Surya's 7aam Arivu beats Vijay's Velayudham at Box Office
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oi-Prakash
By Ramchander
Surya's
prestigious
7aam
Arivu
has
beaten
Vijay
starrer
Velayudham
at
the
Tamil
Box
Office
(BO)
in
its
first
week.
Despite
getting
mixed
reviews,
AR
Murugadoss
directorial
movie
has
successfully
managed
to
rock
at
the
BO.
Trade
reports
say
that
7aam
Arivu
has
managed
to
collect
Rs.
37
crore
plus,
whereas
Velayudham
raked
in
Rs.
31
crore
plus
in
the
first
week.
Surya's
movie
had
edge
over
Vijay
starrer
film
because
it
hit
the
screens
with
1000
prints
worldwide.
On
the
other
end,
Jayam
Raja's
movie,
which
was
approximately
released
in
650
theatres,
started
attracting
audience
after
getting
thumbs
up
from
the
critics
and
good
word-of-mouth
from
the
viewers.
It
is
said
that
the
state
government's
permission
to
increase
the
screenings
during
the
5-day
weekend
have
helped
the
producers
of
both
the
films
to
large
extent.
Meanwhile,
Shahrukh
Khan's
Ra.One
has
been
pushed
to
the
third
position
at
the
Box
Office.
The
South
Indian
dubbed
versions
of
the
Bollywood
movie
have
collected
six
crore
in
three
days.
However,
the
collections
of
7aam
Arivu
are
expected
to
slow
down,
as
the
theatre
owners
are
now
planning
to
reduce
the
number
of
screenings
thereby
increasing
Velayudham.