Jailer 2 has become the first Tamil movie to mint ₹700 crore worldwide, thereby becoming the highest Tamil grosser in global box office. Now, the Rajinikanth boxer is aiming for its next record-breaking feat, which would be the highest Tamil grosser in Indian box office.
As of Day 12, the action comedy directed by Nelson Dilipkumar has grossed ₹474.65 crore in the domestic business till 7 pm.
Currently, the top grossing Tamil movie in the Indian box office is another Rajinikanth movie, 2.0, which has raked in ₹519.65 crore in its lifetime. This means, Jailer 2 needs just another ₹45 crore to beat this record. It remains to be seen whether the Nelson directorial can achieve this coveted title in its third week.
Coming to net domestic collections, Jailer 2 entered the ₹400 crore club on Monday. It bagged ₹405.31 crore till 7 pm, going by the number of shows tracked by Sacnilk. On Day 12, the movie collected ₹6.61 crore from 7,850 shows. This include ₹4.36 crore from Tamil, ₹1.44 crore from Telugu and ₹81 lakh from Hindi.
The Day 12 net collections would be the lowest earnings recorded by Jailer 2 so far. The previous low was recorded on Day 9, when the movie netted ₹14.5 crore. However, the earnings bounced back during the weekend, raking in ₹24.15 crore on Saturday and ₹25.7 crore on Sunday.
Jailer 2 opened with a domestic net of ₹59.7 crore, its highest daily earnings. This was followed by ₹37.1 crore on Day 2, ₹47.25 crore on Day 3 and ₹55.85 crore on Day 4, ending the first weekend on a high note.
The Rajinikanth action comedy did not disappoint during the week days. It scored ₹42.35 crore on Day 5, 46.8 crore on Day 6, ₹28.15 crore on Day 7 and ₹17.15 crore on Day 8. In the first week, Jailer 2 collected a total of 334.35 crore.
