"Yennai Arindhaal" has now become the highest grossing Ajith film in the US by grossing $415K till Saturday, beating all time record of his previous best "Arrambam", which had collected total of $380 K.
Ajith starrer has achieved this feat in just three days since its release on 5 February. The distributors of the movie are now hoping that the movie will cross $500K in a few days.
"#YennaiArindhaal bcoms highest grossing #Thala film in USA by Satday, $415K,more scrns to rept. prev best Arrambam $380K. Target $500K now!" tweeted Atmus Entertainment, the distributors of the movie in United States.
Earlier, "Yennai Arindhaal" had broken the first day collection record of "Arrambam" by collecting $113,232 (approximately ₹69 Lakhs) from 75 screens in its premiere.
"Yennai Arindhaal", which released on 5 February in more than 1,000 screens worldwide, has received positive reviews and is showing stupendous performance in terms of box office collection. The film is also rewriting the records in terms of theatre occupancy.
Industry analysts say that despite the film being released on a non-weekend day, it has done really well and the weekend reports suggest that the film is heading to be a big success.
The movie has currently registered number one rank at the Chennai box office, followed by Vikram's "I" and Dhanush-Amitabh Bachchan starrer "Shamitabh".
"Top 5 at CBO - Feb 5 to 8 - No.5 Isai, No.4 Darling , No.3 Shamitabh, No.2 I, No.1 Yennai Arindhaal," tweeted industry analyst Sreedhar Pillai.
Directed by Gautham Menon, "Yennai Arindhaal" also has an impressive star cast, which includes Trisha Krishnan, Anushka Shetty, Vivek, Arun Vijay, Daniel Balaji, Amit Bhargava, Rajasimman and Devi Ajith.
