Appreciation has been pouring in from all corners for Vijay Sethupathi's recently-released film Maharaja, directed by Nithilan Saminathan.

Passion Studios, which is co-producing the film, took to their social media handles to announce that Maharaja has earned more than Rs 32.6 crores worldwide at the box office. "Maharaja shatters box office records by being the highest ever opening weekend collection for a Tamil film in 2024," they said.

Maharaja marks the 50th film of Vijay Sethupathi. Nithilan also wrote the dialogues for the film alongside Raam Murali.

Maharaja also stars Anurag Kashyap, Mamta Mohandas, and Natty Natraj in pivotal roles alongside Abhirami, Aruldoss, Munishkanth, Boys Manikandan, Singam Puli, Bharathiraja, Kalki, Vinod Sagar, and Sachana Namidass.

Our CE review of the film read, "Maharaja is a whodunit, and strangely enough, it’s also a whats-been-done. The story is hardly new, but the value is in the screenplay that masks the story simplicity in a deliberately complex design."

Maharaja is produced by Sudhan Sundaram through his Passion Studios banner and Jagadish Palanisamy under his banner, The Route. It has cinematography by Dinesh Purushothaman, music by B Ajaneesh Loknath, and editing by Philomin Raj.