Superstar Rajinikanth's 'Jailer' Hits 500 Crores At The Worldwide Box Office
Chennai, August 20 - Superstar Rajinikanth's latest blockbuster "Jailer", directed by Nelson Dilipkumar has become the second highest-grossing Tamil movie of all time. It surpassed the lifetime collection of 2022's blockbuster "Ponniyin Selvan - 1" (488 crores) on its 11th day.
"Jailer" has been running riot at the box office since its debut on August 10, and till its second Sunday (11 days), it grossed approximately 507.50 crores worldwide, including 329.50 crores at the domestic box office, and 178 crores overseas collection.
The movie, with its second Sunday collection, has surpassed the 500 crores gross mark, becoming only the second Tamil and sixth South Indian film of all time to achieve this rare milestone. Interestingly, both top 2 Tamil grosser now belong to Rajinikanth as his "2.0", which also has Akshay Kumar in the parral lead, is the number 1 with approximately 745 crores.
Among the 6 highest-grossing South Indian movies, 3 films have come in the last one-and-a-half years which shows the giant steps taken by non-Bollywood prominent Indian film industries over the last couple of years.
Territorial breakdown of Jailer box office collection worldwide (11 days) -
Tamil Nadu - 150.50 Cr
AP/TG - 68.15 Cr
Karnataka - 55.40 Cr
Kerala - 43.25 Cr
Rest of India - 12.00 Cr
Overseas - 178 Cr
Worldwide - 507+ Cr
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