Rajinikanth's Coolie completed a week at the box office since its release. After seven days, the domestic earnings stand at Rs 222.5 across languages.
What's Happening
On Wednesday, the film minted Rs 6.50 crore across all languages, registering a sharp fall from its Tuesday collection of Rs 9.5 crore.
Coolie's Tamil earnings dropped substantially from its opening day. The Hindi earnings also don't look promising in the week one.
Coolie, released on the eve of Independence Day, minted Rs 65 crore with Rs 44.5 crore in Tamil alone on the first day (August 14). On day two, the film minted Rs 54.75 at the domestic box office.
Coolie received mixed reviews. The word-of-mouth from the audience might have impacted its numbers over the weekend.
On Saturday, the film managed to earn Rs 39.5 crore across all languages.
Coolie emerged as Rajinikanth's all-time highest opener at the box office. The film missed the spot of being the highest opener for Tamil cinema as Lokesh Kanagaraj-Vijay's Leo set the highest opening record of Rs 66 crore at the box office.
About Coolie
Directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj, Coolie marks Rajinikanth's 171st film. The movie also features Nagarjuna, Shruti Haasan, Upendra, Soubin Shahir and Sathyaraj in key roles. Aamir Khan will make a cameo appearance in the film. Coolie is produced by Kalanithi Maran's Sun Pictures.
In his review for NDTV, film critic Saibal Chatterjee gave the film 3 out of 5 stars and wrote, "Coolie plays out in a man's world. The likes of Preethi, notwithstanding the amount of screen time she has, is only of secondary importance. So is everybody else in the film and that includes the writer-director himself. It is Rajinikanth the star and Deva the character who call the shots all the way through. Should anybody be complaining?"
Coolie is clashing with War 2, led by Hrithik Roshan and Jr NTR. However, the two big-ticket films have failed to set an impressive number at the box office after one week of its release.