Filmmaker-actor RJ Balaji’s film Karuppu is performing well at the box office after its release last week. The Suriya, Trisha Krishnan and Balaji-starrer has become the first Tamil film in nine months to collect over ₹100 crore just in Tamil Nadu. The film has now also grossed ₹200 crore worldwide in a week of its release. (Also Read: Karuppu: Flawed yet beautiful humans are the soul of Suriya-Trisha Krishnan’s film, not guardian deities)
Karuppu crosses ₹100 crore mark just in TN and ₹200 crore worldwide
Sakthivelan, who distributed Karuppu in Tamil Nadu, revealed that the Suriya film has crossed the ₹100 crore mark in Tamil Nadu alone. He wrote on X (formerly Twitter), “A historic milestone in my distribution journey. With #Karuppu crossing ₹100 CRORE in the Tamil Nadu Box Office, this is truly an emotional and proud moment beyond words.”
Karuppu collected ₹113.85 crore net in India in its first week, and its 8-day domestic collection stands at ₹121.65 crore. Out of this, the majority of the collections have come from the Tamil version, even though the film is performing decently well in Telugu as Veerabhadrudu also. According to the trade website Sacnilk, Karuppu collected ₹60 crore overseas, taking its worldwide collection to ₹200.86 crore.
This means that Karuppu has become the first film in nine months to cross the ₹100 crore mark in Tamil Nadu. The last time this happened was when Lokesh Kanagaraj’s ensemble film Coolie, headlined by Rajinikanth, was released in August last year. Coolie had collected ₹285.01 crore net in India and ₹518 crore worldwide. It had collected around ₹144 crore in Tamil Nadu alone.
About Karuppu
Karuppu is directed by RJ Balaji from a screenplay he co-wrote with Rathna Kumar, Ashwin Ravichandran, Rahul Raj, TS Gopi Krishnan and Karan Aravind Kumar. It is produced by Dream Warrior Pictures, the film stars Suriya, Trisha Krishnan and Balaji, alongside Indrans, Anagha Maya Ravi, Natty Subramaniam, Swasika, Sshivada and Supreeth Reddy. Sai Abhyankkar composed the film’s music.
The film tells the story of how guardian deity Vettai Karuppu disguises himself as a lawyer named Saravanan to deliver justice to a father and daughter in need. Karuppu received mixed reviews upon its release, but the film was praised for its first half and the performances. The film hit screens on May 15, a day late due to financial issues. Karuppu is the highest-grossing Tamil film of 2026 and Suriya’s highest-grossing film as well.
