Mysskin’s Onayum Aatukuttiyum (OA) opened this past weekend to rave reviews and the film is slowly but surely seeping into the minds of the audience as well.

After some issues on Friday morning, the film got a full-fledged release from Friday’s matinee shows onwards in 170 screens across the state. On Saturday, there was a noticeable pickup in collections and yesterday, many theaters in Chennai city reported full houses. A source close to the distributors, Vetrivel Creations, says that the first 3 days gross across the state, is more than 2 crores.

Week : 1
Total collections in Chennai : Rs. 20,47,342
Verdict: Above Average Opening
No. Shows in Chennai (Weekend): 132
Average Theatre Occupancy (Weekend): 70%
Collection in Chennai (Weekend): Rs. 20,47,342

Yesterday a special screening of OA was held for many directors in the industry at the Four Frames preview theater in Chennai and it is reported that the directors clapped and applauded on more than 20 occasions. Raja’s BGM work left them literally speechless.

Among the directors and technicians who attended this screening were P.C.Sreeram, Ravi K Chandran, CV Kumar, Ameer, Samuthirakani, Cheran, Vetrimaaran, Sasi, SS Stanley, Thankar Bachan, AL Vijay, Thiyagaraja Kumararaja, Nalan, Naveen, Balaji Tharaneetharan and Karthik Subbaraj.

The distributors have plans to increase the numbers of shows from this week onwards to cater to a larger section of the audience, including families. Given, the unanimous good reviews that OA has garnered so far, increasing the shows would enable a wider section of the audience to see and appreciate the film.