Billa 2 Box Office Collection

Billa 2 Box Office

Billa II is a 2012 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film directed by Chakri Toleti. It is a prequel to Billa and focuses on how David, an ordinary man from the coastal regions of Sri Lanka, becomes David Billa, a dreaded Underworld don, with Ajith Kumar reprising the role of the titular character. Parvathy Omanakuttan, Bruna Abdullah, Vidyut Jammwal and Sudhanshu Pandey appear in supporting roles, all of them marking their debut in Tamil cinema. The film's soundtrack and background score were composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, while R. D. Rajasekhar handled the cinematography and Suresh Urs worked as the editor.

Billa 2 Box Office Collection

Ajith Kumar's gangster movie Billa 2, which did a wonderful opening on the release day, has continued its dream run at Tamil Box Office. Even though the movie failed to get a good word-of-mouth from audience, it has managed to pull the audience to theatres, thereby bringing smiles on the face of the makers of the film.

Billa 2 earned around Rs 19 crore nett in the first weekend in Tamil Nadu. The movie, which was released on July 13, ran into packed houses in most of the theatres in Tamil Nadu. On an average, the occupancy at cinema halls for the movie was 95% in single screens as well as multiplexes.

Billa 2 Chennai Box Office Collection - 1st Week

WEEK : 1 RANKING : 1

Jul 09th 2012 to Jul 15th 2012

No. Shows in Chennai (Weekend) : 927 

Ave Theatre occupancy (weekend) : 98% 

Collection in Chennai (Weekend) : Rs. 2,79,30,353 

The most anticipated gangster thriller of the year Billa 2 finally released to fan frenzy all over the world this weekend. Ajith, Parvathy Omanakuttan and Bruna Abdullah play prominent roles in the prequel to the blockbuster Billa. 

Trade Talk : The movie saw phenomenal opening and advance bookings have all but sold out. 

Reviews have been mixed so it would be a wait and watch for producers in the weeks to come. Public Talk : One of the very few movies made this year that is high on style quotient, Billa 2 easily elbows out other movies in style department.

Billa 2 Release Date

Billa 2 was released in 2500 theatres worldwide. On first day Mayajaal Multiplex released Billa 2 in all screens and all shows – a total of 102 shows in 14 screens. The overseas distribution rights were sold for 53 million to the US-based company GK Media, the highest ever for an Ajith film. In March 2012, The Sun TV bought the satellite rights for a record price, with sources estimating the price at ₹6 million. Three prominent production houses were reportedly trying to purchase the domestical theatrical rights then. Venu Ravichandran's Aascar Films eventually acquired the theatrical distribution rights of Tamil Nadu for ₹260 million. All the distribution rights of the film, except the Kerala and Hindi dubbing rights had been sold at a record price of more than ₹400 million, making Billa II one of the top pre-release revenue generating films of all time in the Tamil film industry. In early May 2012, the Kerala release rights were finally sold to Sagara Entertainment and Money Tree Entertainment for ₹8million, likewise a new record for an Ajith film. Billa II received an adult rating ("A" certificate) from the Central Board of Film Certification, due to its "high glamour quotient, violence and the mature content". In the UK, the film was issued an 15 certificate by the British Board of Film Classification with an advice that it contained "very strong violence and revenge theme".

Billa II was initially planned to release on 13 April 2012, coinciding with Tamil New Year, but the release was postponed to 1 May 2012, coinciding with Ajith Kumar's birthday, with the makers considering to bring forward the film by four days to release it on a Friday. However, the release became further delayed and was pushed to the second half of May 2012. After considering the first four Fridays in June 2012 for the film's release, the producer finally zeroed in on 13 July as the release date. Billa 2 was released across over 1,400 screens worldwide, making it one of the largest Tamil releases ever. The film was released simultaneously in the four southern states, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala as well as in North India and international markets. In Tamil Nadu, it opened across 550 theatres,

While a dubbed Telugu version of the film released in Andhra Pradesh as David Billa. In Kerala, the Tamil version was screened and Karnataka saw the release of both the versions. The film was also released by Aanna Films in most of the major multiplexes in France with French subtitles; in Malaysia, North India and the Gulf Nations, Malay, Hindi and Arabic subtitles were added to the film, respectively, while in other international markets, it was screened with English subtitles.