Top 5 biggest openers in Tamil before 'Ponniyin Selvan'
Mani Ratnam's 'Ponniyin Selvan' has got one of the biggest openings at the box office.
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As the film had done record business, let's take a look at the top five biggest openers.
Rajinikanth and Akshay Kumar's '2.0', which was released in 2018, is credited as the biggest opener of the all-time as it minted Rs 93.3 crore on the first day.
Rajinikanth's 'Kabali', which was released in 2017, had grossed Rs 87.5 crore after releasing in three languages (Tamil, Telugu and Hindi).
Vijay's 'Beast', which was released in 2022, grossed Rs 87.5 crore on the first day from five versions (Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi).
Vijay's 'Sarkar', which was released in 2018, grossed Rs 66.9 crore on the first day from two languages (Tamil and Telugu).
Vijay's 'Bigil', which was released in 2019, had earned Rs 63.4 crore from two versions (Tamil and Telugu) at the worldwide box office.