Year-end Roundup: Best Tamil movies of 2022

Entertainment By Ayyappa Prasad December 27, 2022 Read the article

2022 has been a mixed bag for Kollywood. While a host of Tamil movies made it big at the box office, some of them failed to live up to the hype.

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Mani Ratnam’s Ponniyin Selvan-1 reportedly collected ₹500 crore worldwide and became the highest-grossing Tamil film in 2022.

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Vikram, the second-highest box office grosser of the year, was a comeback film for Kamal Haasan. The film was hugely profitable.

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Thalapathy Vijay-starrer Beast set the new opening record. But the final numbers were disappointing in some states.

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For Ajith-starrer Valimai, the third venture from H Vinoth, the high expectations from fans made it easily achieve a huge mark.

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With Love Today, director Pradeep Ranganathan, who also played the lead, set the box office on fire.

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Sivakarthikeyan scored a blockbuster hit with Don. With a budget of ₹50 crore and it collected ₹76.5 crore in Tamil Nadu alone.

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Thiruchitrambalam collected ₹78.71 crore in Tamil Nadu and ₹106.05 crore worldwide against a budget of ₹40 crore, became Dhanush’s highest-grossing film.

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Karthi-starrer Sardar, made with ₹40 crore, collected a gross of ₹100 crore. Following its tremendous success, the makers announced a sequel.

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