Chennai Box-office: 'Anniyan' attack

A new box-office record has been created at Chennai box-office for weekend (June 17-19) with Anniyan grossing a whopping Rs 50,24,063 from six big theatres (Sathyam, Albert, Sangam, Padmam, Maharani, Kasi). From Sathyam Cinemas alone (14 shows at Sathyam, and two additional morning shows at Santham, Subham and Sree on Sat & Sun) Anniyan has grossed an unbelievable Rs 14, 07,870 from a single multiplex in South India for a weekend!

Sathyam Cinemas- Rs 14, 07,870
Albert- Rs 10,49,944
Sangam- Rs 7,51,884
Padmam- Rs 3,98,592
Maharani- Rs 6,28,995
Kasi- Rs 7,86,778

Total Gross-Rs 50,24,063.

Finally after 10 weeks at the number one position Chandramukhi has been dethroned and is now at the second position. Batman Begins is at third position, Parineeta at number four and Mr & Mrs Smith at fifth place.

Film	Cast	Pluses	Minuses	Trade fact
Anniyan	Vikram, Sada, Prakash Raj, Vivek	Vikram, riveting climax scene.	A bit too lengthy in the first half.	Is a super hit and has grossed Rs 50,24,063, the highest ever three day opening for any film in Chennai.
Chandramukhi	Rajnikanth, Prabhu, Jyothika, Nayantara	Superstar	No comments	Still going steady in its tenth week.
Batman Begins	Christian Bale, Katie Holmes	Engrossing	Long winded.	Has taken 100 percent opening at Sree.
Parineeta	Saif Ali Khan, Vidya Balan, Sanjay Dutt	Story and presentation. Performance of lead actors	Nothing really	The class film has netted Rs 8.03 Lakhs from two Chennai screens .
Mr & Mrs Smith	Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie	Pitt and Jolie chemistry on screen	Wafer-thin storyline and is bit too long	Has taken 100 percent opening at Sree theatre

(Ratings are based on the box office collections and the cost of the film)

Courtesy : Moviebuzz