Rajini jumps ahead of the likes of Suriya and Vijay

We at Behindwoods have been reporting the box-office collections of all the newly released movies from Chennai city, every week. This past week saw the release of Lingaa, the latest Superstar Rajini starrer, and the film has turned out to be the biggest opener this year, after considering its first 3 days' Chennai city gross estimate.

 

All these collections have been estimated by Behindwoods after careful analysis and tracking, and may vary from the actual official figures.

 

1. Lingaa - 2.59 crores from 675 tracked weekend shows

 

2. Anjaan - 2.36 crores from 573 tracked weekend shows

 

3. Kochadaiiyaan - 1.81 crores from 432 tracked weekend shows

 

4. Kaththi - 1.75 crores from 411 tracked weekend shows (the film released on Wednesday and had a 5 day weekend gross of 3.01 crores)

 

5. VIP - 1.68 crores from 360 tracked weekend shows

 

6. Maan Karate - 1.41 crores from 303 tracked weekend shows

 

7. Jilla - 1.32 crores from 321 tracked weekend shows

 

8. Veeram - 1.23 crores from 306 tracked weekend shows

 

9. Idhu Kathirvelan Kadhal - 1.15 crores from 252 tracked weekend shows