Kalidas, released in the year 1931, was the first Tamil movie to collect 1 Lakh
Haridas (1944) is the first Tamil film & also the first South Indian film to gross 50 Lakhs
Chandra (I) (1948) is the first Tamil & South Indian film to gross over 1 crore worldwide
Kamal Haasan’s Sakalakala Vallvan (1982) was the first Tamil film to collect 5 crores
The 1980 film Apoorva Sagodharargal, directed by Singeetam Srinivasa Rao and starring Kamal Haasan, is the first Tamil film to gross over ₹ 10 crores at the box office
Rajinikanth’s Annamalai (1992) grossed over 15 crores, this was the first Tamil film to achieve this feat
Baasha (1995) was the first Tamil & South Indian film to collect 25 crores, 30 crores, and 40 crores worldwide
Kamal Haasan’s Indian is the first Tamil film to collect 50 crores worldwide
Rajini’s Padaiyappa is the first Tamil & South Indian film to collect 60 crores worldwide
The first Tamil film to collect 75 crores was Chandramukhi. It is also the first South Indian film to do it so
Sivaji became the first Tamil film to collect 100 cr worldwide
Shankar & Rajini’s visual wonder Enthiran became the first Tamil movie to gross over 200 crores worldwide
Kabali became the first Tamil film to collect 300 crores worldwide
Shankar & Rajini’s 2.0 is the first Tamil film to reach 500 crores