Rajinikanth watches ‘Jailer 2’ with fans as worldwide gross reaches ₹628 crore

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Rajinikanth watched *Jailer 2* with fans at a newly renovated IMAX theatre in Chennai on Friday, October 23, in what producer Sun Pictures described as his first such screening in 40 years.

Composer Anirudh Ravichander, who scored the film, joined Rajinikanth at the late-night show. Sun Pictures shared footage showing the actor greeting Ravichander and director Nelson Dilipkumar. The film’s team told The Indian Express that Rajinikanth watched with a packed audience and that some fans were able to take photographs with him before he was escorted out.

The appearance came as the action sequel continued its theatrical run after opening on October 15. According to box-office tracker Sacnilk, as cited by The Indian Express, the film earned ₹14.50 crore net in India on its second Friday, its lowest single-day domestic total so far. That brought its nine-day India net collection to ₹348.85 crore and its domestic gross to ₹408.55 crore.

Sacnilk estimated the film’s worldwide gross at ₹628.05 crore, including ₹219.50 crore from overseas markets. That total places it above the reported ₹604.74 crore lifetime worldwide collection of the 2023 original, *Jailer*.

Directed by Nelson and produced by Sun Pictures, *Jailer 2* features Rajinikanth alongside SJ Suryah, Vidya Balan, Shivarajkumar, Mohanlal, Jackie Shroff and Hrithik Roshan.

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Tamil Nadu · 2 outlets
Sun Pictures · 2 outlets
Mithun Chakraborty · 2 outlets
Ramya Krishnan · 2 outlets
Vidya Balan · 2 outlets
Vijay Sethupathi · 2 outlets
Hrithik Roshan · 2 outlets

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500 crore club · from 21 Oct 02:46, 3 outlets
321 crore box · from 18 Oct 09:00, 2 outlets
400 crore worldwide · from 19 Oct 08:30, 2 outlets
500 crore mark · from 20 Oct 02:15, 2 outlets
500 crore worldwide · from 20 Oct 07:00, 2 outlets
600 crore mark · from 22 Oct 02:45, 2 outlets
628 crore worldwide · from 24 Oct 02:00, 2 outlets
2 big screen · from 24 Oct 09:32, 2 outlets

Figures reported with different numbers

crore worldwide: 22.32 (1 from 11 Oct 06:39) → 606 (2 from 11 Oct 06:39) → 22 (1 from 12 Oct 15:30) → 650 (1 from 14 Oct 05:39) → 604 (1 from 14 Oct 10:38) → 254 (1 from 14 Oct 10:38) → 518 (1 from 14 Oct 10:38) → 600 (2 from 14 Oct 10:38) → 100 (3 from 14 Oct 10:38) → 151.75 (1 from 16 Oct 02:37) → 127 (1 from 17 Oct 02:43) → 200 (1 from 17 Oct 04:30) → 317 (1 from 18 Oct 02:45) → 317.15 (1 from 18 Oct 02:45) → 300 (2 from 18 Oct 02:45) → 321 (1 from 18 Oct 12:45) → 424 (1 from 19 Oct 05:45) → 400 (2 from 19 Oct 08:30) → 500 (2 from 20 Oct 07:00) → 1,000 (1 from 21 Oct 02:46) → 541 (1 from 21 Oct 02:46) → 418.25 (1 from 21 Oct 02:46) → 605 (1 from 21 Oct 02:46) → 1,850 (1 from 22 Oct 02:53) → 606.05 (1 from 23 Oct 02:51) → 628 (2 from 24 Oct 02:00) → 324.68 (1 from 24 Oct 02:44) → 542 (1 from 24 Oct 09:32) → 630 (1 from 24 Oct 10:15) → 604.7 (1 from 25 Oct 02:48) → 666 (1 from 25 Oct 08:30) → 710 (1 from 26 Oct 02:30) → 700 (1 from 26 Oct 02:51) → 733.35 (1 from 27 Oct 02:49) → 744 (1 from 28 Oct 02:44) → 750 (1 from 28 Oct 04:45) → 730 (1 from 29 Oct 03:00) → 755 (1 from 29 Oct 09:07) → 183 (1 from 29 Oct 09:07) → 429.55 (1 from 30 Oct 02:44) → 800 (1 from 1 Nov 02:30)
crore net: 44.50 (1 from 14 Oct 10:38) → 59.70 (1 from 16 Oct 02:37) → 43.35 (1 from 16 Oct 02:37) → 60.25 (1 from 16 Oct 02:37) → 3.50 (1 from 16 Oct 02:37) → 35.60 (1 from 17 Oct 02:43) → 47.80 (1 from 18 Oct 02:45) → 7.90 (1 from 18 Oct 02:45) → 5.59 (1 from 18 Oct 02:45) → 55.85 (1 from 19 Oct 02:42) → 37.10 (1 from 19 Oct 02:42) → 47.25 (1 from 19 Oct 02:42) → 283.75 (1 from 20 Oct 02:42) → 42.35 (1 from 20 Oct 02:42) → 287.80 (1 from 21 Oct 02:46) → 1.34 (1 from 21 Oct 02:46) → 45.55 (1 from 21 Oct 02:46) → 1.30 (1 from 22 Oct 02:53) → 317.20 (1 from 22 Oct 02:53) → 28.15 (1 from 22 Oct 02:53) → 8.99 (1 from 23 Oct 02:51) → 391.55 (1 from 23 Oct 02:51) → 7.91 (1 from 23 Oct 02:51) → 6.48 (1 from 23 Oct 02:51) → 4.97 (1 from 23 Oct 02:51) → 2.80 (1 from 23 Oct 02:51) → 334.35 (1 from 23 Oct 02:51) → 17.15 (1 from 23 Oct 02:51) → 408.55 (1 from 24 Oct 02:44) → 348.55 (1 from 24 Oct 02:44) → 14.50 (1 from 24 Oct 02:44) → 1.74 (1 from 25 Oct 02:48) → 7.50 (1 from 28 Oct 02:44) → 423 (1 from 29 Oct 03:00) → 400 (1 from 29 Oct 03:00) → 6.55 (1 from 29 Oct 03:00) → 5.90 (1 from 30 Oct 02:44) → 5.50 (1 from 31 Oct 02:41) → 9.35 (1 from 1 Nov 04:22)
crore mark: 350 (1 from 14 Oct 10:38) → 125 (1 from 16 Oct 01:45) → 200 (1 from 17 Oct 02:43) → 300 (2 from 18 Oct 02:30) → 450 (1 from 19 Oct 02:42) → 500 (2 from 20 Oct 02:15) → 20 (1 from 20 Oct 10:15) → 600 (2 from 22 Oct 02:45) → 1,000 (1 from 23 Oct 02:51) → 400 (1 from 26 Oct 18:15) → 750 (2 from 27 Oct 02:00) → 800 (2 from 28 Oct 02:44) → 475 (1 from 28 Oct 08:45) → 700 (1 from 29 Oct 03:00) → 1000 (1 from 30 Oct 02:44)
crore gross: 52 (1 from 14 Oct 10:38) → 70.25 (1 from 16 Oct 02:37) → 337 (1 from 21 Oct 02:46) → 371.45 (1 from 22 Oct 02:53) → 7 (1 from 22 Oct 02:53) → 7.94 (1 from 23 Oct 02:51) → 20.10 (1 from 23 Oct 02:51) → 391.55 (1 from 23 Oct 02:51) → 3 (1 from 26 Oct 02:51) → 486.50 (1 from 28 Oct 02:44) → 490 (1 from 28 Oct 09:00) → 500 (1 from 29 Oct 03:00) → 1.56 (1 from 29 Oct 03:00) → 423 (1 from 29 Oct 03:00) → 519 (1 from 30 Oct 02:44) → 225 (1 from 30 Oct 02:44) → 765.15 (1 from 30 Oct 02:44) → 691 (1 from 30 Oct 02:44) → 520 (1 from 30 Oct 02:44) → 50 (1 from 30 Oct 02:44)
cr worldwide: 100 (1 from 14 Oct 05:39) → 120 (1 from 15 Oct 08:34) → 125 (2 from 15 Oct 23:00) → 200 (1 from 17 Oct 00:30) → 300 (1 from 18 Oct 00:45) → 424 (1 from 19 Oct 02:42) → 540 (1 from 21 Oct 09:15) → 582.45 (1 from 22 Oct 01:15) → 582 (1 from 22 Oct 02:53) → 628.05 (1 from 24 Oct 00:30) → 628 (1 from 24 Oct 02:44) → 710 (1 from 26 Oct 00:45) → 710.35 (1 from 26 Oct 02:51) → 733 (1 from 27 Oct 02:49) → 744 (1 from 28 Oct 02:44) → 776 (1 from 31 Oct 00:30) → 790 (1 from 1 Nov 01:15)
lakh tickets: 2.9 (1 from 11 Oct 06:39) → 15 (2 from 14 Oct 05:39) → 14.47 (1 from 14 Oct 05:39) → 4.49 (1 from 14 Oct 05:39) → 4.34 (1 from 14 Oct 05:39) → 4.06 (1 from 14 Oct 05:39) → 1.71 (1 from 14 Oct 05:39) → 29.69 (1 from 14 Oct 05:39) → 14.15 (1 from 14 Oct 18:30) → 5.03 (1 from 22 Oct 02:53) → 5.22 (1 from 23 Oct 02:51) → 4.44 (1 from 23 Oct 02:51) → 4.65 (1 from 23 Oct 02:51) → 3.9 (1 from 23 Oct 02:51) → 3.483 (1 from 23 Oct 02:51) → 7 (1 from 27 Oct 02:49)

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