The Tamil-language film Leo took the top spot at this weekend’s global box office, beating out Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon.
The Big Picture While Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon and the concert film Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour grabbed the majority of the spotlight at the global box office this weekend — understandable, considering the built-in “Barbenheimer” comparisons — it was the Indian film Leo that claimed the top spot. With most of its revenue coming from its home country, the Tamil-language action-thriller grossed a reported $48.5 million in its worldwide debut.
By comparison, Scorsese’s three and a half hour epic Western made $21 million from international territories in its first weekend, and $44 million overall. The Eras Tour, on the other hand, added $42 million worldwide — $32 million of which came from domestic theaters — in its second weekend of release.
Directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj, Leo grossed around $30 million in India in its first weekend, marking the second-biggest opening for a Tamil-language film ever, behind 2.0. By comparison, the recent blockbuster Jawan grossed around $40 million in its first weekend in India, and approximately $80 million worldwide. Domestically, Leo grossed $2.8 million in its first weekend, and around $4.6 million across its extended five-day debut. This is the sixth-biggest debut for an Indian film in the U.S.
Leo Isn't a "Bollywood" Film Starring the mononymous Vijay, who is referred to as the “Thalapathy” — meaning “chief” — by his fans, Leo was one of the most anticipated films of the year. It features the superstar playing a mild-mannered café owner who is pulled back into a life of crime in a story inspired by David Cronenberg’s A History of Violence.
Each of these films hails from the Tamil-language film industry, based in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu. This isn’t “Bollywood,” which is a term used for the Hindi-language film industry that produces films such as SRK’s Pathaan. Jawan, on the other hand, is something of a hybrid; filmed in Hindi, but directed by Tamil filmmaker Atlee, who injected it with his own south Indian sensibilities.
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