Jailer 2 box office day 18: Rajinikanth's Jailer 2 has created history by crossing the Rs 800 crore mark at the box office worldwide, setting a new benchmark for Tamil cinema. The Nelson Dilipkumar directorial has become the first Tamil film to achieve the milestone, further strengthening Rajinikanth's standing as one of the industry's biggest box office successes.
On its 18th day, Jailer 2 collected Rs 11.20 crore net in India, registering a 15.5 percent increase compared to its 17th day collection of Rs 9.70 crore. This has brought a total of Rs 456.30 crore net and Rs 533.75 crore gross collection in India, according to estimates by Sacnilk.
Overseas, the film collected an estimate Rs 3 crores on day 18, bringing the total overseas collection to Rs 273.50 crores (gross). This brings its worldwide gross collection to Rs 807.25 crores (gross) as of Sunday, November 1.
Produced by Sun Pictures, Rajinikanth's Jailer 2 had earlier surpassed his 2018 sci-fi blockbuster film 2.0 that collected Rs 723.30 crores worldwide, according to Sacnilk. This indicated that the film has become the highest grossing Tamil film in India. It has also emerged as the second highest grossing Indian film of 2026, following filmmaker Aditya Dhar's Dhurandhar: The revenge.
Jailer 2 is a sequel to the 2023 Jailer, which also has surpassed the latter's box office collection worldwide by 33.48% as of November 1. Rajinikanth reprised his role as Tiger Muthuvel Pandian, a retired jailer who gets entangled in another dangerous confrontation with the underworld.
The film also featured Mohanlal, Shivarajkumar, Mithun Chakraborty, Vidya Balan, SJ Suryah, Suraj Venjaramoodu, Ramya Krishnan, Mirnaa Menon, Yogi Babu, Jatin Sarna, Tamizh, Ramachandran Durairaj, Jaffer Saadiq, Bagavathi Perumal, Meghana Raj Sarja, and Bjorn Surrao, among others.
The action thriller had music composed by Anirudh Ravichander, who will be working with Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan as co-stars in the tentatively titled film KH x RK reunion, referring to their onscreen reunion after almost 5 decades.
