12 Tamil films of 2017 ranked by box office. #1: Mersal (₹250 crore).
| # | Film | Lead | Director | Budget | Box office | Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mersal | Atlee | ₹120 crore | ₹250 crore | 2.08x | |
| 2 | Vivegam | Siva | ₹100 crore | ₹125.2 crore | 1.25x | |
| 3 | Vijay 60 | Vijay | ₹60 crore | ₹100 crore | 1.67x | |
| 4 | Velaikkaran | Mohan Raja | ₹35 crore | ₹86 crore | 2.46x | |
| 5 | Irumbu Thirai | P.S Mithran | ₹61 crore | |||
| 6 | Vikram Vedha | Gayathri | ₹11 crore | ₹60 crore | 5.45x | |
| 7 | '96 | C. Prem Kumar | ₹8 crore | ₹50 crore | 6.25x | |
| 7 | Raatchasan | Ram Kumar | ₹50 crore | |||
| 9 | Aramm | Gopi Nainar | ₹5 crore | ₹27 crore | 5.40x | |
| 10 | Ippadai Vellum | Gaurav Narayanan | ₹18 crore | |||
| 11 | Maanagaram | Lokesh Kanagaraj | ₹5 crore | ₹15 crore | 3.00x | |
| 12 | Kalathur Gramam | Saran K. Advaithan | ₹2.1 crore | ₹2.8 crore | 1.32x |
Figures are shown in the currency they were reported in (Wikipedia, Wikidata or TMDB); no conversion.