Coolie box office collection day 8: Rajinikanth film continues to crawl after dip, rounds off first week at ₹230 crore

Coolie box office collection day 8: Rajinikanth, Shruti Haasan, Nagarjuna and Soubin Shahir round off the cast of this gangster drama.

Coolie box office collection day 8: Rajinikanth's Coolie has been in theatres for a week now. What started off with a bumper, record-breaking opening has slowly shown a major dip in collections over the week, given that the first-day excitement died down and the film did not meet fans' expectations. As per the latest update on Sacnilk, the film has now reached ₹230 crore at the domestic box office. (Also read: How Soubin Shahir became Coolie's breakout star: Stole the show from Rajinikanth, outdanced Pooja Hegde in Monica song)

Coolie box office collection day 8: Rajinikanth stars as Deva in the film.

Coolie shows no growth

The Lokesh Kanagaraj-directed film earned as little as ₹6.25 crore on its eighth day of release, the lowest single-day collection for the film so far.

Coolie had a bumper opening last Thursday with ₹65 crore. It was the second-best domestic opening for any Tamil film, behind only Vijay's Leo ( ₹66 crore) and ahead of Rajni's own 2.0 ( ₹60 crore). The strong opening day put Coolie on track for a solid opening weekend, but it fell short in the next few days, showing no growth even on its first Sunday, collecting ₹ 35.25 crore. From Monday onwards, the film started its downward spiral. The overall collections of the film now stands at ₹229.75 crore.

About Coolie

Directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj, Coolie stars Rajinikanth in the titular role. The action thriller also features Nagarjuna, Shruti Haasan, Upendra, Soubin Shahir, and Sathyaraj, with a cameo from Aamir Khan. Anirudh Ravinchander has composed the music for the film.

Coolie tells the story of a former union leader named Deva (Rajinikanth) who seeks answers after the sudden death of his friend Rajasekhar (Sathyaraj). In the process, he faces off against a gangster named Simon (Nagarjuna) and his right-hand man Dayal (Soubin Shahir).