Kanguva box office collection day 1: Suriya has career-best opening, but fails to beat Vijay's greatest of all time and Rajni's Vettaiyan

 Day 1 Kanguva box office collection: 

Suriya went pan-Indian with his latest release, Kanguva, released in theatres on November 14. The Tamil reincarnation drama, directed by Koratala Siva, fared well in advance bookings and was expected to take a grand opening at the box office. It did, to a certain extent, but still fell short of the expectations.

Kanguva box office collection day 1:

According to early estimates from Sacnilk, Kanguva earned ₹22 crore net on of it's opening day in India. The film saw 30-40% occupancy across the day in all theatres. This is healthy but not at par with some of the other openings of big Tamil films recently. For reference, the films of superstars Rajini and Vijay see 50-60% occupancy in most places. The ₹22-crore collection did make it Suriya' super best-ever opening, beating Singam II's ₹12-crore opening by a country mile.

Kanguva's subpar opening:

However, given that Kanguva is one of the most expensive Indian films ever made (with a reported ₹350-crore budget), the ₹22-crore opening is considerably low. Kanguva is the third-highest-opening Tamil film of the year, behind Vijay's GOAT and Rajinikanth's Vettaiyan. The latter's lifetime haul was under Kanguva's budget despite the high opening, which should be a cause of concern for the Suriya-starrer. Sivakarthikeyan's Amaran, released two weeks ago and running in theatres successfully, may have also impacted Kanguva. Since the biopic is still doing well, Kanguva has not been able to secure a screen count as high as it would have liked.