{"id":8906,"date":"2018-11-07T11:05:17","date_gmt":"2018-11-07T05:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dgzmedia.com\/?p=8906"},"modified":"2020-04-29T14:12:54","modified_gmt":"2020-04-29T08:42:54","slug":"sarkar-creates-history-becomes-the-highest-grossing-film-in-chennai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dgzmedia.com\/news\/sarkar-creates-history-becomes-the-highest-grossing-film-in-chennai\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarkar creates history; becomes the highest-grossing film in Chennai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Director <strong>A. R. Murgadoss&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/dgzmedia.com\/movie-reviews\/vijay-sarkar-review\/\">Sarkar<\/a><\/strong> starring <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dgzmedia.com\/featured\/5-admirable-facts-about-vijay\/\">Vijay<\/a> <\/strong>hit the screens on 6th November, on the auspicious occasion of Deepavali. The pre-release buzz of the film was so high that tickets were sold out within minutes in ticketing websites and in theatres. The film opened in over 3000 screens across the globe. Prior to its release, Sarkar was mired in controversy A. R. Murugadoss of plagiarising his script, however, going by the box-office numbers this controversy didn&#8217;t affect the fate of the film.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TBFEczGa0H8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It is now reported that the film has taken a record opening in the Tamil Nadu box-office, beating the day one collect of Vijay&#8217;s previous release Mersal. It has registered 2.3 crores at the box-office. Noted trade analyst also spoke about it. He took to his Twitter handle to say \u201cThe hugely awaited #Tamil biggie #Sarkar, which opened today, has got fantastic showcasing outside Tamil Nadu as well\u2026 In Mumbai, for instance, the plexes have allotted 8, 9, even 11 and 12 shows every day, which is a rarity\u2026 The hype is truly tremendous\u2026 #SarkarDiwali.\u201d He also spoke about the film&#8217;s performance in the UK. He said &#8221;<a class=\"twitter-hashtag pretty-link js-nav\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Sarkar?src=hash\" data-query-source=\"hashtag_click\"><s>#<\/s><b>Sarkar<\/b><\/a> mania grips <a class=\"twitter-hashtag pretty-link js-nav\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UK?src=hash\" data-query-source=\"hashtag_click\"><s>#<\/s><b>UK<\/b><\/a>&#8230; A midweek release [Tuesday], yet the <a class=\"twitter-hashtag pretty-link js-nav\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Tamil?src=hash\" data-query-source=\"hashtag_click\"><s>#<\/s><b>Tamil<\/b><\/a> biggie has embarked on an AWESOME start in <a class=\"twitter-hashtag pretty-link js-nav\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UK?src=hash\" data-query-source=\"hashtag_click\"><s>#<\/s><b>UK<\/b><\/a>&#8230; In fact, such impressive numbers *on a weekday* are a rarity in this market&#8230; Tuesday \u00a3 122,513 [\u20b9 1.17 cr] \/ 42 locations <a class=\"twitter-atreply pretty-link js-nav\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Comscore\" data-mentioned-user-id=\"19781200\"><s>@<\/s><b>comScore<\/b><\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Sarkar?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Sarkar<\/a> mania grips <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UK?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UK<\/a>&#8230; A midweek release [Tuesday], yet the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Tamil?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Tamil<\/a> biggie has embarked on an AWESOME start in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UK?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UK<\/a>&#8230; In fact, such impressive numbers *on a weekday* are a rarity in this market&#8230;<br \/>\nTuesday \u00a3 122,513 [\u20b9 1.17 cr] \/ 42 locations<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Comscore?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@comScore<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/taran_adarsh\/status\/1060039247741149184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 7, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nApart from Vijay, the film\u00a0starred<strong> Keerthy Suresh, Radha Ravi, <\/strong>and<strong> Varalakshmi Sarathkumar<\/strong> among others. 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