Mookuthi Amman 2 box office: four days, four rises

Four days, four rises, and a Monday that outdid the Diwali weekend. Nayanthara's goddess has found the family audience she was made for.

Mookuthi Amman 2 has crossed Rs 18 crore gross in India, with Rs 15.63 crore net in the bank and the week still going. Sundar C’s festive fantasy has done it the way family films are supposed to: a quiet start, and then more people every day as word spread.

The climb has been steady from the first show. The film opened at Rs 1.88 crore net, rose to Rs 2.45 crore on Saturday and then jumped to Rs 4.60 crore on Sunday, a day that had already beaten its first two days combined. The Monday after Diwali did better still, with Rs 5.15 crore, its biggest day so far. That made four days in a row, each one ahead of the last, in a Diwali week packed with big releases.

Tuesday has kept the tills ringing, adding Rs 1.55 crore net by the evening from 1,175 shows, with the night shows still to be counted. Family audiences tend to fill the later slots on weekdays, so the final figure for the day will rise further when it comes in.

The Tamil version has led from the front, with the Telugu dub adding to the total, and overseas collections are yet to be added to any of these numbers.

Nayanthara returns as the goddess she first played in 2020, this time in Sundar C’s hands and, for the first time, in theatres rather than on streaming. Our review called it a loud, fast festive entertainer and picked out her switches between a nervous constable and the trident-wielding goddess as the film’s best moments. Regina Cassandra plays the revived witch Bhaira, with Urvashi, Yogi Babu and Duniya Vijay in support, Hiphop Tamizha on music, and Ishari K Ganesh producing for Vels Film International.

Its best day so far came on day four, and Rs 18 crore gross is where it stands before the second weekend.