Thalapathy Vijay's Film 'Leo' Breaks Record Set by Shah Rukh Khan's 'Pathaan' in the UK Market
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Thalapathy Vijay's upcoming film 'Leo' has been creating a buzz ever since its announcement. The advance bookings for the film have already started in countries outside India. The team of the film are planning a worldwide release on October 19 and the advance sales are looking exceptional. Not only that, 'Leo' has broken a record set by Shah Rukh Khan's 'Pathaan' in the UK market on day 1 advance sales. Trade analyst Taran Adarsh took to his X handle to inform the craze for 'Leo' in European and UK markets.
The success of Lokesh Kanagaraj's previous film 'Vikram' and Vijay and Lokesh's 2021 film 'Master' is also attributed to the craze around the film. 'Leo' marks Vijay's Tamil debut. He was previously seen in the Kannada film ‘KGF: Chapter 2’. Trisha Krishnan also stars in the film. She has previously worked with Vijay in Tamil hits — ‘Ghilli’, ‘Kuruvi’, ‘Thirupaachi’ and ‘Aathi’.
The Tamil Nadu government has also permitted theater owners of the state to run additional shows of the forthcoming Tamil movie, ‘Leo’ from October 19 to 24. The makers of the movie had requested the government to allow two special shows (4 a.m. and 9 a.m.) on October 19 when the movie is released and one special show ( 7 a.m.) from October 20 to 24. The government in a statement said that one special show would be allowed from October 19 to 24 but the total number of shows per day must not exceed more than five.
The movie is produced by SS Lalit Kumar of Seven Screen Studio and co-produced by Jagadish Palaniswami. 'Leo' is set to be an entertaining movie and the craze for the movie is only growing. The movie is expected to be a blockbuster and break more records in the days to come.
