Budget:-
Salaries:- ₹108 Crore
Rajinikanth - ₹ 80 Crore [Part of ₹ 320 Crore fixed and 130 Crore contingent with LYCA]
Rana Daggubati - ₹5–7 Crore*
Kishore - ₹ 40 Lakh
Fahad Fasil - ₹ 4 Crore (Plus upto ₹4 Crore vide Profit Sharing)
Manju Warrier - ₹ 65 Lakh
Amitabh Bachchan - ₹5 Crore*
Ritika Singh - ₹ 40 Lakh
Dushara Vijayan - ₹ 15 Lakh
Other Salaries - ₹ 2.50 Crore
Technician Salaries - ₹ 4.50 Crore
T J Gnanavel - ₹ 1 Crore (Plus upto ₹5 Crore contingent profit sharing)
Anirudh - ₹1 Crore expenses plus Full Music Streaming Rights
- Rana Daggubati may not have taken his final payment or may have asked for a Profit share
- Bachchan has not quoted a fee and instead asked a sum of money to be used to pay the loans of distressed farmers through a charitable agency. Lyca apportioned ₹5 Crore.
- Ramesh Thilak didn't quote a fee to work with Rajinikanth
- Rao Ramesh didn't quote a fee as a gesture to TJ Gnanavel and Rajinikanth
Production Costs :- ₹61.25 Crore
Cost of Production - ₹ 52 Crore
Kadapa workers compensation - ₹ 75 Lakh
(A Quarry owner named Kadapa Reddy filed a case citing defamation as he owned a Quarry and his name was Reddy. They settled put of court for ₹75 Lakh allegedly)
Cost of Doppler Camera License - ₹ 8.5 Crore
Music Video Costs - ₹ 3 Crore
Print & Publicity Costs - ₹ 4.50 Crore
Total - ₹ 176.75 Crore
- The Budget of ₹250–300 Crore cited by many sources likely includes the contingent payments as flat payments. That puts Rajinikanth at ₹112.50 Crore and Fahad at ₹8 Crore and also likely adds the GST of 18% for each
Pre Release Business
TN Theatrical Rights - ₹ 70 Crore
Rest of South India Rights - ₹ 36.50 Crore
North Indian Rights - Unsold or Minimal
Overseas Rights - ₹ 40 Crore
[All Flat Payments made to LYCA ]
Music Rights - ₹9 Crore * (Sony Music)
Payment to Anirudh - ₹ 9 Crore (-)
OTT rights - ₹ 45 Crore (Plus upto ₹55 Crore contingent to viewership)
Satellite Rights - ₹ 35 Crore (Tamil) plus ₹7 Crore (Other languages)
Total - ₹ 226.50 Crore
- No Refunds since the film was sold for FLAT PAYMENT to all distributors
- Satellite Rights originally negotiated for ₹55 Crore but after release and theatrical failure, reduced to ₹35 Crore
Post Release Business :-
Tamilnadu Gross - ₹ 103 Crore
Tamilnadu Nett - ₹ 81.20 Crore
Theatrical Share - ₹ 39.55 Crore
Distrubutor Share - ₹ 41.65 Crore
Distributor final tally - ₹ 28.35 Crore LOSS
Kerala Gross - ₹18.27 Crore
Kerala Distributor Share - ₹ 6.25 Crore
Kerala Final Tally - ₹ 5.75 Crore LOSS
AP/TG Gross - ₹22.59 Crore
AP Distributor Share - ₹ 7.60 Crore
AP/TG distributor tally - ₹ 7.90 Crore LOSS
Karnataka Gross - ₹ 25.72 Crore
Karnataka Distributor Share - ₹ 11.55 Crore
Karnataka Distributor tally - ₹ 2.55 Crore PROFIT
Overseas Audited Gross - $ 8,049,000
Final Receipts - Available only on 31/10/25
Final Tally
Although officially LYCA doesn't have to pay anything to the distributors by contract, in India contracts don't mean much over sentiments
So i will assume LYCA will refund all distributors fully
This means ₹42 Crore Refunds
Again this is most probable though Red Giant may absorb the loss so this is mainly an assumption
