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Dasavathaaram (Dasavatharam) has not only lived up to the hype it created but it has, in fact, surpassed it. The film has witnessed a never-seen-before opening and is still sustaining the same tempo even after completing almost two weeks in theatres.

This is a historic moment for all of us from South India to be very proud of. As Dasavatharam has placed 7th in the overseas weekend box office for the week ending June 13-15. This data is taken from a well known authentic infact one of the leading box office reporting sites in the world called Boxofficemojo.com. Dasavatharam is the First Time a Tamil Movie has ever been placed in the top 10 at the International Box Office chart being published in this website with a total collection of $4,632,719 (US Figures). The collection equals to approximately 19.7 Crores for 3 days.

In UK Box Office Dasavatharam on it’s 2nd weekend (June 20- 22) is in the 19th position with a collection of $88,311 (US Figures) or Rs.37.63 Lakhs. The drop of 64.2 % is the norm for all Tamil Movies being released there. It will without a doubt become the 2nd Highest Grossing Tamil Movie ever there by next weekend behind Sivaji and this will be the only “overseas” market where it has no chance of catching up to Sivaji’s gross. Dasavatharam is clearly way ahead in terms of “overall” collection in all other territories combined.

Sources:

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/intl/weekend/?yr=2008&wk=24&p=.htm

Comparisons with Sivaji

When you compare the “Overall” Box Office Collections of DASAVATHARAM to Sivaji from last year during the same time frame it becomes very clear who is in the lead clearly…it is DASAVATHARAM BY MILES! Here’s the Link for Sivaji’s International Collection reported by the same Boxofficemojo.com after 2 weeks from 13 territories (same as Dasavatharam) from last year (2007).

Source: http://www.boxofficemojo.com/intl/weekend/?yr=2007&wk=25&p=.htm

As you can see the collection figures of Sivaji was $3,705,252 (US Figures) or Rs. 15.8 Crore. Whereas the Box Office figures for Dasavatharam after the same time period from the same amount of territories is Rs.49.67 Crore. Therefore it can easily be proclaimed as the Highest Grossing Movie in the History of Tamil Cinema

Bad Reviews, Mixed Reviews or Excellent Reviews never decides the fate of a movie at the box office. It can certainly help or hurt it a little bit but it’s ultimately the paying public who are the judges when it comes to which movies becomes a BLOCKBUSTER or a Flop. In the case of DASAVATHARAM the public has given it two BIG thumbs up and welcomed it with open arms despite a continuous effort from a lot of people from different sectors to downplay it’s success at the Box Office….the actual numbers however tell an entirely different story altogether which cannot be ignored.