Chennai Box office pongal collection.

It was a terrific four-day Pongal weekend for the industry. Collections boomed as most of the theatres screened five shows during the holiday weekend.Selvaraghavan’s Aayirathil Oruvan took a bumper opening. “The film has netted approximately Rs 1 crore and 8 lakhs from 15 Chennai screens,” said producer R Ravendran. The film is the clear number one by a mile.At number two is Dhanush’s Kutty, which had a slow start but picked up with the family audience thronging to see it.In third position is Vijay’s Vettaikaran, which continues to draw in the crowds in spite of new releases.In fourth position is Nanayam, and in fifth place is 3 Idiots.