Rajinikanth’s Jailer 2 Dethrones Vijay’s The GOAT as Tamil Nadu’s Highest-Grossing Film Ever
Thalaivar has done it again — and this time, he has taken the one record that was still out of reach. Rajinikanth’s Jailer 2 has surpassed Vijay’s The Greatest of All Time (The GOAT) to become the highest-grossing Tamil film ever in Tamil Nadu. According to Sacnilk, the Nelson Dilipkumar directorial had collected ₹217.75 crore gross in Tamil Nadu through Day 25, sitting just behind The GOAT’s lifetime total of ₹218 crore-plus. With an estimated ₹1 crore-plus added on Day 26, Jailer 2 crossed the ₹218-crore mark in the state. Sacnilk notes the Day 26 figures were still provisional at the time of reporting, with final collections yet to be confirmed. The record completes a historic sweep: Jailer 2 now holds the highest lifetime gross among Tamil films in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala and the combined Andhra Pradesh–Telangana territory. Through November 8, it had grossed ₹550.15 crore in India — ₹217.75 crore from Tamil Nadu, ₹96.96 crore from Andhra Pradesh–Telangana, ₹94.87 crore from Karnataka and ₹79.50 crore from Kerala. It also became the first Indian film to gross more than ₹75 crore individually in all four major southern markets. What makes the feat even sweeter is the timing. The Diwali arrival of Ramayana and Suriya’s Scene had already eaten into Jailer 2’s screens, and the film was due to premiere on Prime Video on November 12. Still, Superstar managed to tick off his final big regional milestone before going digital. Kollywood has a new box-office benchmark, and it wears a Jailer uniform.
Source: Sacnilk