Rajinikanth’s ‘Jailer’ casts a spell on box-office, high-octane action drama crosses Rs 280 cr mark

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The Tamil action extravaganza continues to be a box-office behemoth. According to a report shared by the Indian box-office tracker Sacnilk.com the movie has earned a whopping Rs 280 crore at the Indian box-office. It is projected to earn about Rs 7.7 crore on day 12. If it can manage to do so, the movie will cross Rs 288.55 crore at the box-office. The movie has set the box-office on fire overseas as well. According to figures shared by box-office tracker Manobala Vijayabalan, the action drama has earned a staggering Rs 543 crore at the global box-office. Taking to Twitter, Vijayabalan wrote, “Racing towards the Rs 550 crore club!” “Jailer worldwide box office… Racing towards ₹550 crore club. Week 1 – Rs 450.80 crore. Week 2 Day 1 – Rs 19.37 crore. Day 2 – Rs 17.22 crore. Day 3 – Rs 26.86 crore. Day 4 – Rs 29.71 crore. Total – Rs 543.96 crore. STUNNING..." read the post. The movie became the second fastest Tamil movie to cross the Rs 500 crore mark. The first was another Rajinikanth-starrer ‘2.0’. On Sunday, Vijayabalan wrote, “BREAKING: Jailer hits Rs 500 crores. Jailer BREACHES Rs 500 crore elite club at the worldwide box office in just 10 days. Becomes the THIRD movie from Tamil cinema to enter this club after 2.0 and Ponniyin Selvan: I. Also, the SECOND fastest movie after 2.0, which entered ( Rs 500 crore club) in seven days."

Helmed by Nelson Dilipkumar, ‘Jailer’ also stars Ramya Krishnan, Vinayakan, Tamannaah Bhatia in pivotal roles. Malayalam superstar Mohanlal, Bollywood actor Jackie Shroff and Sandalwood star Shiva Rajkumar have appeared in cameos.