Vidaamuyarchi, starring Ajith released recently and became a big disaster, receiving negative reviews. The film was also made on a huge budget of around 250 crores, and the Production House, Lyca Productions, had to pay an additional 20 crores for the remake rights issue. Vidaamuyarchi released on deficits because of these reasons. However, the film ended up becoming a 100-crore loss venture by the end of its theatrical run.
The film had a big star cast along with Arjun, Trisha, and Regina playing pivotal roles, and half of the budget naturally went to the remuneration of Ajith. The Actor was believed to have received a 100 crore remuneration, and another 50 crores was spent for the rest of the Actors and crew members.
For heavy budget films like these, the theatrical performance matters a lot to cover the deficits with big numbers. But, Vidaamuyarchi theatrically witnessed a failure result and collected only around 145 crores gross with share between 60 and 65 crores worldwide. The Non-Theatrical business of the film is said to have been done for around 110 crores. With this, the total business of Vidaamuyarchi is in the range of 170 crores, and the budget was 270 crores. This makes a 100 crore loss for the Production House.
Lyca Productions has witnessed a series of heavy losses. This started with Indian 2, Chandramukhi 2, and Lal Salaam. Their next film is L2: Empuraan starring Mohanlal which has been made with a huge budget. This film is slated for release on 27th March and the performance of the film is very crucial for Lyca Productions.
