The two big Tamil films THUNIVU and VARISU are locked in a tight battle as both films recorded similar collections in the state on Friday. The collections of THUNIVU are 31 crore nett after three days while VARISU is 28.50 crore nett.

Both films are doing well with good occupancy but collections are on the lower side than they have to maybe because the market is getting split. The films need to get a 60-65 crore share in Tamil Nadu and that does look far at the present moment.

The last film of Ajith Kumar, VALIMAI, grossed 82 crore nett in Tamil Nadu while the last film of Vijay, BEAST, did business of 92 crore nett and it remains to be seen where these two films land as compared to those films. If these films don't get the numbers of the above films, it will be because of the competition between them.

The business of THUNIVU and VARISU in Tamil Nadu is as follows. VARISU is leading in all the other circuits but the real battle is in Tamil Nadu as that will decide the fate of both films.

Wednesday - 16.10 cr (20.25 cr)

Thursday - 8.25 cr (10.25 cr) apprx

Friday - 6.75 cr (8.50 cr) apprx

Wednesday - 13.90 cr (17.50 Cr)

Thursday - 7.75 cr (9.50 cr) apprx

Friday - 6.75 cr (8.50 cr) apprx

NOTE - The GROSS numbers are in brackets as the two films had a good interest in the industry and there were the usual very high gross numbers doing the rounds and people asking whether true so apprx GROSS numbers put up for that reason.