Thalapathy Vijay's Mersal is expected to be screened at the Le Grand Rex theatre in Paris, which is said to be the largest cinema theatre in Europe. It has a capacity of over 2000 seats, and Mersal would apparently be the third film to be screened at this famous theatre.

Le Grand Rex has confirmed this information through their Twitter handle “Le 18/10, venez découvrir le nouveau film avec la superstar @actorvijay: #Mersal! En tamoul sous-titré / Résa :" Their tweet states that the film will be screened at Le Grand Rex on the 18th of October which confirms the fact that Mersal is all set to hit the screens on October 18th for Diwali. It is to be noted that Mersal would be the third film to be screened here after Kabali and Baahubali 2.