ஐ - Shankar + Vikram + Amy Jackson + ARR

**nickraman** · 9th February 2015, 06:23 AM

Originally Posted by Avadi to America

Ok I leave it up to you....

The reason i was shocked to see I movie was taken after 2nd weekend is Shankar is a brand in his own league among Telugu audience... In DC metro, there are more Telugu people live than Tamil (easily 2 to 1 ratio)... The movie was released in record no of screens in US particularly for Telugu version....but shocking to see the movie just made above 1 million.... A top telugu star movie easily makes more than 1.5M.... Being released in both tamil and telugu, I did not make it big.... that's why.

Avadi is correct. I was not enough to warrant a repeat crowd despite low ticket pricing. Moreso, the length backfired word-of-mouth despite Vikram's performance and guts to do koonan character. Second, this wasn't family friendly as Enthiran was, so am not surprised it was taken off after first weekend. I just made the 1 mil mark, but no where will it touch Enthiran/VR level of collection. Graphics and China scenes aside, it's really a DVD watch for an ordinary output.

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**selvakumar** · 9th February 2015, 06:59 AM

Lingaa was removed like I here. I am surprised how it collected 1m. I think if we assume same ticket price, it will be in the range of 500-600k. But Lingaa will be more than I for sure given the no of screens/shows compared to I

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**Adox** · 9th February 2015, 05:42 PM

You missed his point. With all the record screens and the Tamil/Telugu release combined, 1M is not much for I .. And nobody is comparing this to Endhiran. As per a lot of media it has crossed 200C. If you know anything to the contrary, please post reference links.

**ajaybaskar** · 9th February 2015, 07:59 PM

Really shocked to see Ai still running in Dubai. Not many Tamil films reach the 4th week here.

**Pras** · 9th February 2015, 08:03 PM

Originally Posted by ajaybaskar

Really shocked to see Ai still running in Dubai. Not many Tamil films reach the 4th week here.

yea heard the news about dubai 4th week ... some said "first south indian movie to reach 4th week"-nu ... athu unmai illa yaa ?

**paranitharan** · 10th February 2015, 07:06 AM

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**selvakumar** · 10th February 2015, 07:12 AM

Originally Posted by bill4u

You missed his point. With all the record screens and the Tamil/Telugu release combined, 1M is not much for I .. And nobody is comparing this to Endhiran. As per a lot of media it has crossed 200C. If you know anything to the contrary, please post reference links.

No. There was a clear demarcation between I and Lingaa give that the later was priced at 25. It opened at least double the number of of screens in Boston. So, I am not surprised but only perplexed at total collections at 1m. If I assume both did well, Kochadayaan should be in the same range. That's why I asked why there is a huge gap. May be Kochadayaan wasn't priced like this. If I is touching Lingaa and is true, it means more people have watched it in relatively less screens.l at low price!!!

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**selvakumar** · 10th February 2015, 07:19 AM

Originally Posted by bill4u

For Telugu/Hindi 1M is not a yardstick. But only a handful of Tamil movies have breached the 1M mark. That has been only Kamal/Rajini so far. For a Vikram movie to have done it is a feat .. Maybe you overestimated what it could collect. Although released in record screens, the run seems to be short ( < 2 weeks) to achieve a bigger #. The other movies which did 1M+ have run more than double this.

Sorry. Missed this one. I think both of us are more or less on the same page.

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**ilayapuyalvinodh_kumar** · 10th February 2015, 01:25 PM

Watched I 2nd time yesterday ! This time went for Rahmanji ! That BGM during Gym Fight

Film BGM

All songs kickass..... After a long time i'm seeing a film exclusively for it's songs !!! Ladio step appo just mersals only... No matter how many times u see it !