Leo box office Day 7 early reports: Vijay’s film stares at a huge dip

Vijay's film Leo is expected to take a huge dip on Day 7 as the holiday season comes to an end.

Vijay starrer Leo shows signs of slowing down.

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On Day 6, Leo, starring Vijay in the lead role, managed to earn Rs 32 crore and also crossed the Rs 250 crore mark at the Indian box office. However, as the long holiday has come to an end, the Lokesh Kanagaraj directorial’s collection is expected to witness a huge dip on Day 7.

According to early estimates by trade tracker Sacnilk, Leo will make around Rs 15 crore in India, which is about half of its Day 6 collection in the country.

As far as the worldwide collection of Leo goes, the film has managed to earn over Rs 450 crore. It makes Leo the second-biggest hit in Tamil cinema this year. Jailer is still holding onto the numero uno position. The Vijay-starrer is currently the fourth biggest Tamil film of all time with 2.0, Jailer, and Ponniyin Selvan I occupying the first three positions, respectively.

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After Beast, Leo has turned out to be a much-needed hit for Vijay despite the mixed reviews.

Leo, a homage to the Hollywood film A History of Violence (2005), follows the story of Parthiban (Vijay), a cafe owner in Himachal Pradesh who is hounded by a gang that claims he is a former drug lord Leo. Trisha, Gautham Menon, Sanjay Dutt, and Arjun also star in Leo, which has music by Anirudh Ravichander.

Vijay has already moved on to his next project, which is titled Thalapathy 68. The film, which was launched in Chennai, will be directed by Venkat Prabhu. Meenakshi Chaudhry, Prashanth, Mohan, and Prabhudheva are part of the film. Yuvan Shankar Raja is composing music for the film, which will be released next year.

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