Jailer 2 is making full use of the festive rush in its first week as the action comedy entered the ₹500 crore club in global box office in just six days.
Going by Sacnilk figures, the Rajinikanth starrer earned ₹477.75 crore worldwide till Day 5. Till 8 pm on Day 6, the movie grossed another ₹42.11 crore from the Indian box office. While the overseas collection figures for Day 6 is not out yet, adding the domestic gross collection to the Day 5 worldwide earnings puts the total confirmed box office revenue at 519.86 crore globally.
The total domestic gross collection of Jailer 2 was pegged at 325.86 crore while the total domestic net earning was ₹277.94 crore, as of 8 pm, reports Sacnilk.
On Day 6, the Nelson Dilipkumar directorial netted ₹35.69 crore from 13,312 shows. This includes ₹25.1 crore from 6,527 shows in Tamil, ₹6.93 crore from 2,066 shows in Telugu and ₹3.66 crore from 4,719 shows in Hindi.
For Day 7, Jailer 2 has raked in ₹12.02 crore in advance bookings. Another ₹5.3 crore worth of advance booking has also been recorded for Day 8.
Written and directed by Nelson, Jailer 2 marks the return of Muthuvel Pandian as he takes on an idol-smuggling racket. Produced by Sun Pictures, the total budget of the action-comedy is estimated to be between ₹240 crore and ₹300 crore, according to The Times of India.
The film features an ensemble cast, including Vidya Balan, S. J. Suryah, Ramya Krishnan, and Suraj Venjaramoodu, alongside special appearances by Mohanlal, Shiva Rajkumar, Hrithik Roshan, and others. R. Nirmal is in charge of editing, while Anirudh Ravichander composes the music and Vijay Kartik Kannan handles the cinematography.
