New Delhi: Jailer 2 has entered the $25 million box-office club, becoming one of only six South Indian films to achieve the feat on a global level. The Rajinikanth-starrer has also emerged as the highest-grossing Tamil film, collecting nearly Rs 730 crore worldwide.
Directed by Nelson Dilipkumar, Jailer 2 features a star-studded cast alongside Rajinikanth, including Vidya Balan, Mithun Chakraborty, Jackie Shroff, Mohanlal and S.J. Suryah.
The film has become the 75-year-old actor’s biggest commercial success in a career spanning five decades, surpassing 2.0, which collected Rs 691 crore worldwide.
Jailer 2 is also the second-highest-grossing film in India, behind Ranveer Singh-starrer Dhurandhar: The Revenge (2026), which collected nearly Rs 1,800 crore worldwide against a reported budget of Rs 280 crore.
Joins the $25 million club
The other five films on the $25 million list are Baahubali 2 (2017), which collected Rs 371 crore overseas; RRR (2022), with Rs 314 crore; Kalki 2898 AD (2024), with Rs 275 crore; Pushpa 2 (2024), with Rs 271 crore; and KGF: Chapter 2 (2022), which collected Rs 214 crore.
The film’s international earnings have largely come from the Middle East, North America and Southeast Asia. North America accounts for 27 per cent of its overseas business, contributing $7.23 million.
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Fourth-biggest opener of the year
Jailer 2 recorded the fourth-biggest opening of the year among films, behind Dhurandhar: The Revenge, which opened with Rs 102 crore; Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups (2026), which collected Rs 101 crore; and Drishyam: The Conclusion (2026), which opened with Rs 62 crore.
However, the film faced a restricted release in North India, missing out on multiplex chains such as PVR INOX and Cinepolis.
Tamil films typically follow a four-week theatrical window before their OTT debut, while PVR INOX and Cinepolis generally require an eight-week window. Since Jailer 2 did not meet this requirement, it was not released through these multiplex chains in North India.
(Edited by Maryam Hassan)