Jailer 2 day 15: Rajinikanth film doubles Coolie's pace, tops Rs 765 crore

Jailer film box office collection figures for day 15 show Rajinikanth's Jailer 2 crossing Rs 500 crore gross in India and reaching about Rs 765 crore worldwide. The Tamil action sequel, directed by Nelson and released on October 15, 2026, earned an estimated Rs 5.90 crore net in India on Thursday, October 29, according to early figures from the trade tracker Sacnilk. The film is now about Rs 35 crore short of the Rs 800 crore worldwide mark.

Two weeks into its run, Jailer 2 is still adding several crore rupees a day in India, which is unusual for a big star film whose audience tends to arrive in the first weekend. The daily figure is falling, as expected in a third week, but the pace is still more than twice that of Coolie at the same stage. That matters to cinema owners in Tamil Nadu and the other southern states, who depend on a few large releases each year to fill seats on weekdays, and to the film's distributors, whose share of the takings drops as the weeks pass.

It also helps to understand the numbers people search for. "Net" is the money collected at the ticket counter in India after the Goods and Services Tax (GST) is taken out; "gross" includes the tax. Worldwide gross adds overseas ticket sales. The Rs 429.55 crore net and the Rs 502.65 crore gross therefore describe the same Indian ticket sales, with and without tax. Day-wise figures from trackers are early estimates based on the shows they monitor, and are often revised a day or two later, which is why outlets give slightly different totals: one business outlet, using live data, put the worldwide figure lower at Rs 755.50 crore.

The run has been strong from the start. In Kerala, a market where Tamil star films have a large following, Jailer 2 crossed Rs 40 crore in its first four days, against Rs 18.50 crore for Coolie over the same period. Within a week of release it had already become one of the four highest-grossing Tamil films of all time, according to trade reports. Overseas markets account for about a third of the worldwide total, a reminder of how far Tamil cinema now travels with the diaspora in the Gulf, South-East Asia, North America and Europe.

Short-term: The third weekend, starting Friday, October 30, will show whether the film can climb back up after its weekday dip. A steady weekend would bring the Rs 800 crore worldwide mark within reach in the coming days. New releases in cinemas from this week will compete for screens.

Long-term: A Tamil film near Rs 800 crore worldwide strengthens the case for big-budget sequels and pan-India releases from the southern industries, and raises the bar that the next star films in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi will be measured against.

Who is affected: Cinema owners and distributors in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana; overseas exhibitors; the film's producers; and viewers deciding whether the film is still worth catching on the big screen.

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