Director Lokesh Kanagaraj and 'Thalapathy' Vijay's Leo held steady on its 13th day of release, as it inches towards its target of Rs 600 crore at the worldwide box office. The action-thriller has already set new records for Tamil cinema, having delivered the top opening of 2023 and emerged as the biggest film of both Lokesh and Vijay's successful careers. Leo made Rs 4.1 crore on day 13 of release, according to industry tracker Sacnilk, after making Rs 4.5 crore on its second Monday. The film's nett domestic total is currently Rs 312 crore. Overall occupancy for the Tamil-language release on day 13 was 19%, with the Telugu dubbed version reporting 27% occupancy and Hindi shows reporting less than 10% occupancy, both in limited runs. Like many Tamil-language tent poles, Leo has also been frontloaded. The movie opened to Rs 64 crore across all languages in India, and made a worldwide gross of over Rs 140 crore on opening day. Its current global gross stands at Rs 543 crore, according to Sacnilk, which means that it is just Rs 61 crore shy of overtaking the lifetime haul of Rs 604 crore posted by Rajinikanth's Jailer. Leo is the third-biggest Tamil movie of all time at the global box office behind Rajinikanth's Jailer and 2.0. Much of the intrigue surrounding the film's release was revolved around its connections to the Lokesh Cinematic Universe, the filmmaker's Marvel-style shared series of theatrical films, which also includes the Karthi-starrer Kaithi and the Kamal Haasan-starrer Vikram. Next up, Lokesh is directing an untitled new project with Rajinikanth, which is also rumoured to be a part of the LCU, and potentially the biggest Tamil movie of all time, uniting three of the industry's biggest male stars - Vijay, Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan - in the same franchise.
