Oct 20, 2026 4:33pm IST
‘Jailer 2’ Box Office: Rajinikanth-Starrer Sets First Monday Record, Becomes Fastest ₹500 Crore Tamil Worldwide Grosser
Rajinikanth’s “Jailer 2” continues to set new benchmarks at the domestic and global box office. After a phenomenal extended opening weekend, the action-comedy thriller maintained its momentum on Monday, collecting ₹42.35 crore and taking its total India net collection to ₹242.25 crore.
With this, the film has registered the highest first-Monday collection for a Tamil film, surpassing several major box-office hits.
Highest First-Monday Collections for Tamil Films
Jailer 2: ₹42.35 crore
Jailer: ₹42.20 crore
Leo: ₹39.80 crore
Bigil: ₹22.80 crore
Ponniyin Selvan: Part 2: ₹23.25 crore
Ponniyin Selvan: Part 1: ₹19.05 crore
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Besides this milestone, the film also became the fastest entrant to ₹500 crore globally, as it achieved this feat in six days (earning ₹477.75 crore in five days and advance booking of ₹24.35 crore on the sixth day)
While it will surpass “Jailer” (₹604.74 crore) and “Leo” (₹605.90 crore) by October 23, it will dethrone “2.0” (₹691 crore) by the end of its second weekend to become the highest Tamil global grosser of all time.
In the domestic market, the original Tamil version has contributed ₹187.84 crore, followed by the Telugu and Hindi-dubbed versions, which raked in ₹47.72 crore and ₹21.47 crore, respectively.
With no prominent releases in the coming weekend, “Jailer 2” is expected to retain maximum screens. The film also features Ramya Krishnan, Yogi Babu, Mirnaa, Rithvik, S. J. Suryah, Mithun Chakraborty, Suraj Venjaramoodu and Vidya Balan in pivotal roles. Directed by Nelson Dilipkumar, who also helmed the first part, the Rajinikanth-starrer is produced by Kalanithi Maran under his banner, Sun Pictures.
Like its prequel, it features cameos from Mohanlal, Shiva Rajkumar, and Jackie Shroff, with Hrithik Roshan and Vijay Sethupathi joining them
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