Seventeen films released during the summer holiday season. How did they fare at the box office? Well, we are not here to tell you that. But, we are looking at how well they opened. A good opening is an indicator of the star power of the film’s lead actors, the brand value of the team involved and the publicity undertaken before the release. So, how did these factors combine to decide the way films opened?

The classification here is based on the collections of a film at the Chennai box office in the first three days of its theatrical run i.e. Friday-Sunday. Please note that these are just figures of the opening 3 days and therefore are not indicators of the film’s overall performance at the box office.