The Tamil film VIKRAM is a huge blockbuster in Tamil Nadu as it grossed around 43 crore nett over its first weekend and is heading for a first week total of 66-68 crore nett. The Hindi version VIKRAM: HITLIST is a disaster but the film has done phenomenal business in Tamil Nadu and is generally excellent in other markets of the South. The film should cross the 100 crore mark in Tamil Nadu.

The numbers from Tamil Nadu may not look huge as in our industry as you have crazy numbers going around for South films but generally those are way off the mark. Basically the bigger films in Tamil Nadu have not done great in recent years and VIKRAM will be that first big BLOCKBUSTER after VISWASAM in 2019 for the Tamil film industry. KGF - CHAPTER 2 is another blockbuster but that is not from the Tamil film industry. The other blockbuster films of the last 5-6 years have been smaller films. At an all India level the business of VIKRAM should be in the 115 crore nett in the first week.

The Punjabi film SAUNKAN SAUNKNE is also proving to be one of the biggest BLOCKBUSTERS of all time for Punjabi cinema as it will close its fourth week in India with around 30 crore nett business making it the third film in history to cross that mark after CARRY ON JATTA 2 and SHADAA.

The film has also done huge business worldwide as it will be around 55 crore worldwide after its fourth week which makes it the second highest grosser worldwide in history after CARRY ON JATTA 2. Its is unlikely to reach the numbers of CARRY ON JATTA 2 as the run is now coming to an end be it India or Overseas.