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Box Office: 'Captain Miller' and 'Ayalaan' Opening Day Early Estimates
Chennai, January 12 - Tamil star Dhanush's long-awaited period action drama Captain Miller has been released in theatres today to take the advantage of Pongal holidays. Directed by Arun Matheswaran, the movie did well on its opening day despite competition. ## According to early estimates, Captain Miller scored around 8 crores net in the original Tamil version. The dubbed Hindi version minted an estimated 50 lakh while the Kannada version scored just 5 lakh for all India 8.50+ crores net (10 crores gross) opening. The initial word of mouth seems to be positive which should come into play over the festive weekend. ## Another Tamil release of the day, Sivakarthikeyan's sci-fi Ayalaan scored an estimated 4 crores net (4.75 crores gross) collection on its opening day. The movie did show progress throughout the day as occupancy kept increasing due to positive word of mouth. ## Ayalaan is showing a much better trend in the advances for the second day which shows the movie has acceptance among the audiences despite multiple choices available to explore. With positive WOM by its side, the movie is expected to grow over the weekend to put a good first-weekend collection. ## Stay tuned...
