Murugadoss' New Feat: Holiday Becomes His Third Flick To Make 100 Crores At Box Office
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oi-Prakash
By Ramchander
AR
Murugadoss
is
the
man
of
the
moment.
Whatever
he
touches,
it
is
turning
gold.
Be
it
in
South
or
Bollywood,
the
director
is
tasting
success
everywhere.
The
latest
is
that
the
director
has
reached
a
new
feat
by
scoring
100
at
Box
Office
through
his
latest
movie
Holiday.
Third
Century
AR
Murugadoss'
Holiday
has
made
more
than
Rs
100
crores
at
worldwide
Box
Office
(Please
do
not
confuse
it
with
elite
100-crore
club
movies
as
its
nett
collection
in
India
is
still
94.33
crores
as
on
Tuesday).
Like
its
original
version
Thuppakki,
the
Hindi
movie
too
has
scored
century
at
worldwide
Box
Office.
Indeed,
he
has
now
become
the
second
Indian
director
to
score
100s
three
times
after
Rohit
Shetty
of
Chennai
Express
fame.
Ghajini
The
100-crore
elite
club
was
started
in
Bollywood
with
AR
Murugadoss'
debut
Hindi
movie
Ghajini.
The
movie,
which
was
the
remake
of
Tamil-Telugu
movie
of
the
same
name
starring
Surya,
broke
all
the
Box
Office
records
to
create
history
at
collection
centres.
It
became
the
first
Indian
movie
to
earn
Rs
100
crore
nett
in
our
soil.
Thereafter,
the
elite
club
became
popular
and
a
host
of
movies
featuring
A-list
actors
joined
the
club.
Continue
reading
the
Box
Office
story
on
the
slideshow...
ARM
Returned
To
South
After
Ghajini,
AR
Murugadoss
returned
to
South
and
directed
7Aum
Arivu,
which
was
a
moderate
hit. The
director
struck
gold
again
with
his
next
movie
in
South.
Thuppakki
This
time,
AR
Murugadoss
scored
century
with
not
a
Hindi
movie
but
with
a
Tamil
movie.
Yes,
it
was
his
Thuppakki,
which
made
more
than
Rs
100
crores
worldwide.
This
was
the
rare
feat
for
a
Kollywood
movie
as
it
became
the
second
movie
after
Rajinikanth's
Endhiran
to
make
more
than
Rs
100
crores
worldwide.
Holiday
Now,
AR
Murugadoss
has
repeated
the
same
with
Thuppakki
remake,
Holiday.
The
movie
has
raked
in
Rs
94.33
and
will
be
soon
reaching
the
100-crore
mark
in
Indian
soil.
However,
it
has
made
around
Rs
120
crores
worldwide.
ARM-Rohit
Shetty
AR
Murugadoss
is
now
the
second
director,
who
has
given
three
or
more
100-crore
movies.
Rohit
Shetty
is
in
the
top
position
with
Golmal
3,
Bol
Bachchan,
Singam
and
Chennai
Express.
Kaththi
Meanwhile,
AR
Murugadoss
is
now
busy
with
his
next
Tamil
movie
Kaththi
with
Vijay.
Now,
all
eyes
are
set
on
this
movie.
Will
it
be
a
century
again?