Cobra has Excellent opening in Tamil Nadu; Fifth best of 2022, Eyes biggest opening day for Chiyaan Vikram

Cobra is off to an excellent start at the Tamil Nadu box office with 55-60 per cent opening in the morning shows. The Chiyaan Vikram starrer action thriller has taken the fifth best opening of the year in Tamil Nadu just behind Beast, Valimai, Vikram and KGF Chapter 2.

By Jatinder Singh

Updated on Aug 31, 2022 | 04:41 PM IST | 345.4K

Cobra starring Chiyaan Vikram (image courtesy Red Giant Movies)

Cobra is off to an excellent start at the Tamil Nadu box office with 55-60 per cent opening in the morning shows. Outside Tamil Nadu, the film opened to good numbers in Karnataka and Kerala is decent. There is also a Telugu dubbed version of the film, that opened well in Telugu states, especially in bigger centres like Hyderabad and Vizag.

The Chiyaan Vikram starrer action thriller has taken the fifth best opening of the year in Tamil Nadu just behind Beast, Valimai, Vikram and KGF Chapter 2. KGF Chapter 2 had the best start of the year in terms of occupancies but the volume of business was low due to a much smaller release. Cobra has a wider release of closer to 500 cinemas in the state.

The way the morning shows have started, a double-digit opening day in Tamil Nadu is quite likely, which will be the biggest opening day for Vikram. The start is considerably better than RRR, which opened to Rs. 10.30 crores, but that film had a very big pick in the evening and night shows. Usually, after a strong start in the morning, there is a bit of slow down during the matinee and then pick-up starts in the evening. Since today is a holiday, the slowdown could be less than normal for Cobra.

The top openings of 2022 in morning shows in terms of occupancies in Tamil Nadu are as follows:

Kollywood is having an excellent year at the box office. There was a bit of a dull period after Vikram in July but that has passed with recent performances of Thiruchitrambalam, Viruman and Sita Ramam. Now the start of Cobra is another addition to the list of winners.

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