After opening in theatres on Friday, Mani Ratnam’s historical epic Ponniyin Selvan: 1 was well-received by both audiences and reviewers. The film has enjoyed a strong start at the box office thanks to favourable reviews and years of anticipation. The movie not only had a phenomenal opening in India, but also outside. Tweeted Lyca Productions PS: I had the highest opening day gross ever for a Tamil movie with Rs 80 crore worldwide.

In Tamil Nadu, the movie, which is a remake of the same-named Kalki Krishnamurthy book, has brought in Rs 25.86 crore, outpacing SS Rajamouli’s RRR and Kamal Haasan’s Vikram. Manobala Vijayabalan, a film trade analyst, observed that “#PonniyinSelvan part 1 is off to a FANTASTIC start at the box office. The movie made $25.86 million on Day 1 in the state. third-largest debut of the year. The two movies that are in front of PS1 are Beast and Valimai (Rs 36.17 cr) (Rs 26.40 cr).

According to Box Office India, the Hindi circuit collected roughly Rs 1.75 crore. In the Hindi-speaking countries, the movie faces fierce competition from Vikram Vedha, which stars Saif Ali Khan and Hrithik Roshan. On its first day, Vikram Vedha made about Rs 11.56 crore.

Ramesh Bala reported that Ponniyin Selvan: I had the highest box office take for a Tamil movie ever in the USA. “#PS1 becomes the first Tamil movie to do back-to-back $1 million per day (Sept. 29th and 30th) in USA,” he tweeted. The movie did well in Australia as well. “#PS1 All-time Highest No. 1 Opening for a Tamil Film in Australia for Day 1.. A$427K,” he wrote. #Master held the previous record with A$283K.

Ponniyin Selvan: I’ve wowed critics of movies. It was a “faithful” and “excellent” adaptation, according to Kirubhakar Purushothaman of Indianexpress.com, with no dull parts. He stated in his assessment that Mani Ratnam “retains its flavour and neither intellectualises nor dumbs it down” because he “understands Kalki’s novel is a mainstream page-turner.”

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