Rajini's Petta directed by Karthik Subbaraj and produced by Sun Pictures released on Jan 10th amidst huge expectations among fans. Right from the Audio launch and promotions by marketing Giant Sun Pictures, the expectations were sky high as the promotions were majorly highlighting the mass, the stylish and the vintage Rajinikanth that his fans were waiting for a long time.
After Kaala and 2.0, where both the films were Solo releases, the release timing of Petta clashing with another biggie, Ajith's Viswasam was the talk of the town as it was seen as the mother of a clash in the recent time. While both Thalaivar and Thala fans were eagerly looking forward to the response of both the films, Petta opened to a massive response from Rajini fans. The unanimous word of mouth about Rajini's style and mass scenes throughout the film spread a very positive word on social media and the responses only got doubled.
In Chennai, Petta opened up well in about 444 shows last weekend and collected around Rs 4.76 Crores in 4 days. It's a very good collection and leads the tough competition at the Chennai BO with 2 biggies competing. This performance has got Petta, a Grand Opening verdict at the Chennai BO. This report is generated by Behindwoods Box Office wing. These details are not shared by the producers, distributors or theater owners who cannot be held responsible for the collection figures listed. There might be variations from the exact collection details.
The buzz is Petta's Chennai BO and the ROI BO collections compared to Viswasam are high, whereas in the overall Tamil Nadu collections Viswasam seems to have an upper hand. The Tamil Nadu Box Office collections are expected soon today.
