Vijay's Sarkar has got a tremendous opening at the Chennai box office by collecting a huge amount of 2.26 crores approximately from its opening day alone. These are estimated collections derived by Behindwoods Box Office wing.
Going by the opening day collections of Vijay's previous films, this is a huge leap for the actor. In fact, Sarkar is the most collecting opening day film in Chennai city to date and that to by a huge margin.
Vijay's career and fan base have seen an exponential growth over the past 5 to 6 years. This is very evident from the opening all his films have got in the recent past. Despite the increase in the ticket price, you can still see the growth rate of Vijay through this statistics
Opening day collections of Vijay's last few movies (as per Behindwoods box office reports) are here:
Sarkar - 2.26 Crores
Mersal - 1.48 Crore
Theri - 1.05 Crore
Bairavaa - 90 Lakhs
Puli - 71 Lakhs