Mersal day 1 box-office report, Thalapathy Vijay takes charge

Thalapathy Vijay's Mersal has taken a dream-like opening all over the world. Here are a few highlights from its terrific Day 1,

- All time best Day 1 gross in Chennai city (1.52 CR)
- All time best Day 1 TN gross (final number awaited, but said to be more than 20 CR surely)
- All time best Day 1 gross for a Tamil film in the UK (94,311£) and Australia (133,057 A$)
- 2nd highest all-India gross in 2017, behind only Baahubali 2
- Non-Rajini premiere record for a Tamil film in the US (357,925 US$)

As numbers from the other markets are being tracked, we can expect a lot more additions to the above list. We shall update you!