Chennai:Rajinikanth's latest film, Jailer 2, has continued to perform strongly at the box office, showing a 70% increase in domestic earnings on Saturday, October 31, compared to the previous day. The film collected Rs 9.35 crore net in India on its 17th day, up from Rs 5.50 crore on Friday.
According to United News of Bangladesh, the film's worldwide gross collection has now reached Rs 790.85 crore. The domestic net collection stands at Rs 444.75 crore, with the India gross collection reaching Rs 520.35 crore. The film also earned Rs 3 crore in overseas markets on Saturday, bringing its cumulative overseas gross collection to Rs 270.50 crore.
On its 17th day, Jailer 2 had 8,738 screenings across India, selling an estimated 6,92,764 tickets, increasing the total theatrical ticket sales to over three crore. The Tamil version was the largest contributor with Rs 6.70 crore from 4,199 shows. The Hindi version collected Rs 1.45 crore from 3,549 screenings, while the Telugu and Kannada versions added Rs 90 lakh and Rs 30 lakh respectively.
The film has maintained a strong domestic presence despite being in its third week. During its first eight days, it collected Rs 334.35 crore net and Rs 391.55 crore gross in India. The second week saw an additional Rs 95.55 crore net and Rs 111.50 crore gross. In the third week, the film earned Rs 14.85 crore net and Rs 17.30 crore gross domestically, surpassing Rs 500 crore in overall India gross collection.
Jailer 2 has outperformed Rajinikanth's previous release, Coolie, which had earned Rs 276 crore net and Rs 322.40 crore gross in India at the same stage. Coolie's worldwide gross collection was Rs 499.40 crore, including Rs 177 crore from overseas.
The Tamil version of Jailer 2 recorded the highest theatre occupancy on Saturday at 30.37%, with night screenings reaching 42.54%. The Hindi version had an overall occupancy of 15.28%, and the Telugu version reached 23.28%, with night screenings at 29.90%.
Tamil Nadu led the state-wise collections on Saturday, generating Rs 5.25 crore, accounting for 48.2% of the tracked domestic gross of Rs 10.90 crore. Karnataka contributed Rs 2 crore, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana added Rs 1 crore together, and Kerala also recorded Rs 1 crore, with other markets contributing Rs 1.65 crore.