Vijay Sethupathi’s Baththa used its second Sunday to strengthen its hold at the Tamil box office. The film added Rs 3.10 crore in India net collections on October 11, a 3.7% improvement over Saturday’s Rs 2.99 crore, across 1,767 shows. The uptick takes its 11-day India net total to Rs 23.20 crore, with domestic gross at Rs 26.81 crore.
Second weekend turns upward
After a first-week total of Rs 15.46 crore, the film’s momentum built over the weekend rather than fading. The progression was:
- Friday, October 9: Rs 1.65 crore from 1,591 shows
- Saturday, October 10: Rs 2.99 crore from 1,731 shows
- Sunday, October 11: Rs 3.10 crore from 1,767 shows
Shows were added each day, and footfalls followed: Sunday alone drew 255,605 admissions, pushing the 11-day cumulative to 1,931,410. Afternoon shows led with 54% occupancy, and evening screenings were close behind at 49.69%; morning and night were softer at 32.23% and 34.62%. ETimes has rated the film 3.5 stars out of five.
Why the curve matters
For trade watchers, this is the more useful signal than the top-line total. A film that adds screens and improves revenue from Friday to Sunday in its second weekend is holding audience interest after the first wave. The Sunday number was nearly double Friday’s figure, and the show count rose with it.
Sigma’s quieter comparison
Jason Sanjay’s directorial debut Sigma, with Sundeep Kishan, offers the opposite curve. Its worldwide and India gross are both pegged at Rs 9.74 crore, with reported India net at Rs 8.58 crore. After opening at Rs 1.50 crore on October 2, the film fell to Rs 95 lakh on days two and three, then slipped into the Rs 22-35 lakh range through the first week. Its second-weekend improvement was modest: Rs 6 lakh on Friday, Rs 10 lakh on Saturday and Rs 11 lakh on Sunday. The cumulative Telugu-version net stands at Rs 3.73 crore.
The comp is stark: Baththa at Rs 23.20 crore India net versus Sigma at Rs 8.58 crore. One is anchoring its run; the other is looking at a much smaller theatrical outcome.
What to watch
Monday’s hold for Baththa will show whether the second-weekend lift has staying power. For Sigma, the remaining theatrical upside looks limited, so its value conversation will likely shift to digital recovery and satellite licensing. These figures remain estimates from Sacnilk and could change as studio data is updated.
Source: The Times of India
