Coolie BO Target: What’s The All Time Record?

The Tamil cinema scene is preparing for one of its biggest theatrical release in recent years in the form of Coolie. This film marks the collaboration of Rajinikanth and Lokesh Kanagaraj and is preparing for its release on August 14.

Ahead of the actual release of the film, let us have a discussion about the kind of record that is existing in the Tamil cinema scene and what would be the realistic target for this Rajinikanth film now.

The films with the highest amount of gross revenue at the Tamil Nadu box office are as below.

Here’s the list of top Day 1 grossers in Tamil Nadu (TN):

Beast – ₹35 crore

Sarkar – ₹31.78 crore

Good Bad Ugly – ₹30.6 crore

Leo – ₹30.5 crore

Valimai – ₹30.5 crore

The GOAT – ₹28.5 crore

Ponniyin Selvan 1 – ₹26.5 crore

Vidaamuyarchi – ₹25.5 crore

Master – ₹25.4 crore

Annaatthe – ₹24.75 crore

Bigil – ₹24.55 crore

Mersal – ₹23.76 crore

Vikram – ₹23.5 crore

Thunivu – ₹23 crore

Jailer – ₹22.5 crore

The point that must be noted, here is that this Rajinikanth film must collect in the range of ₹35 crore in Tamil Nadu on its opening day if it is to set a new all time record.

Practically speaking, this is not too much of a challenge for this action film as it is coming with unprecedented hype and anticipation. Thanks to the combination factor of Rajinikanth and Lokesh Kanagaraj virtually everything is going in favour of this film.

The real question here is going to be whether the film can actually generate the adequate momentum in the domestic Tamil market to go past the ₹35 crore mark.