Jailer 2 box office prediction: Rajinikanth film poised for massive ₹140-crore start; will beat Toxic, Animal, Jana Nayagan, Dhurandhar

Jailer 2, starring Rajinikanth, is set for a massive splash at the box office, aiming to earn a staggering ₹140 crore on its release day itself.

Thalaivar is back in theatres! Rajinikanth is set to return to the big screen with Jailer 2, a rare sequel in which the star is appearing. The Nelson Dilipkumar film is set to release this Thursday, October 15. Advance booking trends are massive, with the film already having crossed the ₹50-crore mark in pre-sales. All these figures indicate that the Tamil superstar is on course for yet another massive opening day, which may just dwarf what most films have done of late.

Jailer 2 box office prediction: Rajinikanth plays the lead in Nelson Dilipkumar's film.

Jailer 2 advance booking update

Advance bookings for Jailer 2 began in India on October 10. They had already begun in select overseas territories a day prior. The film took a running start at the ticket window in pre-sales. By the morning of October 14 (Wednesday), the film's advance bookings had crossed ₹80 crore worldwide for its opening weekend. The film’s Hindi dub, however, has not set the cash registers ringing so far. But there’s still hope that the presence of stars from across industries in Jailer 2 - with a rumoured Hrithik Roshan cameo - may just push this film into the pan-India territory.

Jailer 2 box office prediction

With one day to go for its release, the day 1 advance booking of Jailer 2 stands at a solid ₹27 crore gross. This is the second-highest among all Rajinikanth films, behind only Coolie’s massive ₹46-crore haul. Jailer 2 may not beat that mark, but trade insiders are bullish on its chances of crossing ₹35 crore. This means that an opening day of ₹50+ crore is a given for Jailer 2. This will help the sequel beat part 1, which opened at ₹48 crore net in 2023. Rajinikanth’s Coolie holds the record for Tamil cinema with an opening of ₹65 crore net two years ago.

Overseas, Jailer 2 is tracking better than not just Jailer or Vijay’s Leo, but also Coolie. The film has crossed $3 million in pre-sales in overseas territories. Trade insiders are betting that Jailer 2 will cross the $7 million mark overseas on its opening day, with some optimistic predictions putting the total at $8 million. This would mean that Jailer 2 can open over ₹125 crore worldwide easily, and potentially go up to ₹140 crore.

Jailer 2 to beat pan-India biggies

Once Jailer 2 crosses the ₹120 crore mark in worldwide gross on its opening day, the film will secure the third-biggest opening in Tamil cinema history, behind only Coolie ( ₹151 crore) and Leo ( ₹142 crore). It will easily beat Rajini’s other blockbusters like Jailer ( ₹91 crore) and 2.0 ( ₹93 crore).

In fact, if the ₹140-crore opening materialises for the Nelson Dilipkumar film, it will also surpass recent big films such as Yash’s Toxic ( ₹136 crore), Shah Rukh Khan’s Jawan ( ₹129 crore), and Ranbir Kapoor’s Animal ( ₹116 crore). It won’t beat the mark of this year’s biggest opening for an Indian film (Dhurandhar 2 at ₹203 crore), but it will easily beat Dhurandhar 1’s opening-day mark of ₹41 crore.

All about Jailer 2

Jailer 2 sees Nelson Dilipkumar return as the film's writer and director. It is produced by Kalanithi Maran under Sun Pictures. The film stars Rajinikanth, Ramya Krishnan, Yogi Babu and Mirnaa. Mammootty and Shiva Rajkumar have cameos, as they did in the first part. Anirudh Ravichander is composing the music for the film, which is hitting screens on October 15. The film has been certified UA 16+ with a runtime of 2 hours and 45 minutes.