The film joined the elite 100cr club in just 6 days.
The film was initially supposed to release on December 16,2016. It was postponed for various reasons, first to January 26, 2017 before finally releasing on February 9,2017.
The film had one of the biggest worldwide openings for a Tamil film, and was least star Suriya's biggest yet. The film went on to gross 100 Crores worldwide in just 6 days, according to the filmmakers.
Filming was initially planned to begin on December 2, 2015, but was postponed a month due to the heavy rains causing floods in south India.
Anirudh Ravichander was initially signed to compose the film's original music, replacing Devi Sri Prasad from the previous entries, but dropped out due to scheduling issues, making this Harris Jayaraj's eight time composing music for a film starring Suriya.