'Scene’ box office day 1: Suriya scores a hat-trick with Rs 34.25 crore worldwide opening
Suriya has another box-office winner on his hands. His latest release, ‘Scene’, has opened to impressive numbers, recording his biggest opening-day collection of 2026. The Jithu Madhavan directorial has earned Rs 19.15 crore net in India and Rs 34.25 crore worldwide on its first day in theatres, according to trade tracker Sacnilk.
The crime comedy, which marks Jithu Madhavan's Tamil directorial debut, collected Rs 19.15 crore net across 6,167 shows in India on Friday. The Tamil version contributed Rs 16.15 crore from 4,878 shows, while the Telugu version added Rs 3 crore from 1,289 shows.
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Overseas markets contributed Rs 12 crore in gross collections, taking the film's worldwide opening-day gross to Rs 34.25 crore.
With this, ‘Scene’ has surpassed the opening-day numbers of Suriya's previous two releases this year, ‘Karuppu’ and ‘Vishwanath and Sons’.
‘Scene’ beats ‘Karuppu’ and ‘Vishwanath and Sons’ at the box office
Suriya's first release of 2026, ‘Karuppu’, opened with Rs 15.50 crore net in India. The Tamil version contributed Rs 13.10 crore, while the Telugu version earned Rs 2.40 crore. Its worldwide opening-day collection stood at Rs 28.93 crore. The film went on to become the highest-grossing film of Suriya's career, earning over Rs 310 crore worldwide.
His next release, ‘Vishwanath and Sons’, collected Rs 15.35 crore net in India on its opening day, with the Tamil version contributing Rs 9.15 crore and the Telugu version adding Rs 6.20 crore. Its worldwide opening-day collection stood at Rs 31.74 crore. The film eventually crossed Rs 200 crore worldwide.
‘Scene’ has now surpassed both films in terms of opening-day earnings, completing a hat-trick of strong theatrical openings for the actor in 2026.
‘Scene’ box office faces competition from ‘Ramayana’ and ‘Mookuthi Amman 2’
The film has entered theatres amid competition from two major releases. Ranbir Kapoor, Sai Pallavi and Yash-starrer ‘Ramayana’ arrived a day earlier, on November 5, drawing considerable attention and screen space nationwide.
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Meanwhile, Nayanthara's ‘Mookuthi Amman 2’, directed by Sundar C, released on the same day as ‘Scene’, giving the Suriya-starrer direct competition for Tamil-language screens.
About ‘Scene’
Directed by Jithu Madhavan, ‘Scene’ stars Suriya as DSP Inbaraj, alongside Naslen as Eswaran and Nazriya Nazim as Maya. The supporting cast includes Anandraj, Lal, John Vijay and Rajpriyan.
The film is produced by Suriya and Jyotika under their newly launched banner Zhagaram Studios, in association with 2D Entertainment.