After surpassing all the hurdles, Thalapathy Vijay's Mersal has hit the screens today (18th October), and the film has opened up extremely well at the box office. Vijay fans have been celebrating the film's release, and are also excited to have seen Thalapathy in three different avatars for the first time.
 

Nikilesh Surya of Rohini Silver Screens took to Twitter to share that, "My early predictions from reports- #Mersal will be @RohiniSilverScr All time highest grosser surpassing #Baahubali2. Fun fact- #Mersal Theatrical share surpasses #Bairavaa already @RohiniSilverScr #Blockbuster on the cards!!"

Likewise, GK Cinemas Managing director, Ruban Mathivanan posted, "#mersal will be easily thalapathy’s biggest opener. pongal um thalapathy ku deepavali um thalapathy ku #MersalAtGKcinemas"
 

Looks like the film is marching towards making records at the box office.

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