Coolie pair Lokesh Kanagaraj and Rajnikanth get top rank in IMDb’s Most Popular Celebs list; Hrithik Roshan on 11th spot, Celebrities list

Coolie fever has taken over the viewer-dictated celebrity list with Lokesh Kanagaraj heading the pack at slot number, closely followed by Coolie leading man Rajinikanth in second place.

By: Entertainment Desk Written by Arjun Menon

Bangalore | August 19, 2025 04:32 PM IST

The IMDb Indian Celebrities List is headed by Lokesh Kanagaraj and Rajinikanth

We are halfway into the year, and already two mega films have dominated the summer box office. Coolie and War 2, released on Independence Day weekend, have created new box office records and revived the slump in the theatre business. Now IMDb has come out with its ‘Most Popular Indian Celebrities for the Week List’ and it seems like Coolie fever has taken over the viewer-dictated celebrity list with Lokesh Kanagaraj heading the pack at slot number one, closely followed by Coolie leading man Rajinikanth in second place. The data derived from user traffic on IMDb’s official website truly speaks to the popularity of the Tamil blockbuster’s appeal to audiences everywhere. This list also features other actors, such as Adarsh Gaurav, in 5th place for his role in the new legacy TV show ‘Alien Earth’.

However, Coolie is closely followed by War 2 in the IMDb list, with Hrithik Roshan securing an 8th place in the list and his co-star in the movie, Jr. NTR, coming in at the 11th spot. The leading lady of War 2, Kiara Advani, and its director, Ayan Mukherjee, closely follow in positions 15th and 18th in the list, respectively. This data is based on the buzz and audience anticipation generated by the season’s biggest two blockbusters, Coolie with the ‘Lokesh Kanagaraj Factor’and War 2, with its franchise goodwill.

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Coolie has already crossed the Rs. 400 crore mark at the global box office, and Lokesh Kanagaraj joins the pantheon of filmmakers like S S Rajamouli and Rajkumar Hirani with the maximum number of back-to-back films in the prestigious’ ‘400 crore’ club. Superstar Rajinikanth and team are all set to reach the Rs 500 crore milestone soon. If that happens in less than ten days, Coolie will be the fastest film in Tamil cinema history to reach the 500 crore milestone in that time period. Even though the fifth-day collections from its first Monday have been encouraging enough for team Coolie, the film trails behind the fifth-day collections of movies like Vicky Kaushal’s Chaava and YRF’s surprise blockbuster Saiyaara, both of which are still the first and second highest grossers of the year, followed by Coolie in third place. The fact that the collections for Coolie have been slightly lower than that of Rajinikanth’s own earlier blockbuster Jailer tells you all you need to know about Coolie’s current trend at the box office.

According to industry tracker Sacnilk, Coolie raked in a net Indian collection of Rs. 12.15 crores on Monday, thereby bringing its domestic gross to Rs. 206.67 crores. It also reports that Coolie has faced a 65% dip in its daily figures as compared to Sunday, when the film took in Rs. 32.25 crores at the theatres. On the other hand, War 2, the rival release, has been doing significantly worse with a collection of Rs. 8.5 crore on Monday and is showing a 75% dip in its revenue on its first Monday. War 2 has seen a dip in its box office performance, and as per reports from Sacnilk is currently just behind Yash Raj Film’s lowest-grossing film, Ek Tha Tiger, from the spy universe in terms of its final figures. The Hindi version seems to be doing good, followed closely by the Telugu version, partly owing to the presence of Jr NTR. The film’s performance in the Tamil dubbed versions has been underwhelming to say the least. Going by the current figures, it would be a while before War 2 reaches the Rs. 200 crore gross from the domestic market.

Coolie also features an extended ensemble cast consisting of Nagarjuna Akkineni, Aamir Khan, Upendra, Soubin Shahir and Shruthi Haasan among others. The film bankrolled by Sun Pictures was made of a budget of 350 crores and is already the third Rajinikanth film in the 400 club crore. War 2 features an additional cast consisting of Kiara Advani, Ashutosh Rana and Anil Kapoor. It would be quite the uphill task for War 2 in the coming few days to clear the absolute domination in the domestic gross collections set by Coolie.

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