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Thaai Kizhavi Crosses Rs 50 Crore Worldwide Without Big-Star Backing

Positive reviews powered a rare word-of-mouth run at the box office.

Overview

  • Industry tracker Sacnilk reports a worldwide gross of about Rs 51 crore for the Tamil rural comedy-drama.
  • India nett stood at Rs 36.58 crore as of the evening of March 7 after resilient weekday holds above roughly Rs 1.7 crore.
  • After a Rs 2.65 crore India nett opening on February 27, the film rose to Rs 5 crore on its first Saturday and Rs 6.15 crore on Sunday; the second weekend added Rs 4.6 crore on Saturday and Rs 5 crore on Sunday.
  • Headlined by Radikaa Sarathkumar as a septuagenarian moneylender, the film departs from conventional commercial formulas and a male-star lead.
  • Radikaa noted on X that the film’s tickets averaged around Rs 150 and argued it could have earned far more under premium pricing typically applied to big-star releases.