Thalapathy Vijay’s ‘GOAT’.
Thalapathy Vijay has set foot in theaters with his recent action thriller ‘The Greatest of All Time’ (GOAT). The actor has once again decided to entertain his fans a lot. The film is getting mixed response, but there is no shortage in earnings. It has become a successful Tamil opener by beating ‘Bahubali’, ‘2.0’, ‘Jailer’ and ‘Ponniyin Selvan’. Thalapathy Vijay’s ‘Greatest of All Time’ (GOAT) is set to break many box office records in the coming days. The film has earned a huge amount on the first day itself and is determined to make big records. With a good start on Thursday, the film has earned more than Rs 40 crore.
The film is making a lot of money
According to SaccNilc, the action film earned Rs 43 crore on its first day, with the biggest contribution coming from its OG Tamil version, which earned Rs 38.3 crore. The other English and Telugu versions earned Rs 3 crore respectively. Trade analysts predict that if this momentum continues till Sunday, GOAT will easily touch the Rs 200 crore mark in its opening weekend, as there are no other big films releasing this Friday. Its main competition in North India is still with Rajkummar Rao and Shraddha Kapoor starrer Stree 2.
GOAT is not releasing in national cinemas
National cinema chains like PVR, INOX and Cinepolis have not released GOAT. Film critic and trade analyst Taran Adarsh on Wednesday, a day before the film’s release, explained the reason behind this. In his Instagram post, he explained that national cinemas have been following a policy for quite some time, under which all new English films must have a gap of 8 weeks between their release in theaters and their premiere on OTT platforms.
About the film
‘Greatest of All Time’ (GOAT) is reportedly made on a massive budget of around Rs 400 crore, making it one of the most expensive films to be produced in 2024. Apart from Thalapathy Vijay, the film also stars Prashanth, Prabhu Deva, Mohan, Jayaram, Sneha, Laila, Ajmal Ameer, Meenakshi Chowdhary, Parvatiya Nair, Vaibhav, Yogi Babu, Premgi Amaren, Yugendran Vasudevan and Akilan. GOAT is written and directed by Venkat Prabhu and has music composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja. According to Sacnilk, the film has sold around 1 million tickets in advance booking on the first day.
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