Suriya’s Scene crosses ₹80 crore worldwide in two days; Mookuthi Amman 2 picks up

Suriya’s new Tamil film Scene, directed by Jithu Madhavan, has grossed about ₹81 crore worldwide in its first two days, according to box-office trackers, while Nayanthara’s Mookuthi Amman 2, which opened the same day, picked up on its second day.

Both films were released on Friday, 6 November, ahead of Deepavali.

Scene

Estimates of the film’s worldwide gross after Saturday, 7 November, range from about ₹80.5 crore to ₹82.4 crore, depending on the tracker. Overseas markets have contributed about ₹35.75 crore. In India, the film collected about ₹20.3 crore net on Saturday, according to Outlook India’s tracking.

The trade site Koimoi said the film had already passed the ₹78.5 crore lifetime gross of Suriya’s 2012 film Maattrraan, making it the actor’s 10th-highest grosser worldwide. Trackers expect it to cross ₹100 crore worldwide on Sunday, 8 November.

Mookuthi Amman 2

Mookuthi Amman 2 collected ₹2.45 crore net in India on Saturday, 30% more than its ₹1.88 crore on the first day, taking its two-day total to ₹4.33 crore, according to the tracker Sacnilk. The Tamil version brought in ₹2.30 crore and the Telugu version ₹15 lakh on Saturday, from 1,910 shows. Koimoi said the clash with Scene had held back its opening.

What’s next

Box-office figures are estimates by trade trackers and differ between them; the producers have not released official numbers.