Retro Box Office Collection Day 1: Suriya‘s first film of 2025 is here. On Thursday, Retro, starring Suriya and Pooja Hegde released. Visuals from across Chennai showed fans thronging theatres for the early morning shows of Retro.
As per Sacnilk, Retro has earned ₹19.25 crore across India. The Tamil version contributed ₹17.25 crore, the Telugu version ₹1.95 crore, and the Hindi version added ₹0.05 crore to the total. If the film manages to maintain its current momentum, it could easily double its earnings.
Retro vs HIT 3 at box office
For now, Suriya’s film has outperformed its main opponent at the box office, Nani-starrer HIT 3. Following closely, HIT 3 has so far minted ₹18 crore, with ₹17.25 crore in Telugu, ₹35 lakh in Tamil, ₹5 lakh in Kannada, ₹25 lakh in Hindi; and in the Malayalam industry, the film earned ₹1 lakh only.
Retro
Retro marks the first collaboration between director Karthik Subbaraj and Suriya. It also has Jayaram, Joju George, Karunakaran, Nassar, and Prakash Raj in prominent roles. Shriya Saran made a special cameo appearance in the film.
HIT 3
On the other hand, HIT 3 is directed by Sailesh Kolanu.
It is produced by Prashanti Tipirneni and Nani under the banners Wall Poster Cinema and Unanimous Productions. The star cast of the Nani-starrer includes Adil Pala, Rao Ramesh, Brahmaji and Maganti Srinath in pivotal roles.
Both the films released on May 1.
