Rajinikanth’s Coolie Box Office Collection: The Rajinikanth starrer has set theatres ablaze with its housefull shows on the Independence Day weekend. With a Rs 20 crore box office collection so far, early estimates hint at a record-breaking Rs 60 crore opening day for the Lokesh Kanagaraj directorial.

Joining forces to compete with Rajinikanth’s Coolie is Bollywood’s heartthrob Hrithik Roshan and Jr. NTR with War 2. Putting up a tough fight, War 2 made the same as Coolie’s day 1 box office collection in its advance booking collection. But the real question is, can War 2 beat Coolie with such a huge margin, keeping the two films apart on the charts?

Coolie Box Office Collection Day 1

As Rajinikanth’s Coolie rolls into cinemas with ease, Sacnilk reported unusual occupancy rates. Staggeringly high and beating any other Tamil release this year, Coolie started strong by filling 81.95% seats in theatres, overall. Coolie, in Tamil, had nearly full-house shows in Trichy, Vellore, Salem and Pondicherry. With the highest number of theatres screening Rajinikanth’s Coolie in Bengaluru, the 903 screens saw a 91% occupancy rate.

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Despite low advance booking numbers in Hindi, Coolie: The Powerhouse was shown much love in Mumbai in Hindi across the 193 shows in the city, while Delhi NCR had significantly low numbers.

As fans speculate Coolie to reach Rajinikanth’s highest grossing films, here’s are his top five highest grossing films worldwide:

  1. 1.2.0 – Rs 675 crore
  2. Jailer – Rs 605 crore
  3. Kabali – Rs 295 crore
  4. Enthiran – Rs 290 crore
  5. Vettaiyan – Rs 255 crore

Coolie movie reviews

Receiving a ‘blockbuster’ rating throughout IMDb, Rajinikanth’s Coolie movie reviews are oozing with excitement. Users wrote, “The Thalaivar magic is unstoppable. Rajinikanth reminds the world why he’s the one and only Superstar. Lokesh delivered an absolute masterpiece.”

With Rajinikanth’s unbeaten fan following the film, has received loud cheers from audiences. However, some even called it the “weakest Lokesh movie” as the “second half felt stretched.” A user drew parallels between the directorial to Vikram’s films like Leo. “With thrilling Rajinified moments,” as said by a reviewer, Coolie is expected to earn even big with as weekend sets in.