Trade Talk: Sivaji rocks all over world!

Rajnikant’s “Sivaji” creating history through advance ticket sales even before its release is an old story!

The way it opened (June 15 to 18) across India and 28 countries worldwide was phenomenal.

“Sivaji” became the first Tamil film ever to be featured in the U.K. top 10 and took a 100 per cent opening in Mumbai and Delhi multiplexes, whereas Big-B’s “Jhoom Barabar Jhoom” released the same week could manage only a 50 to 60 per cent opening!

The Telugu version of the movie was simultaneously released in 350 theatres in the state, including 40 in the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad collected huge share.

In Kerala, despite heavy rains, “Sivaji” has taken the best ever opening for any film in history from a record 86 screens!

In Chennai, nearly two lakh seventy thousand people saw it, in 17 screens and the film collected Rs. 1.35 crore in the first four days. On the ECR, at Mayajaal, it rocked with almost continuous shows from Friday morning to late Sunday night. Says B. Udeep, CEO, Mayajaal multiplex: “Rajni is a global star! We had 78 houseful shows from six screens in three days, 12,200 audiences saw it and we netted approximately Rs. 13.5 lakh! No other star in the world can work this magic.”