Vidaamuyarchi box office collection Day 2: Ajith-Magizh Thirumeni’s film drops to single-digits after major dip, earns Rs 8.75 crore

While the trade expects the film to pick up pace in the weekend, Vidaamuyarchi is facing an uphill task considering the mixed reviews that it has earned. Despite the wide release, the film managed to register only a 36.5% occupancy on Friday, which lead to the drop in collections. In comparison, on day one, Vidaamuyarchi had a 61.24 % occupancy. Although Lyca Productions, the makers of Vidaamuyarchi, haven’t released the official numbers, box office analyst Ramesh Bala shared that the film has opened to Rs 61 crore at the global box office.

As expected, it is the Tamil version that is generating the majority of the revenue. The film’s Telugu version, titled Pattudala, registered a measly 15.11% occupancy, and collected Rs 35 lakh on day two, which is just a shade lower than the Rs 50 lakh it made on day one. However, the makers went all out on promoting Vidaamuyarchi only in Tamil, and didn’t really jump on the pan-Indian bandwagon to promote the film in other states.

The film, which reunites Ajith with his Mankatha co-stars Arjun and Trisha, also stars Regena Cassandra, and Aarav, and has music by Anirudh Ravichander. Team Vidaamuyarchi would hope for an uptick in numbers over the weekend and the next few days, especially since there might be no big competition in the Tamil markets till February 21.

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