Bengaluru, December 20 – Amid Pushpa 2 – The Rule’s rampage at the box office, the new pre-Christmas 2024 weekend Indian releases are off to a good start. Director Vetrimaaran’s Viduthalai Part – 2, Upendra’s UI, and Malayalam title Marco among others hit the screens on December 20.
Viduthalai Part 2 was the biggest opener among the new Indian titles and it has opened almost double the first movie. According to the early estimates, the crime thriller grossed an estimated 8 crores, including around 6.50 crores in Tamil Nadu on its opening day.
Kannada star and director Upendra’s dystopian science fictional action UI has exceeded expectations and taken the biggest opening of 2024 for a Kannada title. Per estimates, the film has grossed in the range of 7.50-8 crores, which includes around 80 lakh in the Telugu version, on its first day.
The Malayalam A-rated action thriller, Marco starring Unni Mukundan, is another film of the day which performed well above expectations. Touted as the most violent Mollywood title ever, the movie scored an estimated 5 crores gross on its first day.
The word of mouth for all three aforementioned films is superb which should lead them to a very good holiday week. Meanwhile, there was one more big Hollywood film released in the form of Disney’s Mufasa – The Lion King, in the voices dubbed by superstars like Shah Rukh Khan (Hindi) and Mahesh Babu (Telugu).
The animated adventure film performed very well on its first day in India, scoring an estimated 9-10 crores net collection in all versions. The initial word of mouth for Mufasa seems to be on the positive side and can be a favourite among the family audience this holiday season.
Stay tuned…
