Leo box office collection Day 1: Vijay-starrer delivers biggest global opening of 2023, beats Jawan, Adipurush and Jailer

Leo enjoyed 86.92% Tamil occupancy on its opening day, with the morning shows witnessing almost 86.35% occupancy and the night shows getting over 90% occupancy rate. The Vijay-starrer has 1282 shows in Chennai, but it is yet to be seen if the film can keep up the momentum it has generated on its opening day. Tamil-language films tend to be frontloaded, because distributors reportedly include pre-release revenue in opening day collections.

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HIGHEST DAY 1 WORLDWIDE GROSS COLLECTION OF THE YEAR FOR AN INDIAN FILM 🤜🤛#BlockbusterLeo #Thalapathy @actorvijay sir @Dir_Lokesh @trishtrashers… pic.twitter.com/ssC1Vk5RIx

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Previously, trade analyst Ramesh Bala had predicted that the film could do over Rs 100 crore worldwide on its opening day, a number that the film has easily surpassed. “In India, I predict there is a chance of it doing Rs 70 crore on day one. Worldwide, it might do Rs 100 crore on the opening day, based on the current estimation,” he told indianexpress.com.

Vijay’s Leo has already left behind Rajinikanth’s Jailer, which was the biggest Tamil film of the year previously. Vijay is coming off of a run of hits, which includes Master, Beast, and Varisu. Leo is a part of Lokesh Kanagaraj’s shared cinematic universe, which also includes Kaithi and Vikram.