Kochadaiyaan (Kochadaiiyaan) Ends First Week With Rs 53 Crores At Box Office
News
oi-Prakash
By Ramchander
Rajinikanth
and
Deepika
Padukone
starrer
Kochadaiiyaan
(Kochadaiyaan)
has
made
good
collections
at
Box
Office
in
the
first
week.
Despite
facing
negative
feedbacks
from
a
section
of
audience,
it
has
managed
to
make
good
business
at
key
centres
and
ended
the
first
week
by
reportedly
raking
in
Rs
53
crores.
Of
all
markets,
Chennai
has
been
very
good
for
Kochadaiiyaan.
The
Tamil
flick
has
made
stupendous
business
at
Box
Office
in
its
first
week
here.
Having
got
90%
occupancy
in
the
first
weekend,
it
had
earned
close
to
Rs
2
crore
in
first
three
days.
Many
had
expected
the
film's
collections
to
come
down
in
the
following
week
days.
However,
Kochadaiiyaan
managed
to
pull
audience
to
theatres
in
weekdays.
The
occupancy
in
the
week
days
was
above
60
%,
which
has
surprised
trade
pundits,
who
had
expected
a
huge
dip
in
the
collections
due
to
bad
word-of-mouth.
In
the
week
days,
it
has
earned
above
Rs.
1.25
crore
and
in
total,
the
collection
of
the
film
at
Chennai
Box
Office
stands
close
to
Rs.4.5
crores
in
the
10
days.
While
this
is
the
story
at
Chennai
Box
Office,
in
the
entire
Tamil
Nadu,
it
has
managed
to
make
good
business.
It
has
made
more
than
Rs
32
crores.
Continue
reading
the
story
on
the
slideshow..
Kochadaiiyaan
In
6
Languages
A
trader
claims
that
Kochadaiiyaan
has
earned
around
Rs
53
crores
in
the
first
week
in
six
languages.
The
lion's
share
has
come
from
the
Tamil
version.
Telugu-Hindi
Versions
The
collections
of
Telugu
and
Hindi
versions
are
not
upto
the
mark.
Indeed,
only
Tamil
version
has
become
the
saving
grace
for
the
makers
of
the
film.
Manam
in
Telugu
and
Heropanti
in
Hindi
had
quite
impact
on
the
collections
of
Tollywood
and
Bollywood
versions
of
Rajinikanth's
film.
International
Market
In
the
international
circuits,
Kochadaiiyaan
has
fared
well
in
countries
like
Malaysia,
UK,
and
US.
The
combined
collections
of
the
movie
in
three
langauges
is
expected
to
be
around
Rs
8.50
crores
in
the
first
week.
Kerala/Karnataka
In
the
states
like
Kerala
and
Karnataka,
collections
of
Kochadaiiyaan
have
slowed
down.
Next
Few
Weeks
Crucial
Kochadaiiyaan
is
made
with
the
budget
of
Rs
125
crores
and
to
recover
the
production
cost,
the
movie
has
to
run
successfully
in
theatres
for
a
few
more
weeks.