Rajinikanth and Lokesh Kanagaraj's Coolie continues to hold its ground strongly at the box office on its second day of release. After a rousing reception with Rs 65 crore on its opening day, the action thriller earned Rs 53.5 crore on its second day, a slight dip compared to Thursday's numbers. Yet, the film registered an impressive 96.50 per cent occupancy in Chennai and over 80 per cent across several cities in Tamil Nadu.
On Friday, Sun Pictures announced that Coolie had minted over Rs 151 crore worldwide, emerging as the first Tamil film ever to make the record. The numbers also came from overseas collections where it earned more than $8.75 million. Here too, Coolie broke records to become the first Tamil film to achieve this massive feat.
Coolie tops the list of top day 1 grossers in the Tamil film industry, surpassing Vijay's Leo which earned over Rs 140 crore.
Coolie has also outperformed the opening day collections of several of Rajinikanth’s previous films, including TJ Gnanavel’s Vettaiyan (Rs 31.5 crore), Nelson Dilipkumar’s Jailer (Rs 48.35 crore), Karthik Subbaraj’s Petta (Rs 14 crore), and Shankar’s 2.0 (Rs 23 crore). This successful run is expected to continue through the first weekend with Coolie set to easily surpass the Rs 150 crore mark.
On the reviews side, Coolie has been getting positive reactions for Rajinikanth's dominating screen presence, but was criticised for its disjointed story and screenplay featuring too many characters.
Rajinikanth stars in his first collaboration with Lokesh Kanagaraj. The cast includes Nagarjuna, Upendra, Sathyaraj, Shruti Haasan, Soubin Shahir, and features cameos by Aamir Khan and Pooja Hegde.
The film, produced by Sun Pictures, has music composed by Anirudh, cinematography by Girish Gangadharan and editing by Philomin Raj.
