Rajinikanth’s Jailer 2 vs Vidyut Jammwal’s Street Fighter at box office: Rajinikanth-starrer Jailer 2 enjoyed the top spot for some time until Vidyut Jammwal’s release, reported Variety. Jailer 2 has now emerged as the second-highest-grossing film worldwide over the 16-18 October weekend, raking in an estimated revenue of $31.2 million, as per Rentrak estimates cited by Variety.
Paramount’s Street Fighter topped the global box office chart with $51.1 million over the same weekend. Street Fighter is helmed by Kitao Sakurai. It stars Noah Centineo (Ryu), Andrew Koji (Ken Masters), Callina Liang (Chun-Li), Joe Anoa’i, David Dastmalchian, Cody Rhodes, Vidyut Jammwal, Jason Momoa, and 50 Cent.
Street Fighter is currently way ahead of Jailer 2 directed by Nelson Dilipkumar, which just entered the ₹500 crore club globally as per Sacnilk.
, which released worldwide on 15 October, collected an estimated ₹224 crore ($23.5 million) during its four-day extended opening, reported the International publication. This was said to be the third-highest four-day opening collections for a Tamil-language film. The film is currently inching close to another hit Rajinikanth-starrer, Coolie, which earned ₹224.25 crore ($23.6 million) over its four-day opening.
Jailer 2 opened with $7 million on Thursday; however, it witnessed a dip on Friday before recovering over the festive weekend. Jailer 2 reportedly earned $6.5 million on Sunday. In North America, where Shloka Entertainments distributed the film, the sequel to Rajinikanth’s hit franchise collected $3.2 million from Friday to Sunday, securing the 9th spot in the ranking. The film’s total gross in the region hit $5.2 million. Shloka claimed that the film crossed $2 million in North America on its opening day.
In India, Sacnilk reported Jailer 2’s worldwide collection, which surpassed the ₹500 crore mark. It is said to be the fastest Tamil film to hit the milestone in just six days.
Besides these two releases, Sony’s Resident Evil ranked third on the worldwide weekend chart, collecting $22.6 million. It is followed by Universal’s Other Mommy at $17.9 million and Verity at $17.6 million, according to Rentrak estimates shared by Variety.
