Suriya starrer Scene has minted ₹20.21 crore in advance booking across six days, including block seats. Without the block seats, the collection stood at ₹17.58 crore, a day before the movie's Diwali release.
The Day 1 advance booking collection of Scene reached ₹9.96 crore by 6 pm on Thursday, reports Sacnilk. Omitting the block seats, the figures were estimated to be ₹8.97 crore.
Chennai saw the most bookings for Scene, collecting ₹2.54 crore, followed by Bengaluru at 66.45 lakh, Kochi at 60.27 lakh and Coimbatore at 54.97 lakh.
Scene will clash with Nayanthara starrer Mookuthi Amman 2 in Tamil box office on Friday, while Ranbir Kapoor epic Ramayana has started its theatrical run a day before on November 5. Rajinikanth action comedy Jailer 2 continues to occupy several shows in theatres, making the box office competition tighter.
Compared to Scene's ₹10 crore Day 1 pre-sales, Jailer 2 raked in over ₹72 crore in its first-day advance collections. Coolie sits at the top of the ranking among Tamil movies, minting ₹109 crore in Day 1 pre-sales, followed by Vijay's Leo at ₹80 crore. Vijay's GOAT was at fourth behind Jailer 2, collecting ₹63 crore in pre-sales for the first day.
Scene, which is helmed by Aavesham and Romancham director Jithu Madhavan, also has Nazriya Nazim, Naslen, Lal and Anandraj in key roles.