Jailer 2 saw a drop in its box office collections on day 6, earning around ₹21.03 crore net during the Dussehra break, though its total domestic gross successfully crossed the ₹308 crore mark while outperforming the original film's Hindi version earnings.

Jailer 2 saw a drop in its box office collections on day 6, earning around ₹21.03 crore net during the Dussehra break, though its total domestic gross successfully crossed the ₹308 crore mark while outperforming the original film's Hindi version earnings.

Jailer 2 saw a drop in its box office collections on day 6, earning around ₹21.03 crore net during the Dussehra break, though its total domestic gross successfully crossed the ₹308 crore mark while outperforming the original film's Hindi version earnings.

Jailer 2 entered the Dussehra break on a slower note, slumping to a net collection of around ₹21.03 crore on Day 6. After securing the spot for the Tamil movie with the biggest first Monday gross, the Rajinikanth starrer slowed down on Tuesday. However, it screened 8,086 shows across India and continues to draw thousands to the theatres.

Tuesday’s collections are currently below the film’s lowest net earnings of ₹37.1 crore on Day 2 from 13,157 shows. The film’s highest daily net domestic collection was recorded on the opening day at ₹59.7 crore from 16,599 shows.

According to Sacnilk, the Tamil version collected the highest net collection as of 3:00 pm, minting upto ₹15.63 crore from 4,161 shows. The Telugu version collected a net of ₹3.76 crore from 1,182 shows.

The film lags behind the original Jailer's Day 6 collection, which had raked ₹36.5 crore while screening just 6,157 shows. Jailer 2’s Hindi version is performing considerably better than the original, collecting up to ₹1.91 crore from 2,743 shows while Jailer collected only ₹0.40 crore from 218 shows. The original Tamil version had collected ₹26.70 crore from 4,414 shows.

However, the film’s gross collections totalled ₹308.88 crore, beating the Jailer’s gross collection of ₹244.70 crore on Day 6. The sequel’s total India net also crossed ₹263.55 crore, beating the previous net of ₹210.65 crore on Day 6.

Directed and written by Nelson Dilipkumar, the film sees the return of Tiger Muthuvel Pandian, as he tries to protect his family while investigating an idol-smuggling racket.

Jailer 2 also features Vidya Balan, S.J. Suryah, Ramya Krishnan, and Suraj Venjaramoodu. It also has guest roles by Mohanlal, Shiva Rajkumar, and Hrithik Roshan, among others. The film is edited by R. Nirmal. The music is composed by Anirudh Ravichander, while Vijay Kartik Kannan handled the cinematography.

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