Avatar - The Way Of Water has beaten all the big South holiday releases as it finishes with a 189-190 crore nett from the South Indian territories. This is more than the four major South releases over the holiday period where the Telugu film Waltair Veerayya may turn out the biggest with around 160 crore nett but this is well short of the numbers of Avatar - The Way Of Water.

Not only has Avatar - The Way Of Water  beaten these Pongal / Sankranthi releases but it is just outside the top ten grossing filmes ever in South India. The only films with bigger numbers are Enthiran, Bahubali - The Beginning, Bahubali - The Conclusion, 2.0, Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo, RRR, KGF2, Vikram, Ponniyan Selvan and Kantara and these form the top ten and are listed in terms of release order. The comparison between Avatar - The Way Of Water and the holiday releases in South India (Nizam / Andhra, Tamil Nadu, Mysore / Karnataka, Kerala)  is as follows.

Avatar - The Way Of Water - 190 crore

Waltair Veerayya - 160 crore

Varisu - 150 crore

Thuniva - 105 crore

Veera Simha Reddy - 90 crore

Avatar - The Way Of Water has practically finished its run and collections will be as above while other film still running and could be a littel more or less but still well short of the Avatar - The Way of Water numbers.