Coolie: Rajinikanth-Lokesh Kanagaraj starrer earns over 150 crore at field workplace on first day

Rajinikanth in ‘Coolie’. | Photo Credit: Sun TV/YouTube

Coolie, that includes celebrity Rajinikanth, has collected over ₹151 crore on the worldwide field workplace on its first day, rising as the best Tamil movie ever to make the file.

Directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj, the director behind tasks comparable to Karthi’s Kaithi, Vijay’s Master and Leo, and Kamal Haasan’s Vikram, the movie launched within the theatres worldwide on Thursday. The makers shared the field workplace numbers on the X deal with on Friday.

The movie options Rajinikanth within the titular position of a coolie who stands as much as a corrupt syndicate that exploits and abuses his former colleagues in a port city.

Superstar Rajinikanth The Record Maker & Record Breaker 🔥🔥🔥#Coolie turns into the Highest ever Day 1 worldwide gross for a Tamil movie with 151 Crores+#Coolie in theatres worldwide🌟@rajinikanth@Dir_Lokesh@anirudhofficial#AamirKhan@iamnagarjuna@nimmaupendra#SathyaRaj… pic.twitter.com/k3wLtIMqPn

— Sun Pictures (@sunpictures) August 15, 2025

The star-studded solid additionally contains Soubin Shahir, Upendra, Shruti Haasan, Sathyaraj, with Nagarjuna as antagonist and Bollywood star Aamir Khan in a particular look.

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Coolie is Rajinikanth’s 171st movie as a lead actor and likewise marked his first collaboration with Lokesh. Backed by Sun Pictures, the movie is distributed by Pen Studios.

Published – August 15, 2025 07:37 pm IST