You bring up a good point. It is true that Sivaji lost money in some areas but there was an overwhelming number of areas where there was overflow. Based on this, one cannot generalize by saying Sivaji was a loss because overall Sivaji was a very successful movie. The dynamics for a Rajini film in the US is different from an interior TN region. That said, with Lingaa, it is different because the sell price is uniformly higher which is not being matched by the rate of return in many areas.