Rajinikanth’s latest offering ‘Jailer’ is creating havoc at the box office because of the unanimous reviews and the glowing word of mouth. After taking a flying start with sensational first-day numbers in all territories, the Nelson Dilip Kumar directional is setting the box office on fire during the first weekend. While the domestic numbers are quite solid, the overseas collections are mind-boggling.
In North America, Jailer is shattering numerous existing records in the first weekend. By the end of Saturday, the film screamed past the $ 3 million mark with its stupendous run. After embarking on a record-breaking start with close to $ 950K from its Wednesday premieres, Jailer posted impressive numbers with $ 620K and $ 765K on Thursday and Friday.
On Saturday, the film created a rampage with more than one million haul and breached into the $ 3 million club in style. The film is expected to rake in more than $ 4 million by the end of the first weekend. It is poised to emerge as the second-biggest Kollywood hit of all time in its full run.
Besides North America, Jailer is on a record-breaking spree in other Overseas locations like Gulf and Australia with $ 4M and A$ 1M by the end of the first weekend. Also, in countries like Srilanka and Singapore, where Rajinikanth commands a huge following, Jailer is making a strong moolah in the first weekend. The same is the trend in some of the European and South Asian countries.
Rajinikanth’s crowd-pleasing screen presence coupled with Nelson’s commercial packaging ensured that Jailer secured rave reviews despite its narrative shortfalls.
This post was last modified on 13 August 2023 9:33 am
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