NEW DELHI: South superstar Ajith Kumar’s latest action heist film ‘Thunivu’ has generated a bumper response at the Box Office. The film, which witnessed an opening of Rs. 28.50 crores on Jan 11, has recorded an impressive show on the first Sunday as its collections grew further, inching towards the Rs 100 crore-mark.
According to Sacnilk, the early estimates of the film’s first Sunday collections are around Rs 11.50 crore, taking its net collection to Rs 67 cr. It is yet to have a release in Hindi. The action heist film had an overall 74.26 per cent Tamil occupancy on Sunday.
The domestic Box Office collections of ‘Thunivu’ are as follows:
Wednesday – Rs. 28.50 crores
Thursday – Rs. 11 crores
Friday – Rs. 10 crores
Saturday – Rs. 13.50 crores
Sunday – R 11.50 crores
Total – Rs. 74.50 crores
‘Thunivu’ is helmed by H Vinoth and produced by Boney Kapoor. The film also stars Manju Warrier, Samuthirakani, John Kokken, Veeran, Ajay, and GM Sundar.
‘Thunivu’ was reported to be trying to cast actors from ‘across the industry’ in the film. In May 2022, a month after filming began, Manju Warrier was signed as the lead actress, her second Tamil film after ‘Asuran’.
The plot of ‘Thunivu’ follows a dreaded gangster named Radha. He and his men plan to rob one of the biggest banks in Chennai, only to realise that another gang led a by a mysterious person, nicknamed Dark Devil, has already hijacked the bank.
