‘Dragon’ box office collections day 25: Pradeep Ranganathan’s film collects Rs 98.73 crores

Pradeep Ranganathan’s comedy entertainer ‘Dragon’ continues its impressive box office run, collecting Rs 98.73 crore in India net and achieving blockbuster status. Directed by Ashwath Marimuthu, the film has connected well with audiences, especially in Tamil Nadu.


According to the Sacnilk website, ‘Dragon’ has collected Rs 146.97 crore worldwide, including Rs 114.07 crore from India gross and ₹32.9 crore from overseas markets. The Tamil version remains the driving force behind the film’s success, contributing Rs 80.43 crore to the total India net collection. Meanwhile, the Telugu version has earned Rs 18.3 crore but has not been declared a success.


On its 25th day, ‘Dragon’ collected Rs 38 lakhs in Tamil and Rs 5 lakhs in Telugu, showing signs of slowing down. However, the film’s overall performance remains strong, especially considering its steady earnings even in later weeks.

The film stars Pradeep Ranganathan, Anupama Parameswaran, Gautham Vasudev Menon, Mysskin, and Kayadu Lohar in key roles.

ETimes gave 4 stars for the film with our official review reading, “Even the famous “Idhu ungallukku sonna puriyaadhu sir” dialogue makes a cameo. Apart from these, you also get hat tips to Premam, Simbu, and other films and actors, adding flavour to the comedy sequences. From roping in VJ Siddhu and Harshath Khan to all the interesting meta references, Ashwath has managed to cater to the youth in all possible ways. Speaking about such references, the film’s other big strength is the small but emotionally loaded dialogues — for example, "Oru thappu panitu easy ah kadantharlaam nu nenaikurom, but adhu thoratite iruku la" — that are written with care. The casting, too, is simply perfect. Pradeep Ranganathan as Raghavan aka Dragon makes you empathise with him even as he repeatedly makes wrong choices. Anupama as Keerthi too is as expressive as always.”

With just a small gap left to reach the Rs 100 crore India net milestone, ‘Dragon’ is on track to become one of the biggest Tamil blockbusters of the year.