Goat day 1 box office collection: Thalapathy Vijay's film shatters records with a humongous Rs 55 crore opening

Thalapathy Vijay is back to entertain his fans with his recent action thriller The Greatest of All Time (GOAT). The film opened to mixed response from the audience, however, it has emerged as the biggest Tamil opener beating Baahubali, 2.0, Jailer, and Ponniyin Selvan.

According to the early estimates of Sacnilk, The Greatest Of All Time Rs 43 crore India nett on first day of its release. The film earned Rs 38.3 crore in Tamil, Rs 1.7 crore in Hindi and Rs 3 crore in Telugu. The film thus emerged to be the biggest Tamil opener despite recieving mixed reviews from the audience.

Thalapathy Vijay's film has broken several records and has beaten the first day haul of other Tamil blockbusters including Vikram (Rs 29 crore), Jailer (Rs 37.6 crore), 2.0 (Rs 23 crore). On September 5, The Greatest of All Time recorded an occupancy of 76.23 per cent in India. The film is expected to create history at the box office with its business.