It’s time for Rajinikanth’s Coolie to hit the screens this Thursday. The film is the biggest ever for Rajinikanth and inarguably the most hyped affair from Tamil cinema. There hasn’t been a week since the film’s announcement that one hasn’t heard about it. A truly star-studded affair with Nagarjuna, Upendra and Aamir Khan in prominent roles (hence covering Telugu, Kannada and Hindi film industries as well), this one is a signature Lokesh Kangaraj film with Aniruddh’s music being further highlight.
All of this means that there has already been massive craze for the film and for the loyal Rajinikanth fans (who are in abundance), this one is a must watch right at the time of release. Of course, that’s more for the Tamil version where the advance booking has been bumped ever since it opened in overseas and then in India. However, when it comes to the Hindi version, the film is seeing a very curtailed release due to the arrival of War 2. At best one screen per major multiplex has been allocated to the film which means from opening numbers standpoint, it would be more about occupancy than the actual box office results at least on the first day.
That said, it will still be the second highest dubbed outing for Rajinikanth after 2.0 (which also had Akshay Kumar for added measure) as it will comfortably go past the first day numbers of Kabali. Hindi version of the film had seen an opening day of Rs. 5.20 crores back in 2016 and that number will be comfortably surpassed as a first day of Rs. 7-9 crores is on the cards. It could have comfortably gone past the double-digit mark had the release been bigger but things could well change from Saturday onwards when few extra shows may come its way basis performance.