Thunivu To Vaathi: Details About Day 1 Gross Collection Of Top 4 Tamil Movies Of 2023

The Kollywood industry started off quite well as two star heroes competing during the Pongal release at the box office. Thala Ajith Kumar and Thalapathy Vijay have come up with two large-scale productions, beginning the paisa vasool of the year.

Here's a look at the Tamil films' first quarter's day 1 box office gross collections of the top four movies. The biggest films of Tamil industry in 2023 so far are Thunivu, Varisu, Vaathi, and Pathu Thala.

Ajith Kumar and Thalapathy Vijay have clashed at the box office for Pongal festival after several decades. Thunivu and Varisu are one of the much-hyped films of 2023 in the Tamil film industry.

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Thunivu marks Ajith's yet another collaboration with director H Vinoth, and given its premise, a bank hiest, expectations from the fans and film buffs were high. However, the response was lukewarm for Thunivu at the theatres.

Varisu, written and directed by Vamshi Paidipally was another unsuccessful film, in terms of performance. The movie marks Thalapathy Vijay's debut in Telugu. The movie was met with criticism from a set of viewers and fans.

Later, in the month of February, Dhanush's bilingual movie Vaathi, which marks his Telugu debut, under the direction of Venky Atluri, hit the screens. The movie garnered great appreciation although it didn't achieve the kind of expected response from the box office. The movie registered a tremendous success in Telugu as Sir.

Silambarasan aka Simbu's latest action movie Pathu Thala, was released on March 30 to a huge fanfare all over Tamil Nadu and other parts of the world. Directed by Obeli N Krishna, Pathu Thala is based on director Narthan's Kannada venture Mufti. The movie was met with a positive response at the box office.

Here's a look at the Day 1 Gross Collection of these four movies, here:

Thunivu: Rs 21.60 Crore
Varisu: Rs 20.75 Crore
Pathu Thala: Rs 6.35 Crore
Vaathi: Rs 4.80 Crore

Top 4 Tamil Movies Day 1 Gross in Tamil Nadu Box Office - 2023

1) #Thunivu : ₹21.60 Cr

2) #Varisu : ₹20.75 Cr

3) #PathuThala : ₹6.35 Cr

4) #Vaathi : ₹4.80 Cr

— Box Office - South India (@BoxOfficeSouth2) March 31, 2023

The Kollywood industry is currently producing several exciting films which are gearing up to hit the screens during the upcoming season of Dasara.

Dhanush is working on Captain Miller, and Thalapathy Vijay is working with Lokesh Kanagaraj's LEO. Ajith's AK 62 is yet to go on floors as the actor is grieving the loss of his father. STR has a several films up his sleeve.