Mani Ratnam’s Ponniyin Selvan has crossed the 450 crore mark at the worldwide box office, and has now become the all-time number 2 grosser from Kollywood standing just behind 2.0. PS1’s worldwide box office number is about 461 crores, according to a report on Deadline.

The film has broken records in almost every other country out there, becoming the highest earning Tamil film across countries like USA, UK, Singapore, Malaysia and parts of the Gulf as well. The extraordinary hype for the film hasn’t settled down fully, as multiplexes will continue to play the film across many screens even after the Diwali releases arrive on 21st October.