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Suriya as Sanjay Vishwanath smiles behind the wheel with a baby on his lap in a still from Vishwanath & Sons

News · 16 August 2026

Vishwanath & Sons grows 45% as the families show up

Friday belonged to the fans, Saturday to the families: Rs 37.6 crore in two days, 59% occupancy, and a US start near Karuppu's entire opening weekend.

Suriya in a brown suit standing before a packed auditorium on the Vishwanath & Sons release poster

News · 13 August 2026

Vishwanath & Sons opens tonight, half a world early

Premiere shows in North America run hours before Tamil Nadu's dawn first-day-first-shows. Suriya's family bet, three months after Karuppu, comes due.

Suriya holds a lathi on a smoky street in front of a vintage Ambassador car on the Vishwanath & Sons bookings poster

News · 13 August 2026

Vishwanath & Sons opens bookings with a lathi in hand

16,000 tickets in the first hours, hourly trending on BookMyShow, and a bookings poster that swaps the milk bottle for a smoke-filled street fight.

Members of a Kannada organisation tearing a Jana Nayagan poster off the gates of a theatre in Mandya

News · 1 August 2026

Karnataka pulls Jana Nayagan, Spider-Man fills the slots

A water board order for 3,500 cusecs a day turned into torn posters and cancelled shows, with the ninth day already down 12 per cent.

Vishnuu Vishal with his arm around director Chella Ayyavu, both smiling

News · 17 July 2026

Vishnuu Vishal hands Chella Ayyavu the keys to a new SUV

A pre-release promise, paid out at Rs 46 crore: the Gatta Kusthi 2 hit has now put a car in the driveway of nearly everyone who made it.

Vishnuu Vishal and the young Mathi laughing on a lakeside swing in a still from Gatta Kusthi 2

News · 8 July 2026

Gatta Kusthi 2 steadies on weekdays after a strong opening

Gatta Kusthi 2 has crossed Rs 25.64 crore worldwide in five days, steadying on weekdays after a strong opening as Tamil Nadu carries the Vishnuu Vishal film.

Chiranjeevi and Ram Charan in stills from their 2026 films

News · 16 June 2026

A Father and Son Hold 2026's Top Two Box-Office Spots, and That Has Never Happened Before

Chiranjeevi's Mana Shankara Vara Prasad Garu and son Ram Charan's Peddi hold the top two box-office spots of 2026, a father-son feat Indian cinema has never seen.

Suriya in the title role of Karuppu, crouched and holding the aruval sickle, in the dust-and-ash colour treatment RJ Balaji used for the film's hero key art

News · 20 May 2026

Karuppu past Rs 161 crore in five days, Suriya's highest-grosser ever

Karuppu has crossed Rs 161 crore worldwide by day 5, passing Singam 2 to become Suriya's highest-grossing film and the top Tamil grosser of 2026.

Suriya in the title role of Karuppu, shot in temple-fire reds, the look RJ Balaji built the film around

News · 16 May 2026

Karuppu opens at Rs 15.5 crore net, a day late

Karuppu lost all of May 14 to a financial-logistics crisis and still posted Rs 15.5 crore net on day one. The Retro comparison, and the weekend that will decide things.

Vignesh Shivan in a black kurta and veshti, on stage at the Love Insurance Kompany pre-release event, holding a mic

News · 9 May 2026

Vignesh Shivan: 'LIK didn't hit 100cr, I imagined double'

Vignesh Shivan posted a long Instagram note on LIK, the Pradeep Ranganathan film that closed at 70 crore. He had imagined double, and silence from peers stung.

Dhanush on the Kara theatrical poster, the title spelt out across a 1991 Ramanathapuram backdrop.

News · 7 May 2026

Kara Reaches Rs 43.14 Crore Worldwide on Day 8 as Weekday Legs Stay Modest

Dhanush's 1991-set drama Kara stands at Rs 43.14 crore worldwide and Rs 28.73 crore India net by Day 8, with weekday occupancy holding in the mid-teens.

Dhanush in a corn field on the Kara theatrical poster

News · 2 May 2026

Kara nudges past 13 crore in two days as occupancy curves up

Day 2 occupancy for Kara jumped from 20% to 30%, but with a reported 100-crore budget the long weekend is now the real test for Dhanush's heist drama.