Cinemas are suddenly running packed, a scene theatre owners could not have imagined until recently due to COVID-19. This is thanks to Tamil star Vijay's latest release Master, that is breaking box office records. The film, which is the biggest release in the pandemic, recorded the seventh-highest opening day collections for a Tamil film. Despite the 50 percent capacity in theatres, the film's first day collections were close to Vijay's 2019 blockbuster Bigil—helped by the pan-India release. Master is in beast mode overseas as well. In UAE, the film eclipsed Disney's Mulan, Christopher Nolan's Tenet and Warner Bros' Wonder Woman 1984 at the box office.