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Box Office: 'Leo' Beats 'Vikram' To Become The 4th Highest-Grossing Tamil Film Worldwide
Chennai, October 24 - Thalapathy Vijay's action drama Leo, directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj, has become the 4th highest-grossing Tamil movie of all time at the worldwide box office. It has crossed Kamal Haasan's mega-blockbuster "Vikram" which grossed approximately 415 crores last year.## "Leo", which is part of director Lokesh's Cinematic Universe (LCU), surpassed "Vikram", also directed by Lokesh from LCU, on its 5th day and became the 4th biggest Tamil grosser of all-time and the biggest in the LCU. It will reach around 450 crores worldwide gross by the end of 6th day. ## Produced by Seven Screen Studio, "Leo" has taken full advantage of the holiday period with the extraordinary collection. The latest LCU blockbuster has minted approximately 255.50 crores gross at the domestic box office while overseas collection stands at approx. 160 crores after the first 5 days. ## "Leo" is also the fastest Tamil movie to top 400 crores worldwide, beating the previous record of 6 days taken by Rajinikanth and Akshay Kumar's "2.0". It will top the 500 crores gross mark by the second Friday and will become only the 3rd Tamil movie, beating "Ponniyin Selvan - 1" (490 crores approx.), and the first for Thalapathy to do so. ## The highest-grossing Tamil movie is "2.0" with approximately 723 crores, followed by "Jailer", also starred Rajinikanth, with 605 crores worldwide. "Leo" will try to reach around "Jailer" and might cross it if manages to hold well during the weekdays after the holiday period. ## Stay tuned...
