Jailer Advance Booking: Rajinikanth's Film SURPASSES Sunny Deol’s ‘Gadar 2’ And Akshay Kumar ‘OMG 2’; Latest Figures Revealed (Details Indise)
The buzz surrounding Rajinikanth's upcoming film, ‘Jailer’, has been building steadily since the release of its trailer earlier this month. The movie has successfully sold over 612,000 tickets through the online booking platform, BookMyShow, as of Monday. Impressively, the film garnered around 85.53k ticket sales on Saturday, 233.15k on Sunday, and a remarkable 293.33k on Monday alone through the platform. These insights come from film trade analyst Manobala Vijayabalan.
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The anticipation for the Thalaivar's film has translated into a remarkable achievement for director Nelson Dilipkumar in the United States. ‘Jailer’ has achieved premiere advance ticket sales amounting to approximately $664,000 as of Monday. This feat surpasses the director's previous project ‘Beast’, featuring Thalapathy Vijay and Pooja Hegde, which generated around $658,000 in ticket sales.
Notably, ‘Jailer’ has positioned itself as one of the most anticipated films in the Singapore market, following closely behind Christopher Nolan's ‘Oppenheimer’ and Greta Gerwig's ‘Barbie’. Furthermore, it ranks among the top five eagerly awaited Tamil movies in the North American market.
The cumulative sales for ‘Jailer’ have reached approximately $828,000 (around Rs 6.86 crore) so far. This achievement places ‘Jailer’ alongside Rajinikanth's other successful films like "Kabali" ($1.92 million or Rs 15.89 crore), Mani Ratnam's "Ponniyin Selvan" ($1.03 million or Rs 8.52 crore), ‘2.0’($982,000 or Rs 8.12 crore) starring Rajinikanth and Akshay Kumar, and ‘Ponniyin Selvan 2’ ($737,000 or Rs 6.09 crore) featuring Chiyaan Vikram and Aishwarya Rai.
Significantly, ticket prices for ‘Jailer’ screenings in Bengaluru span from Rs 800 to Rs 1,400, with showtimes commencing as early as 6 am on August 10. The storyline of ‘Jailer’ revolves around Muthuvel Pandian, a compassionate yet strict jailer who discovers a gang's plot to free their leader from prison. Pandian embarks on a mission to thwart their efforts.
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The movie stars Rajinikanth, Mohanlal, Jackie Shroff, Shiva Rajkumar, Ramya Krishnan, and Tamannah Bhatia in pivotal roles. The film is slated for a worldwide theatrical release on August 10, preceding the releases of Sunny Deol's ‘Gadar 2’, Akshay Kumar and Pankaj Tripathi-starrer ‘OMG 2’, and Chiranjeevi's ‘Bholaa Shankar’.
