Suriya - Venky film OTT deal closed - Retro 4th Top Grosser

Though Suriya’s upcoming film with R J Balaji OTT rights has not been closed, his  film with Venky Atluri which did not even go on floors yet, but the movie’s digital rights have already closed for a massive price of 85 Cr by Netflix. Venky Atluri’s brand is working big for Suriya’s film, and his previous film, Lucky Baskhar, created a sensation in theaters/OTT and an all-time record viewership on Netflix. With Sir and Lucky Baskhar, Venky Atluri created a big brand in audiences. 

Suriya’s Retro in all probability will be the fourth highest grosser of Kollywood 2025 after a 55% drop on Monday. So far it has overtaken Chiyaan Vikram’s Veera Dheera Sooran to be fifth grosser and will beat Madha Gaja Raja to take the 4^th place. The box office figures are: As per estimates, Retro earned 3.40 crores on day 5, a drop of 56.12% compared to Friday’s 7.75 crores. It’s an alarming sign and the film must maintain a steady pace for a decent week 1 collection.

According to industry tracker Sacnilk, Retro barely pulled in ₹3.38 crore (India nett) on day five. Despite an okay opening of ₹19.25 crore on 1 May, the film crashed the next day—same old story. Suriya’s previous film Kanguva followed the exact same script an initial ₹24 crore opening, followed by a free fall to ₹9.5 crore on day two—a humiliating 60% drop. Retro did even worse, plummeting 61%.

Theaters showed the damage. Day two of Retro saw average occupancy at just 40.23%, with morning shows scraping together 23% and even night shows barely touching 53%. 

Including Monday’s collection, Retro stands at 46.55 crore net at the Indian box office, as per Sacnilk. With this, it has comfortably crossed Chiyaan Vikram’s Veera Dheera Sooran (42.71 crores) to become Kollywood’s 5th highest-grossing film at the Indian box office in 2025.

It will soon surpass Vishal’s Madha Gaja Raja (48.70 crores) to grab the 4th spot on the list. However, it won’t be able to beat Vidaamuyarchi‘s 81.58 crores.

 Kollywood grossers at the Indian box office in 2025 (net collection):

• Good Bad Ugly – 153.43 crores
• Dragon – 102.55 crores
• Vidaamuyarchi – 81.58 crores
• Madha Gaja Raja – 48.70 crores
• Retro – 46.55 crores
• Veera Dheera Sooran – 42.71 crores
• It is reportedly made on a budget of 65 crores. Already, the film has recovered 71.61% of the budget.