BO : 'Jailer' is No. 1 with Rs 420 cr; 'Gadar 2' at Rs 338.5 cr in 6 days

August 16 may have been a working day but Rajinikanths Jailer and Sunny Deols Gadar 2 not only did well but also left the Akshay Kumarstarrer OMG 2 and Chiranjeevis Bholaa Shankar way behindAt the end of Day 6 Gadar 2 was sitting on a worldwide collection of Rs 33850 crore gross receipts across India Rs 30850 crore which includes the 18 per cent GST component plus Rs 30 crore overseasInterestingly Tara Singhs oneman war against Pakistan seems to have touched a chord in Chennai for the southern metropolis saw a 7375 per cent occupancy in theatres for Gadar 2 Pakistanbashing clearly works as much in the south as it does in the north that too on a working WednesdayJailer being a Tamil film doesnt have as big a footprint as Gadar 2 yet with Thalaiva Rajinikanth headlining it by its seventh day it had amassed Rs 420 crore allIndia gross receipts Rs 26470 crore plus Rs 15530 crore overseasOf course the films domestic collections have come mainly from the four southern states led by Tamil Nadu Rs 12160 crore followed by Andhra Pradesh Telangana Rs 5350 crore Karnataka Rs 4440 crore and Kerala Rs 3590 croreBut Rajinis global fan following has ensured an overseas collection more than five times higher than that of Gadar 2 enabling it to be Indias No 1 movie todayOMG 2 in contrast has just crossed the Rs 100crore mark Rs 10880 crore including allIndia gross receipts of Rs 9380 and an overseas collection of Rs 15 crore even as Bholaa Shankar is languishing at Rs 39 crore allIndia gross receipts Rs 3340 crore plus Rs 560 crore earned overseasJailer was massively hyped across South India with offices in Tamil Nadu even giving a day off to their employees to watch the film on August 10 upon its release Rajinikanths persona in the movie is that of an old jailer hunting down a notorious gang lord and mercilessly eliminating his gang membersRegarding the magic of Jailer at the box office trade expert Ramesh Bala said Rajinikanth is a Superstar The Superstar tag alone is enough to garner it all the attention it needs And then he also benefits from worldwide recognitionContinuing his analysis Bala said Apart from Rajinikanth the movie has good content it is different and has other famous faces from the South notably Malayalam superstar Mohanlal and Ramya Krishnan But when you mention Rajinikanth words such as swag cool attitude come to mind and his 50yearplus career and humble nature also helpBala expects the lifetime collection of Jailer to touch Rs 600 crore which means it will surpass last years Ponniyin Selvan 1 and Vikram and stand just behind Rajinis 20Gadar 2 is not expected to cross Rs 450500 crore but its makers having produced the film reportedly for Rs 75 crore are already laughing all the way to the bank