There's no stopping the box office rampage of 'Thalapathy' Vijay's Leo as it has now been declared to be an industry hit after registering the highest total gross collection in the history of Tamil cinema within seven days of its release. The team of the mass action drama film dropped the big announcement on Thursday, October 26, along with a new poster showing the box office figures to be 461+ crores, setting a new round of celebrations among the Tamil superstar's fans. Sharing the latest box office collections as on day 7, Leo's director Lokesh Kanagaraj also expressed his joy revealing that he's happy for his producers Lalit Kumar of 7 Screen Studio and Jagadish Palanisamy.
Happy for my producers @7screenstudio & @Jagadishbliss 🔥 pic.twitter.com/GwvpMxS3cL
— Lokesh Kanagaraj (@Dir_Lokesh) October 26, 2023
This latest announcement about Leo from the team has come after the film recorded the highest day 1 worldwide gross collection for an Indian film in 2023 with 148.5 crores+. The response to the film directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj and featuring music composed by 'Rockstar' Anirudh Ravichander has been nothing short of staggering as theatres and multiplexes are running housefull shows, with the demand for tickets among audiences continuing to be high. With Leo now setting a new Tamil cinema record, all sights are now on the film's theatrical run, and the lifetime box office returns in the days ahead.
With Leo's theatrical run now entering the second week, the film continues to witness a strong audience turnout in theatres overseas as well and has already broken a number of box office records in several countries and regions. The Vijay, Lokesh Kanagaraj, and Anirudh trio have once again tasted their biggest success in their second outing together after the blockbuster, Master (2021), and are being showered with immense love from fans everywhere for delivering a banger of a theatrical entertainer. Leo has Vijay sharing screen space with Trisha Krishnan once again after 15 years, with the cast also featuring Sanjay Dutt, Arjun, Mysskin, and Sandy master in negative roles, while Gautham Menon, Mansoor Ali Khan, Priya Anand, Mathew Thomas, among others also make appearances.
