Jailer 2 box office collection day 18: Rajinikanth's film has a splendid third weekend, crosses ₹450 crore | Hindustan Times
Rajinikanth's Jailer, directed by Nelson Dilipkumar, opened to positive response from the audience as well as the critics.
With Ramayana set to hit theatres on November 5, Jailer 2 is making the most of its remaining days without major competition at the box office. The Rajinikanth-starrer has witnessed a pickup in collections over its third weekend, taking its domestic box office total to ₹454.33 crore. The film had slowed down during its second week, but the latest numbers suggest that it is still drawing audiences to theatres ahead of the big release next week.Jailer 2 box office updateJailer 2 already had a bumper first week in theatres. Advance bookings for Jailer 2 began in India on October 10, five days before release. It collected ₹59.70 crore net at the domestic box office on its first day. The film maintained strong collections despite the usual weekday slowdown, taking its India net total to ₹334.35 crore in just its first week of release. However, the film slowed down during the second week and collected ₹95.55 crore at the end of it.The improvement in collections started on Saturday, when the film collected ₹9.35 crore. As per the latest update on Sacnilk, the film has now managed to pull ₹11.20 crore. These collections are quite impressive, given that most films aren’t expected to sustain beyond their first week of release, even after receiving favourable reviews. This brings the total domestic box office collection to ₹456.30 crore.Jailer 2 has already become the second-highest-grossing Indian film of the year. The first spot is held by Dhurandhar The Revenge. Jailer 2 will face further heat at the box office with the release of Nitesh Tiwari’s Ranbir Kapoor, Sai Pallavi and Yash-starrer Ramayana. It hits screens on November 5. About the filmJailer 2 is written and directed by Nelson Dilipkumar and produced by Kalanithi Maran through Sun Pictures. Rajinikanth, Ramya Krishnan, Yogi Babu, Mirnaa, and Rithvik reprise their roles from the 2023 hit. It takes forward the story of retired jailer Tiger Muthuvel Pandian, who hides the truth about his son’s death from his family. He also tries to protect them from an idol smuggling gang that’s out for his blood. Mohanlal, Shiva Rajkumar and Jackie Shroff reprise their cameos as Mathew, Narasimha and Kamdev, Muthu’s allies.
