Coolie worldwide box office collection day 14: Rajinikanth film crosses ₹500 crore; sets sights on Saiyaara, Padmaavat

Coolie worldwide box office collection: Rajinikanth now has his third ₹500 crore film in the form of Lokesh Kanagaraj's action thriller.

Updated on: Aug 28, 2025, 09:21:52 IST

By Abhimanyu Mathur

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Coolie worldwide box office collection: The year 2025 now has its third ₹500-crore film. Rajinikanth's Coolie has crossed the milestone after just 14 days at the box office. Despite slowing down considerably after its second weekend, Coolie managed to cross the ₹500-crore mark on the back of some exceptional momentum from the first week.

Coolie worldwide box office collection: Rajinikanth's film has broken several box office records.

Coolie worldwide box office update

Coolie earned ₹268.75 crore net ( ₹309 crore gross) in the domestic territories over its 14 days. It is now inching towards the ₹300-crore mark in India. However, given that its day 14 net haul was just ₹4.50 crore, it will take some time to get there.

Overseas, the Lokesh Kanagaraj film broke several opening day and weekend records in the US, the UK, and Australia. That has helped it sustain a good run even as the collections have now almost died down outside India. By the end of day 14 internationally, trade pundits estimate Coolie has earned just under $21 million overseas ( ₹182 crore). This takes its worldwide gross to ₹501 crore. Coolie is now the third Indian film of 2025 to breach this mark after Chhaava and Saiyaara, both Hindi films.

Coolie in the list of highest-grossing Indian films

Earlier, over the weekend, Coolie had crossed the lifetime box office collection of Mani Ratnam's Ponniyin Selvan Part 1 ( ₹488 crore). It now stands just outside the top 25 highest-grossing Indian films, but has entered the top 10 highest-grossing South films ever. The film has now set its sights on the lifetime hauls of Saiyaara ( ₹568 crore), Padmaavat ( ₹585 crore), and Sanju ( ₹588 crore). It would need to beat these to enter the top 20.

All about Coolie

The Lokesh Kanagaraj action thriller stars Rajinikanth in the titular role of a retired coolie and union leader, who gets embroiled in a gang's activities after the death of his friend. The film also stars Nagarjuna, Shruti Haasan, Soubin Shahir, along with Upendra and Aamir Khan in special appearances.

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Abhimanyu Mathur
Abhimanyu Mathur is Deputy Editor, Entertainment at Hindustan Times. With almost 15 years of experience in writing about everything from films and TV shows to cricket matches and elections, he inhales and exhales pop culture and news. Currently, he watches movies and TV shows and talks to celebrities for a living, while occasionally writing about them as well. A journalism graduate of Delhi College of Arts and Commerce, Delhi University, Abhimanyu began his career with Hindustan Times at the age of 20, swapping classrooms for newsrooms at an early age. He began his journey in the early days of digital journalism, later switching to the madness of print journalism. Work has led him to far off places like Japan and Jordan, as well as to the interiors of Haryana and the Indo-Pak border. He dabbled in city reporting in places like Meerut, Gurgaon, and Delhi, covered the Olympics and Cricket World Cups, before finding his calling in entertainment and lifestyle during the pandemic. A Rotten Tomatoes Certified Film Critic, he is equally at home covering stories on ground as he is interviewing celebrities and studios, and sometimes prefers to shepherd teams in delivering traffic through the day. Even as his role has evolved from reporter to supervisor over the years, his first love remains writing (and of late, talking on camera). With a good understanding of cinema and its trends, and a keen eye for detail, he continues to spark conversations around showbiz for readers around the world.Read More

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