Box Office Collections

[cinema]

0.5 crore difference makes one movie a blockbuster! The underdog is "above average"?

Can we apply the same logic to "overseas total"?

Very logical question indeed. Provided the cost of the movie and selling price of the movie are the same. Is that the case here?
Even at less than one crore collection pisasu can be hit.

[thamiz]

I dont know lingaa budget. Would it be 90 crores? It is certainly not as big as enthiran. Nobody wanted to spend money for enthiran budget as it was BIG and one needs to wait for two years for the movie to hit silver screen.

Why would any distributor pay more than how much they paid for enthiran?

[selvamohankumar]

It seems USA is Rajni's territory , followed by Kamal. I am not seeing much BO reports from Canada, Canada has a "MASSIVE" Tamil population compared to USA, mainly due to Eezha Diaspora !

Thalaivarae u missed kaththi

[SenGOEk]

@AndhraBoxOffice
2014 South Films (Only Original Version) Biggest Earners:
1. #Kaththi
2. #Lingaa
3. #RaceGurram
4. #Yevadu
5. #GAV

[Kumaran.P]

Rajasekar @sekartweets :
Outside TN BO toppers 2014 (gross) - Kerala : #Kaththi, Karnataka - #Lingaa(profit wise : #Kaththi, second in gross), ROI: #Lingaa

[Kumaran.P]

Sreedhar Pillai @sri50 :
Top10 Tamil Grossers of 2014 at TN box-office.Films which have grossed highest as per trade sources.Disclaimer- does not vouch 4 it.
Sreedhar Pillai @sri50 :
Top10- 10.Manjapai 9 Aranmanai 8.Maan Karate7.Anjaan 6.Kochadaiiyan 5.Jilla 4.Veeram 3. Velaiyilla Pattathari 2.Lingaa (running) 1 Kaththi.

[SenGOEk]

Rajini and Vijay share the honors for 2014

Among the overseas markets, US and UK hold a key significance and contribute a healthy chunk to any noted Tamil film's overseas gross. This year, we had films from almost all the big stars such as Rajini, Vijay, Ajith and Suriya, and expectedly their films have grabbed the Top 5 spots for box-office gross in the US and UK.

The data below has been tracked by Rentrak, a trusted overseas box-office reporting tool.

US Top 5 grossers for 2014
1. Lingaa - 1.51 million USD (Tamil and Telugu)
2. Kochadaiiyaan - 635,000 USD (Tamil only)
3. Kaththi - 622,000 USD
4. Veeram - 243,955 USD
5. Jilla - 230,221 USD

UK Top 5 for 2014
1. Kaththi - 333,522 pounds
2. Lingaa - Between 245,000 to 260,000 pounds
3. Jilla - 243,029 pounds
4. Kochadaiiyaan - 157,033 pounds
5. Anjaan - 117,822 pounds

http://behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-...-for-2014.html

[uruzalari]

Rakesh Gowthaman @VettriTheatres · 6h 6 hours ago
Here We Go #VettriTopTen 2010-14
1 #Enthiran
2 #Thuppakki
3 #Ko
4 #Mankatha
5 #Nanban
6 #Kaththi
7 #Singam2
8 #OkOk
9 #RajaRani
10 #Aarambam

[SenGOEk]

Top 10 Kerala box office in all time for tamil movies

6 Vijay movies are in the list..Well said Kerala is Thalapathy fort

[leosimha]

Kollywood created a new record by releasing as many as 212 films in the year which draws to a close tomorrow. Even last Friday, we had four films including Arya-Hansika’sMeaghamann hitting the screens. Except for Kamal Haasan, Simbu and Vikram, all major actors had at least one of their films releasing this year. Let’s now have a look at the top five heroes of 2014.

Rajinikanth: As always, superstar Rajinikanth emerges on top. Rajini had two releases this year: one was Kochadaiiyaan, the country’s first-ever 3-D animation film made at Rs.125 crore. It did very well in Tamil but not so well in other languages. Lingaa, which was Rajini’s second release, got mixed reviews but has been going great guns in theatres. It collected Rs.140 crores in its first three days and despite the films which released around Christmas, Lingaa is motoring ahead.

Ajith: Thala Ajith had his Veeram releasing on Pongal in January and was pleasing to watch for his fans as well as movie-goers. It had a typically grand opening one has come to watch in Ajith’s films. Though it wasn’t a super-duper hit, it can be termed as a ‘hit’.

Vijay: Ilayathalapathy Vijay had a mixed bag this year as he had two releases: Jilla and Kaththi. Jilla released with Ajith’s Veeram during Pongal but ran for 100 days only in Baby Albert in Chennai that too only for the matinee show. The producer has acknowledged that the returns were not what he had anticipated. Kaththi, Vijay’s second film of the year directed by A.R. Murugadoss, was dogged by controversies but the makers again claimed that the film had collected more than Rs.100 crore, a claim not agreed to by many trade pundits.

Dhanush starred in one of the biggest hits of the year in the form of Velai Iilla Pattathari(VIP), which was also the debut film as director for famed cinematographer Velraj. The film, which had catchy tunes by Anirudh, catapulted Dhanush once again into the top bracket after his string of failures in Tamil in the past few years.

Sivakarthikeyan may not have been able to repeat his super-success of last year’sVaruthapadatha Valibar Sangam when his Maan Karate released early this year. Yet, it was neither a super-hit nor a failure either. It also steadied Sivakarthikeyan’s career graph, making him one of the five successful heroes of the year.

Link - http://www.kollytalk.com/cinenews/to...14-202294.html