Kanguva Box Office Collection Day 1: Suriya Starrer Fails To Beat GOAT, Indian 2; Opens At ₹22 Crore

Kanguva Box Office Collection Day 1: Suriya and Bubby Deol starrer garnered positive reviews from the audience and critics, but failed to match the hype at the box office. The movie was expected to surpass Thalapathuy Vijay's The Greatest Of All Time (GOAT) but couldn't manage to even beat Kamal Haasan starrer Indian 2, which earned negative reviews from the critics.

Kanguva misses the hype train

Helmed by Siva, the epic fantasy action drama managed to earn ₹22 crore at the domestic box office, early estimates per Sacnilk. The Tamil version of the film minted ₹13.65 crore with Hindi and Telugu collectively adding ₹8.25 crore to the opening day total. The movie was hyped to top the box office charts but failed to beat Indian 2's opening day collection by ₹3.6 crore. However, managed to become one of the top five Tamil debuts of the year behind GOAT, Vettaiyan, Amaran and Indian 2.

Kanguva had an overall 37.25% Tamil Occupancy on Thursday with the maximum reported in Pondicherry (62.75 per cent).

Kanguva's leaked version likely to affect box office report

Suriya starrer has encountered privacy issues as the movie has been leaked online in the HD version. Moreover, several clips from the movie are also going viral on the Internet with some, including Karthi's cameo scene taken down.

What is the budget of Kanguva?

The movie was made on a budget of around ₹300–350 crore, making it one of the most expensive Indian films ever made. It is reported that the production house has spent around ₹22 crore in promotions and release in the Hindi belts.

Apart from Suriya and Bobby, the movie also starred Disha Patani, Karthi, Natarajan Subramaniam, K. S. Ravikumar, Yogi Babu and Redin Kingsley, in the supporting roles.