Coolie Worldwide Box Office Collection Day 5: Rajinikanth’s film clocks Rs 206 crore nett, sees 65% drop on Monday, trails behind Saiyaara, Jailer

On Monday, Coolie recorded an India nett collection of Rs 12.15 crore, taking its total domestic earnings to Rs 206.67 crore, according to industry tracker Sacnilk. Although it witnessed a 65.53 per cent dip in its daily earnings compared to Sunday, when the movie earned Rs 35.25 crore, it’s still faring significantly better than its box office rival, the Hrithik Roshan and Jr NTR-starrer War 2, which managed to clock only Rs 8.4 crore.

Here is the day-wise breakdown of Coolie box office collection across all languages:

* Day 1 [1st Thursday]: Rs 65 cr [Tamil: Rs 44.5 cr; Telugu: Rs 15.5 cr; Hindi: Rs 4.5 cr; Kannada: Rs 0.5 cr]

* Day 2 [1st Friday]: Rs 54.75 cr [Tamil: Rs 34.5 cr; Telugu: Rs 13.5 crore; Hindi: Rs 6.25 cr; Kannada: Rs 0.5 cr]

* Day 3 [1st Saturday]: Rs 39.5 cr [Tamil: Rs 25.75 cr; Telugu: Rs 9.25 cr; Hindi: Rs 4.25 cr; Kannada: Rs 0.25 cr]

* Day 4 [1st Sunday]: Rs 35.25 cr [Tamil: Rs 23.3 cr; Telugu: Rs 6.85 cr; Hindi: Rs 4.75 cr; Kannada: Rs 0.35 cr]

* Day 5 [1st Monday]: Rs 12.15 cr [Tamil: Rs 8 cr; Telugu: Rs 2.25 cr; Hindi: Rs 1.75 cr; Kannada: Rs 0.15 cr]

Nonetheless, Coolie’s first Monday collection is far less than Chhaava and Saiyaara, both of which earned Rs 24 crore, raising doubts about whether the Rajinikanth-starrer will emerge as the highest-grossing Indian film of the year. Although Coolie fared better than the superstar’s last movie, Vettaiyan, which earned just Rs 5.6 crore on its first weekday in theatres, it couldn’t match the performance of his previous blockbuster, Jailer, which minted Rs 23.55 crore on the corresponding day.

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On Monday, Coolie registered an overall occupancy of 32.18 per cent in the Tamil market. While the morning shows commenced with 23.58 per cent occupancy, the rate improved as the day unfolded, reaching 29.31 per cent in the afternoon and 38.07 percent in the evening. However, the figure witnessed a slight dip during night screenings and settled at 37.76 per cent.

Also starring Nagarjuna Akkineni, Soubin Shahir, Upendra, Shruti Haasan, Sathyaraj and Rachita Ram, as well as Aamir Khan in a cameo role, Coolie features music by Anirudh Ravichander, cinematography by Girish Gangadharan and editing by Philomin Raj. In his review of the movie, SCREEN’s Arjun Menon wrote, “Lokesh Kanagaraj movie approaches Rajinikanth’s star persona with a mix of old-school veneration and a slight tongue-in-irreverance.”