Constraints

• Did not have a proper release in the Chengalpet distribution circuit, the biggest circuit in Tamil Nadu.
• During a screening in Canada, the screen it played in faced an attack. This affected Theri’s performance in the long run.

• On its first day, it set records in all distribution circuits in Tamil Nadu. (Except Chengalpet)
• 3rd highest Tamil grosser behind Enthiran and “I”
• In Chennai, Theri set the record for the highest grossing film. Outside of Chennai, all other territories were second to Enthiran (Disregarding the Chengalpet circuit)
• The only film after Enthiran to gross over 10 crores in 4 different circuits in Tamil Nadu.
• 2nd highest grossing South Indian film in Kerala after Shankar’s “I”.
• First Non-Rajini/Shankar South Indian film to gross over 150 crores worldwide.
• Highest grossing Vijay film.

• Chennai City - 11.75 Cr (6.4 Cr Share)
• Chengalpet Circuit - 8.72 Cr (5 Cr Share)
• Coimbatore Circuit - 15 Cr (10.35 Cr Share)
• Madurai Circuit - 10.5 Cr (7.5 Cr Share)
• North/South Arcot Circuit - 10 Cr (7 Cr Share)
• Trichy-Thanjavur Circuit - 8.28 Cr (5.8 Cr Share)
• Salem Circuit - 6.75 Cr (4.85 Cr Share)
• Tirunelveli-Kanyakumari Circuit - 5 Cr (3.6 Cr Share)

Theri grosses a huge 87 crores after it's first weekend worldwide. The movie became a record opener for actor Vijay and in some areas, a record for Tamil films. In Tamil Nadu, the film grossed a huge 37.5 crores after 4 days which is outstanding without a Chengalpet release that could have added 8 crores to it's home state total. The film has created a record in Chennai city grossing nearly 4 crores in it's weekend. Other big areas like Coimbatore set records as well. In Kerala, the movie held the second highest opening weekend for a Tamil film after Shankar's "I". The film grossed nearly 10 crores in Kerala during the weekend which is near actor Vijay's career record of 10.5 crores in the state. Karnataka set records for the actor as well with it's gross above 5 crores. Andhra/TG had a decent opening for a Vijay film but failed to create any records for the actor. Overseas the film was grand grossing 30 crores in it's opening weekend, a record for the actor once again and one of the best openings in Kollywood. Malaysia witnessed an average opening surprisingly mostly due to the fact it wasn't a festive release. It still was expected to gross more than 5 crores in it's weekend. Other territories on the other hand were marvelous with the film nearing the $1 million mark in North America. In the UK, Theri set the record for the highest opening weekend for a Tamil film crossing Rajini's Enthiran. Theri did great business in Australia as well outperforming Sharukh Khan's film "Fan". A big deal this is to outperform a big budgeted Hindi film. Singapore and Sri Lanka were all similar as well grossing huge numbers in a short number of time. The film is already declared a huge success in France and other parts of Europe as well. Most territories will be career highs for Vijay despite the mixed reviews the film has received. Overseas looks like a guarantee success and so does Kerala, Karnataka, and the rest of India. Tamil Nadu looks a bit risky but still has the chance to become a profitable venture. Whether or not the mixed reception will affect the film in these territories will be seen next week.

Delayed Telugu Version 1st Day Gross - 1.30 Cr

Theri release on a grand scale opening on 1748 screens on April 14th. With a normal Chengalpet release, screen count would have went past 1800. Theri is Vijay's widest Tamil version release yet. Kerala touched 200 screens making it Vijay's second biggest release there and the 4th biggest Tamil release. Theri got a total of 950 screens in India. Outside of India, Theri release on a huge 720 screens. It's Malaysia release is the biggest yet for a Tamil film as Theri was released on 200 screens in the country. North America was huge as well with 170 screens on the continent. It's UK release was grand but wasn't Vijay's biggest release there. In the Gulf, Theri on the other hand had a huge release in 80 screens with the UAE contributing 55. Sri Lanka touched a huge 40 theaters while Singapore got 13 screens. In Europe, Theri had a total screen count over 190 screens. With it's India and overseas screen count, Theri had a total of 1748 screens worldwide.