Vijay Sethupathi and Nithya Menen’s Thalaivan Thalaivii finally began streaming on Amazon Prime Video this week and the Tamil film managed to garner decent viewership in its debut week. While it didn’t enter the highest 5 most viewed movies in their debut weeks on Prime Video, it nailed one other achievement nonetheless!
Enters Top 10 Non-Netflix Debuts!
Matching the brilliance of Dhanush’s Kuberaa, which garnered 2.5 million views in its debut week, Vijay Sethupathi entered the highest 10 list. In truth, it pushed Roshan Mathew and Dileesh Pothan’s Ronth out of the highest 10 debuts. Ronth arrived on JioHotstar and garnered a viewership of 2.4 million in its debut week!
Thalaivan Thalaivii OTT Verdict
After a superb response from the audiences within the theaters, Thalaivan Thalaivii managed to garner 2.5 million views in its debut week, taking the second spot within the list of most-watched streaming originals in India for the week of August 18-24, 2025, with the estimates based on audience research by Ormax.
Listed below are the debut week viewership of the highest 10 theatrical releases that arrived on OTT platforms except Netflix, after May 2025.
- Kesari Chapter 2: 5.7 million (Jio Hotstar)
- Tourist Family: 4.4 million (Jio Hotstar)
- Bhool Chuk Maaf: 4 million (Prime Video)
- Odela 2: 3.8 million (Prime Video)
- Veera Dheera Sooran: 3.2 million (Prime Video)
- Alappuzha Gymkhana: 3.2 million (Sony Liv)
- Hari Hara Veera Mallu: 3.1 million (Prime Video)
- L2: Empuraan (JioHotstar) | Single (Prime Video): 3 million
- Thudarum: 2.9 million (JioHotstar)
- Thalaivan Thalaivii (Prime Video) | Kuberaa (Prime Video): 2.5 million
Note: The viewership numbers are the official numbers given by Ormax. The estimated variety of Indian audience (in Mn) who watched at the very least half-hour of the film. The official data given by Ormax is for the one weeks these movies have claimed a spot in the highest 5 weekly charts, no matter the variety of days or even weeks they’ve been streaming!
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