Vijay-Samantha "Kaththi" is doing a steady business in India and overseas box office. The film has won â, ¹82 crore in its first week at the box office worldwide and is likely to cross the â, ¹100 crore mark soon.
"Kaththi" has been performing in the United States, which is one of the key markets for Tamil films. The film released in more than 90 US screens and took great openings at the box office. The film starring Vijay became the first non-Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan film not to cross the $ 500,000 mark in domestic box office.
It has taken the sixth place in the list of the highest grossing Tamil film at the box office in the United States. The first five places are occupied by Rajini and Kamal films as "Endhiran", "Vishwaroopam", "Sivaji", "Dasavatharam" and "Kochadaiiyaan."
"Kaththi" which grossed $ 570,207 in its first weekend (October 21 to 26) is expected to exceed the "Kochadaiiyaan" collections (about $ 635,000) at the end of the second weekend and take fifth place in the list of all time, as well grossers emerge as the highest grossing Tamil film 2014.With no major releases, it is expected that the film starring Vijay to continue his hot streak in the US .. be interesting to see if the film will to be able to cross the mark of $ 1 million. So far, only two Tamil films - "Endhiran" and "Vishwaroopam" - have achieved the rare feat.While "Endhiran" reportedly earned more than $ 1.6 million, "Vishwaroopam" has also crossed the mark $ 1 million at the box office with its stable performance.
The film starring Kamal took almost a month to earn over $ 1 million. Although "Vishwaroopam" was released in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi versions, the Tamil version has only managed to mint more than $ 1 million. "US .: #Vishwaroopam [Tamil] totaling up Sol: $ 1,038,373 [Rs 5.70 cr] ... #Vishwaroopam [Telugu] totaling up Sol: $ 200,011 [Rs 1.10 cr]," trade analyst and film critic Taran Adarsh had tweeted in March 2013.
It will be interesting to see if "Kaththi" will be able to defeat the "Vishwaroopam" collections in the US .. Although it might be difficult for the film starring Vijay, could a possibility if the action thriller film retains steady business at the box office. If it happens, Vijay will join the league of actors who are in the elite club including Rajinikanth, Kamal Haasan and several major Hindi stars, Telugu.
