Sivakarthikeyan who has one of the largest family audiences in Tamil cinema is proving his stature as one of the topmost heroes in Kollywood. Recently he starred in two back to back movies 'Doctor' and 'Don' that made over rupees hundred crores business worldwide which is a huge achievement.

Siva's next release is 'Prince' his first Telugu/Tamil bilingual that is releasing all over the globe on October 21st as a grand Diwali treat. It has now come to light that the film even before its release has raked in over rupees hundred crores for the producers Sree Venkateswara Cinemas, Suresh Productions and Shanthi Talkies.

The breakup for that is the sattelite rights have been sold for 40 Crores and Tamil Nadu theaterical rights for 45 Crores and the audio rights for rupees 4 Crores. The Karnataka and the Kerala rights are said to be around the 10 Crores mark which easily makes up the rupees 100 Crores pre-release business. Trade analysts opine that since its as straight Telugu film as well the same amound can be expected from Tollywood as well. Later the OTT and Hindi rights will also be sold for huge amounts.

If all these are totaled up the final amount is sure to be phenomenal and 'Prince' is going to take Sivakarthikeyan to the next level in his career. The film directed by Anudeep has music by Thaman. Siva and Maria Ryaboshapka are lead pair while Sathyaraj, Premgi Amaran and Naveen Polisetty are in the main cast.