at 175 crores.## Stay tuned...

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Los Angeles, June 5 - North America is turning into a huge box office market and leading the overseas chart for the Indian movies. After KGF Chapter 2 and RRR registered huge numbers over there, the latest domestic blockbusters, Vikram and Major opened big on the opening weekend in the USA. ## Kamal Haasan-fronted top-reviewed action thriller "Vikram" opened this weekend and scored $1.75 million, including Thursday previews. The movie opened at number 9 this weekend, above "Crimes of the Future". The Lokesh Kanagaraj-directed has been released in 450 theaters and made $1889 per theater, as per Hollywood trade analysts Gitesh Pandya.## On the other hand, Adivi Sesh-starrer biographical action drama "Major" opened at number 12 at the USA box office this weekend. It collected $900K, including Thursday previews. Released by Weekend Cinema, the movie debuted in 360 theaters, making $1736 per theater. It has already become Adivi Sesh's biggest grosser in the USA and will cross $1 million soon. ## Meanwhile, "Vikram" is going berserk at the box office, grossing over 140 crores worldwide. This includes an estimated 107 crores domestically and approx. 35 crores overseas. "Major" on the other hand, scored 24.5 crores gross in the first two days. The movie looks to make 35+ crores in the opening weekend, which is already a blockbuster result for the makers. ## Stay tuned...

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Chennai, June 5 - Raaj Kamal Films International's production, Vikram is putting up a sensational show at the box office not only domestically but overseas also. The Kamal Haasan-fronted movie was expected to score big but it has exceeded those expectations by a big margin by collecting 100 crores worldwide gross in just two days. ## Directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj, "Vikram" took the second-biggest opening for a Tamil movie in 2022 with 37.5 crores gross at the domestic box office. It grossed 23.10 crores in Tamil Nadu alone, which is the 3rd biggest in 2022. With super positive word of mouth, the action thriller put up one of the strongest holds on the second day, grossing 33.6 crores for a total of 71.1 crores domestic gross. ## "Vikram" dropped a little over 10% on the second day (Saturday), which is probably the lowest dip ever for a top-tier Tamil movie. Usually, South Indian films tend to take a huge drop on the second day which was not the case with "Vikram" which remained almost unbreakable. In Tamil Nadu, it did gross a fantastic 20.10 crores on Saturday, boosting the total gross to 43.30 crores in the home state. ## Meanwhile, the overseas box office collection of "Vikram" is also phenomenal with 32 crores gross in two days. In the USA, the movie has grossed $1.3 million (10.08 crores) so far. The total worldwide gross of the movie now stands at 103.10 crores, which is the fastest ever for a Kamal Haasan movie. ## "Vikram" was released in Tamil, Hindi, and Telugu languages. While Tamil collections are extraordinary, the movie has done very well in Telugu states by grossing 7.5 crores in two days. The Hindi version has underperformed and has collected only 60 lakh net.## Vikram was one of the highly-anticipated Tamil movies that mark director Lokesh's first collaboration with Kamal Haasan. Vijay Sethupathi and Fahadh Faasil have played prominent roles while Surya feature in a cameo role as Rolex. Written by Lokesh Kanagaraj, the music of the film is composed by Anirudh Ravichander while national award-winning cinematographer, Girish Gangadharan has cranked the camera.## Stay tuned...

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Chennai, June 3 - Legendary Kamal Haasan returned to the action with Lokesh Kanagaraj-directed "Vikram", which has taken a massive opening in Tamil Nadu. The movie got excellent reviews and the word of mouth from the audience is also super positive, which is expected to lead the movie to record the biggest opening weekend of 2022 for a Tamil movie. ## Meanwhile, the iconic actor has already locked his next film after "Vikram". During a recent interview with Pinkvilla, Kamal Haasan confirmed that his next movie is with Mahesh Narayanan, who won appreciation with Fahadh Faasil's political thriller, "Malik". ## "I have a commitment with Mr. Mahesh Narayanan. He began his career with me as a cinematographer and editor. We seem to understand each other and I have completed a script for me. We are tweaking it a bit and plan to hit the floors by July end, early August", said the actor. ## Kamal Haasan was supposed to complete director Shankar's "Indian 2". It has already been shot around 40%, but the shoot was eventually put on hold due to budget issues and multiple other problems. The actor confirmed that the movie will happen as it is not shelved. ## "We had so many things coming in between, apart from the fact that it's a very big film. We had COVID, we had an accident on the set where people died. It's so unnerving but we continued. I run a white elephant called Raaj Kamal Films and Mr. Shankar runs a company called S Productions. These are the white elephants that we need to feed, so we go out and work", he added. ## "Indian 2" is a vigilante action thriller that is the sequel to the 1996 film. Lyca Productions is bankrolling this mega-budget film. The first look of the movie was unveiled in 2019. ## Stay tuned...

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Chennai, May 30 - Legendary Kamal Haasan will be in the action in the upcoming actioner, Vikram, which is scheduled to release on June 3rd. Vijay Sethupathi and Fahadh Faasil are also playing lead roles with Suriya featuring in a cameo role. ## Meanwhile, Kamal Haasan already seems to have a plan for the sequel of Vikram, with Suriya playing the lead with him. The legendary actor recently confirmed during an interview that Suriya is playing a special role in the movie which will lead his role in the next film. ## Reconfirming the same, Kamal Haasan at the Malaysia press conference of Vikram, said that Suriya will be a part of Vikram 3, which will be produced by his own company Raaj Kamal Films International. However, the makers have no plans to take the movie on floors anytime soon but confirmed that it will definitely happen. ## Directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj, Vikram is one of the most hyped Tamil films of the year and it will surely create magic at the box office. It will hit screens on June 3rd in multiple languages, including Hindi. ## Stay tuned...