Friday, September 26, 2025

Sivakarthikeyan- ARM Madharaasi on October 3 / Budget and Flop Details


 

The film  Madharaasi's OTT release date is October 3, 2025. Madharaasi will be available to stream on Amazon Prime Video in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, and in Hindi as Dil Madharaasi.  For Amaran Sivakarthikeyan took the profit sharing route apart from an advance. He profited and got more than his markey price. In Masharasi, he took Rs 20 crore as advance and share of profits upto Rs 70 crore. As film failed, he was left with only the advance. Director ARM was the biggest loser as he was on only on profit sharing. Gainrs were Vidyut who took Rs 6 crore and Biju Menon got Rs 2 crore.

Budget:-

Salaries - ₹37.85 Crore

Salary of Sivakarthikeyan - ₹20 Crore + Profit sharing (Upto a maximum of ₹40 Crore)

Salary of AR Murugadoss - Profit Sharing (Upto a maximum of ₹50 Crore)

Salary of Vidyut Jamwal - ₹ 6 Crore (Highest Salary in career)

Salary of Biju Menon - ₹ 2 Crore

Salary of Shabeer Kalakkal - ₹ 40 Lakh

Salary of Rukmini Vasanth - ₹ 20 Lakh

Other Salaries - ₹ 2.80 Crore

Technician Salaries - ₹ 2.70 Crore

Salary and expenses of Anirudh - ₹ 3.75 Crore

Production :- ₹ 78.25 Crore

Production - ₹ 70 Crore

Visual Effects - ₹ 8.25 Crore

Print & Publicity - ₹ 4 Crore

Total - ₹ 120 Crore (Approximately)

  • The different budgets are because SKs remuneration is split into flat fee + contingent fee and many assume ₹60 Crore is his actual fee for the film
  • Another ₹6–10 Crore is money spent on rewriting the script and delays which aren't included and shouldn't be included. For instance Mrunal Thakur was paid ₹75 Lakh signing amount which she likely won't pay back.

Pre release business - ₹78.1 Crore

TN Theatrical Rights - Own release

South Indian Theatrical Rights - Own Release

Hindi Dubbing Rights - ₹ 9 Crore

Overseas Rights - $ 1.8 Million - ₹ 16 Crore (Non Europe)

Europe Rights - € 400,000 - ₹ 3.6 Crore

OTT Rights - ₹ 27.5 Crore (Amazon Prime)

Satellite Rights - ₹ 22 Crore (Zee Tamil)

  • Both OTT and Satellite purchased full rights without contingent payment
  • Local Distributors in Kannada, Telugu and Malayalam only distributed the film across theatres on commission without paying flat for rights
  • Nobody was willing to buy the rights of the film WITH THE A R MURUGADOSS brand which is SUCH A SHAME FOR A DIRECTOR WHO WAS ONE OF THE EIGHT BLANK CHEQUE DIRECTORS IN TN (Others being Shankar, Bharatiraja, Mani Ratnam, Hari, GVM,LK & KS Ravikumar)

Post Release Business

TN Theatrical Gross - ₹ 66.70 Crore

TN Theatrical Nett - ₹57.63 Crore

Theatrical Share - ₹ 30 Crore

Distributor Commission - ₹ 2.77 Crore

Producer final share - ₹ 24.86 Crore

Rest of India Theatrical Gross - ₹ 4.72 Crore

Theatrical Nett - ₹ 3.40 Crore

Theatrical Share - ₹ 5.25 Crore

Distributor Share - ₹ 30 Lakh

Producer final share - (-) ₹ 2.15 Crore


Verdict

Final Profit/Loss = (-) ₹120 (+) ₹78.10 (+) ₹24.86 (-) ₹2.15 = (-) ₹19.19 Crore

So the Producer LOST ₹20 crore total due to Madharaasi


Another flop for Murugadoss

This was a film similar to SPYDER

It had everything right but still couldn't crack it

Why?

SK couldn't be accepted in an Action role

Amaran was a role that SK slotted into but that doesn't make him an Action star

SK is meant for family drama, romance drama, rom coms and noir dramas like Doctor

It's probably why two very good films Maveeran and Madharaasi didn't click in the box office

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