There were two big Tamil films released on Thursday and PETTA is slowly coming out on top in a close battle. The figures in Tamil Nadu are better for VISWASAM as it probably has more for the local audience but PETTA is well ahead in other markets like Karnataka and Kerala. Though it cant be said that PETTA has really done well in these markets.

The six day NETT collections of PETTA and VISWASAM are as follows.

Petta
Tamil Nadu - 46,00,00,000
Karnataka - 12,00,00,000
Andhra Pradesh - 5,00,00,000
Kerala - 5,25,00,000
Hindi Markets - 3,00,00,000 (Hindi version is disaster and the better collections are from original Tamil version)
TOTAL - 71,25,00,000 apprx

Viswasam
Tamil Nadu - 51,00,00,000
Karnataka - 6,25,00,000
Kerala - 2,50,00,000
Hindi Markets - 50,00,000 (No Hindi version, only Tamil)
TOTAL - 60,25,00,000

The gap between the films is 11 crore nett on an all India basis but PETTA has a wider release. If PETTA can catch VISWASAM in Tamil Nadu then it will come out the clean winner as in a clash the home market is very important.