Coolie worldwide box office collection day 8: Rajinikanth film beats Jr NTR's Devara lifetime, moves close to ₹450 crore

Coolie worldwide box office collection is inching towards the ₹450 crore mark. The Rajinikanth film is directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj.

Updated on: Aug 22, 2025, 11:47:29 IST

By Abhimanyu Mathur

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Coolie worldwide box office collection: Rajinikanth's Coolie is soldiering on at the box office despite diminishing returns over the weekend. After completing a week in the theatres, the film is now just shy of ₹450 crore in terms of worldwide gross.

Coolie worldwide box office collection day 8: Rajinikanth plays Deva in the Lokesh Kanagaraj film.

Coolie worldwide box office update

Coolie, directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj, began strongly, grossing over ₹350 crore worldwide in its four-day opening weekend. But the drop began on Monday, with the film seeing a 65% dip in collections domestically. By Thursday, Coolie was earning in single digits at the domestic box office. However, the initial start has meant that Coolie has been able to collect ₹230 crore net ( ₹273 crore gross) in India.

In the overseas market, having broken several Tamil cinema records in various markets, Coolie has now earned just under $21 million ( ₹171 crore). This takes its global haul after one week to an estimated ₹444 crore. The film should cross the ₹450 crore mark by Friday afternoon.

Coolie's ₹444 crore global haul is now higher than Jr NTR's recent release, Devara Part 1, which had earned just over ₹430 crore worldwide. In its sights is now Vijay's The Greatest of All Time (GOAT), which has a reported global collection of ₹457 crore. Coolie is now the sixth-highest-grossing Tamil film of all time. The top 5 features two films each of Rajinikanth (2.0 and Jailer) and Vijay (Leo and GOAT), along with Mani Ratnam's Ponniyin Selvan I. With slow momentum, it remains to be seen how far can Coolie climb in this list.

All about Coolie

Directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj, Coolie stars Rajinikanth as a retired coolie embroiled in a gangster's activities once he tries to investigate his friend's mysterious death. The film also stars Nagarjuna, Shruti Haasan, Soubin Shahir, Upendra, and Sathyaraj. Aamir Khan makes his Tamil language debut in a cameo.

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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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