Leo box office collection day 15: Vijay-starrer crosses Rs 553 crore worldwide, can beat Rajinikanth’s Jailer record with this number

Set in the LCU (Lokesh Cinematic Universe), Leo has emerged as the most successful film of both Vijay and Lokesh’s career. It is also the third highest Tamil grosser of all time behind Jailer and 2.0.

The success meet of Leo was held on Wednesday and saw Vijay in attendance. Since the audio launch of the film was cancelled, this was the first time that the audience got to hear from the star for this film. Leo was surrounded in controversy ever since its first poster came out, which showed the lead character with a cigarette. Vijay addressed the controversy around the song ‘Naa Varava’ at the success meet of the film and said, “There was this song that created a lot of controversy. There was one line, ‘Viraluku eddukula thee pandham (torch between the fingers).’ Why do you imagine it is a cigarette? Think of it as a powerful pen. Then there was the line: ‘Quarter pathathu tandava konda (Quarter is not enough. Bring out the giant vessel). Why do you think it is alcohol? Think of it as koozhu (porridge).’ I can come up with such a flimsy answer to it all, but I don’t want to do it. I plead with all of you to look at a film as a film. If you look, all around the world, cinema is seen as something artificial and a form of entertainment. In that cinema, there will be a good guy and a bad guy. To differentiate between these two, there are a few things that are done… see I don’t have to explain this all to you. I know that you all know it already.”

Leo also stars Trisha, Sanjay Dutt, Arjun Sarja, Mysskin, Sandy and Gautham Menon in significant roles.