Will Vivegam beat Theri's record in the USA?
Ajith's Vivegam has taken a superb opening across USA today and the movie had collected $214,176 from reported 159 locations. This is the highest premiere collection for an Ajith film released so far in the USA. Also, this is by far the highest premiere gross by any Tamil film released this year. The movie has to collect $700k to approach the break even.
TOP 5 Box Office USA premiere - 2017
| Tamil Films (2017) | Gross |
| Vivegam | $214,176 |
| Bairavaa | $81,208 |
| Kaatru Veliyidai | $62,192 |
| Singam 3 |
&$40,563 |
| VIP 2 |
$21,000 |
For a non-Rajinikanth film, Vivegam is just behind Theri ($214,668) and Vivegam is likely to overhaul Theri once all locations report the collections.