Kochadaiiyaan and Veeram grab the top spots
The first 6 months of the year 2014 have passed by, and the year has seen a fair share of hits and misses. There have been a sizeable number of films featuring superstars which have earned the big bucks, and also content-oriented films which haven't done much harm to their small investments. In the USA, a market which is dominated by films featuring the big Tamil superstars (Rajini, Kamal, Vijay, Ajith, Suriya and Vikram) and also big directors like Shankar, films like Kochadaiiyaan, Veeram and Jilla have done well in the first half of the year.
Here we present a list of the Top 5 Tamil box-office grossers in the USA (excluding Canada), in the first half of the year. All these movies were distributed by ATMUS Entertainment.
1. Kochadaiiyaan (Tamil version) - around 633,000 USD, the Hindi and Telugu versions contributed another 30,000 USD
2. Veeram - 243,955 USD
3. Jilla - 230,221 USD
4. Maan Karate - 73,015 USD
5. Idhu Kathirvelan Kadhal - 33,273 USD
Biggies such as Anjaan, Kaththi, 'Thala 55', Uttama Villain, Lingaa, Vishwaroopam 2 and Ai, are expected to take the US by storm in the coming months.