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Everything the desk has filed on Mandaadi.
The Tamil film Mandaadi posted a strong third‑Monday performance, selling more tickets than Vijay's Leo and adding over a crore to its net, while its overseas gross now stands at 17.2 crore.
Nivin Pauly and Soori's crossover film Yezhu Kadal Yezhu Malai is tipped for a modest 2-3 crore opening, trade sources say, despite both actors riding career-best numbers with separate hits right now.
The Tamil sports drama Mandaadi, starring Soori, has sold more than two million tickets in 17 days, pulling in 119.46 crore worldwide and sitting comfortably among the year’s top‑grossing Tamil releases.
Hip Hop Tamizha Aadhi's Meesaya Murukku 2 collected Rs 3.3 crore in India on its opening day, per Filmibeat Tamil, beating same-week release Dorathy and setting up a strong weekend with quarterly school holidays in play.
Mandaadi's second‑week earnings push it close to the coveted 100‑crore club, marking a first for the Soori‑led project, while The Paradise posts a strong opening day yet remains short of the revenue needed to cover its hefty budget.
Soori’s ‘Mandaadi’ continues its box‑office surge, clearing 70 crore in Tamil Nadu in just two weeks and closing in on Dhanush’s Raayan record, while its global earnings top 114 crore.
Advance bookings show Nani’s The Paradise edging close to a ₹50 crore pre‑release total, while Tamil hit Mandaadi aims for the ₹100 crore milestone and Resident Evil’s Indian run steadies around ₹15 crore.
Soori's Mandaadi has crossed Rs 100 crore worldwide and now sits ahead of nearly every Suriya and Dhanush film in Tamil Nadu, with only Karuppu and Raayan still out of reach.
Soori's Mandaadi has crossed Rs 100 crore, his first as a leading man, while director R Saravanan's account of a brief, warm meeting with the actor amid the film's success is doing the rounds online.
Soori's sailing drama Mandaadi has crossed its budget and turned a profit twelve days in, with trade trackers giving slightly different numbers but agreeing it's headed toward a 100 crore domestic hit.
Mandaadi has crossed 100 crore worldwide by its 11th day, per Koimoi, marking Soori's first century as lead actor. The film needs 25 crore more in India for a hit verdict.
Mandaadi’s ten‑day box‑office tally stands at about ₹92 crore globally, with Tamil Nadu contributing the lion’s share. Analysts say the film is on track to cross ₹100 crore today, a rare feat for a regional release.
Mandaadi's 10-day domestic net has hit 67.55 crore and its worldwide gross is closing on 100 crore, putting Soori on track for his first global century as the film chases past DC.
A journalist's remarks suggesting Sivakarthikeyan may not want Soori's stardom to grow beyond a point have stirred debate online, even as she clarified their bond remains genuine and denied any fan-driven attack.
Mandaadi collected Rs 3.25 crore net in India on Day 8, a 7% dip from the previous day, pushing its worldwide gross to nearly Rs 80 crore as the Soori-Suhas sailing drama nears its production cost.
Soori's Mandaadi has crossed 54 crore worldwide in its first week, adding 3.5 crore on day seven across Tamil and Telugu screens, trade data shows, extending the actor's recent run of commercial wins.
Karthi's Sardar 2 is winding down at the box office with daily numbers below a crore on day six, on track to become his second-lowest post-pandemic grosser after clashing with Mandaadi.
Mandaadi, starring Soori, Sathyaraj, Mithun and Mahima Nambiar, has pulled in over Rs 50 crore in India in six days, according to Sacnilk, with trade watchers now eyeing a Rs 100 crore finish.
Sardar 2, starring Karthi in a double role, opened to Rs 6.80 crore gross on day one per Sacnilk, outpacing Karthi's recent releases as trade eyes a big Vinayagar Chaturthi weekend push.
Soori's Mandaadi grew sharply on Day 2, pulling ahead of Sardaar 2 at the same box-office weekend. Track Tollywood and Pinkvilla peg the growth differently, but both agree the smaller film is winning the clash.
Sardar 2 and Mandaadi opened on the same Thursday, but the box office gap has turned into a rout. Soori's film earned 354% more than Karthi's on their first Saturday.
Sardar 2, starring Karthi and SJ Suryah, has managed a five-day gross of around Rs 15 crore, trade estimates suggest, with a holiday Monday failing to lift its sagging run against Mandaadi.
Soori's Mandaadi has crossed Rs 62 crore worldwide in five days per trade estimates, though its makers claim Rs 65 crore, as the Tamil action thriller closes in on Rs 70 crore by day six.
Soori's Mandaadi has collected Rs 45.85 crore in five days, per Sacnilk, with day five bringing in Rs 11.25 crore despite a slight slide from the previous day's numbers.
Rajinikanth called actor Suri to praise his new film Mandaadi, which has grossed close to Rs 50 crore since its September 10 release. Actor Sarathkumar also praised the sea-shot survival drama on social media.
Sardar 2 has crawled to a four-day gross of Rs 13 crore, per Pinkvilla's tracking, as Soori-Suhas starrer Mandaadi eats into its footfalls and word of mouth stays lukewarm across states.
Fresh BookMyShow numbers show Sardar 2 selling under 38,000 tickets in a day while Mandaadi crossed 3 lakh, a gap trade watchers say has only grown since release.
Mandaadi has collected ₹34.60 crore in four days, per Sacnilk, and is closing in on recovering its ₹75 crore budget with a ₹100 crore target now in sight for the Soori-starrer.
Four days in, Mandaadi's box office run over Sardar 2 has turned into a rout, with Soori's film pulling in more on a single Saturday than Karthi's sequel has made in its entire run.
Soori and Suhas's Mandaadi has crossed ₹30 crore worldwide in three days, per trade estimates, with Sunday advance sales and rising Telugu screen counts pushing it past Sardar 2 at the box office.