Tamil actor Vijay's
Mersal, which released worldwide on 18 October for Diwali, has breached the whopping $10 million mark at the overseas box office, with the overall foreign earning standing at $11.1 million (Rs. 71.8 crores) in twelve days.
In 2017, Aamir Khan's box-office hurricane
Dangal (which released on 23 December), Shah Rukh Khan's
Raees and director SS Rajamouli - Prabhas' mega-blockbuster
Baahubali 2 are the only three films to have crossed the $10 million mark in overseas.
Raking in $10 million from overseas markets is an extraordinary milestone for a Tamil film, and it shows the fast-rising box-office mettle of actor Vijay in foreign territories. In fact,
Mersal is only the fourth Tamil release after Rajinikanth's
Enthiran,
Kabali and
Baahubali 2 (Tamil version) to accomplish this incredible run.
Singapore, Sri Lanka, UAE, NZ and other regions
Mersal is also raking in the moolah at Singapore, Sri Lanka, UAE, NZ and other regions. The film, in its first week, became the fastest Tamil outing to gross SGD 1 million in Singapore. Until October 28th, the number of UAE entries for the film touched 134K with an estimated revenue of $1.208 million (Rs. 7.85 crores). In the first weekend (October 19-22) of UAE,
Mersal managed to tower above Bollywood films
Golmaal Againand
Secret Superstar to stay on top.
At the end of 8 days, the estimated gross of
Mersal in Sri Lanka was LRK 10 cr (Rs. 4.24 crores). It also registered the biggest opening for an Indian film in Sri Lanka. In New Zealand,
Mersal released in 6 locations, a record number for a Tamil film and showed promised in the opening weekend a reported gross of NZ$ 30,005 (Rs. 13.6 lakhs), which is the second best for a Tamil movie after
Baahubali 2. After the second weekend, the total gross in NZ now stands at NZ$ 38,013 (Rs 16.88 lakhs).
The film also set an opening weekend record (October18-22) in Norway with a gross of NOK 307,134 ($38,473), outscoring
Baahubali 2's NOK 306,450 ($35,696).
Note: All the overseas box-office numbers are compiled and reported by the global media measurement and research company Rentrak Corporation.
Mersal box office collection: Vijay-starrer grosses over $11 mn from international markets in 12 days