Leo Box Office collection Day 8: Thalapathy Vijay’s film worldwide collection to cross ₹470 crore amid scam controversy

Leo Box Office Collection Day 7: Tamil super-starrer Thalapathy Vijay's action-thriller 'Leo' faces difficulties with claims being made about the film's involvement in a scam. The film witnessed a huge drop in collection in the past two days.

According to industry tracker Sacnilk, the film raked in ₹265.83 crore net in India in eight days. On its eighth day in theatres, the film collected ₹10.25 crore for all languages. Lokesh Kanagaraj's film had an overall Tamil occupancy of 25.92% in theatres on October 26. Leo's worldwide collection stands at ₹464.3 crore.

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Film trade analyst, Manobala Vijayabalan, in a social media post on platform X, revealed that Leo in its first week collected around ₹306.67 crore at the global box office.

Manobala claimed that Leo's team spent almost ₹105 crore on proxy bookings. He tried to unveil Tamil Cinema scam through a post with video on marginal booking across theatres minutes before the show along with many voicing up about vacant theatres including Trichy Srithar, member of TN theatre owners Association.

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Lokesh Kanagaraj's directed film had a good start at the box office as it witnessed a collection of ₹64.8 crore on its opening day. Leo raked in ₹148.50 crore at the global box office on its first day which marks the biggest opener for a Tamil film both in the domestic and international markets, surpassing all previous records by a big margin.

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Leo's cast includes Vijay, Sanjay Dutt, Trisha Krishnan, and Arjun Sarja. To ensure a grand release, Seven Screen Studios Production sought special permission from the Madras High Court to screen the film as early as 4 a.m. in Tamil Nadu's cinemas on its release day. It is available in a number of languages, including Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada.