Pradeep Ranganathan and Kayadu Lohar’s comedy entertainer ‘Dragon’ continues its steady run at the box office, collecting Rs 2 crore on its 13th day. With this, the film’s total India net collection is Rs 79.50 crore.
According to early estimates from Sacnilk, ‘Dragon’ performed well in its first 12 days, accumulating Rs 77.50 crore across all languages. Despite a drop in collections during weekdays, the film has maintained decent footfalls in Tamil Nadu and Telugu-speaking regions.
‘Dragon’ opened with Rs 6.5 crore on its first day, with Tamil accounting for Rs 5.4 crore and Telugu Rs 1.1 crore. The film saw significant jumps over the first weekend, reaching Rs 12.75 crore on Sunday. After a strong first week of Rs 50.3 crore, the second weekend also performed well, with Rs 8.5 crore on Saturday and Rs 9 crore on Sunday. However, collections declined on weekdays, with Monday and Tuesday earning Rs 2.7 crore and Rs 2.3 crore, respectively.
On its 13th day, Dragon recorded a Tamil Nadu occupancy of 17.14%, with Chennai leading at 21.5%. The Telugu version had a 14.78% overall occupancy, with night shows performing better.
ETimes review for ‘Dragon’ reads, “Raghavan is a typical Tamil hero, who rules the college with his rowdy vibes (Hello Gautham from Sillunu Oru Kaadhal!), doesn’t study well, and is ungraduated (we are looking at you, Dhanush from Padikathavan) but besides his stubborn ego and cheating skills, he also happens to live in a world where from his innocent and caring parents and selfless friends to even the college principal or a random stranger — everyone is just too kind and supportive. But what makes this exaggeratedly kind world real is how the characters don’t blindly stand by his side; they advise or chide him before lending a helping hand. And with some tricks up his sleeve, he manages to crack both life and the corporate ladder.”
With Rs 80 crore within reach, Dragon has emerged as a successful outing for Pradeep Ranganathan. The coming days will determine how much further it can push its box office numbers. Pradeep Ranganathan’s previous outing was the love drama movie ‘Love Today’ which turned out to be a superhit.
