'Ponniyin Selvan' Day 5 Box Office Collections: Mani Ratnam's Film Becomes Fastest To Cross 100 Crores In Tamil Nadu

Here is the box office collection of the film according to Pinkvilla.

Friday - Rs. 38.50 crores
Saturday - Rs. 35.50 crores
Sunday - Rs. 39 crores
Monday - Rs. 25 crores
Tuesday - Rs. 27.50 crores

Total - Rs. 165.50 crores

PS-1 collected Rs. 18.50 crores approx in Tamil Nadu yesterday, crossing the Rs. 100 crores mark in a record pace of five days. It bettered the previous best of seven days taken by Sarkar and Bigil by full two days.

The fastest to Rs. 100 crores mark in Tamil Nadu are listed below:

Ponniyin Selvan: Part 1 - 5 days
Sarkar - 7 days
Bigil - 7 days
Beast - 8 days
Vikram - 8 days
Master - 9 days
Mersal - 12 days
Viswasam - 14 days
Baahubali 2 - 15 days
2.0 - 18 days

The film is all set to surpass Vikram in Tamil Nadu and that may happen before the end of the second week. The first week for the film will be around Rs. 130 crores approx and by the end of the second weekend, it can be around Rs. 170-175 crores, leaving just Rs. 7-12 crores to become the biggest grosser in the state, which may happen on next Tuesday or Wednesday.

Outside Tamil Nadu, the film recorded a jump on Tuesday everywhere with exception of Andhra Pradesh where there was a minor drop.?

The territorial breakdown for Ponniyin Selvan at the Indian box office is as follows:

Tamil Nadu - Rs. 100.75 crores
AP/TS - Rs. 17.75 crores
Karnataka - Rs. 16.25 crores
Kerala - Rs. 15.25 crores
North India - Rs. 15.50 crores

Total - Rs. 165.50 crores