Jailer Box Office Rampage: Look Back At Superstar Rajinikanth's Top Share Of Dubbed Films In Two Telugu States

Superstar Rajinikanth is now shaking the box office, re-writing his own records with his latest outing, a dark comedy-action entertainer titled Jailer. Written and directed by Jailer, the movie opened to positive responses and great figures at the ticket counters.

Rajinikanth, the Thalaiva enjoys a great and unwavering fanbase all over the world. Needless to say, he was the first ever actor from India, of a South-Indian descent to have humongous respect and fanbase in Japan, from 1995 when his Muthu was released. The 72-year-old veteran is continuing to do films and is enthralling his fans with his unique charisma, style and charm.

One great factor among the south-Indian industries is that they work in tandem and are always passionate about good films. Many films have been dubbed, made, and re-made in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam. Before the era of OTT, the movies were extensively viewed on YouTube but, there are a few actors like Rajinikanth, whose films were dubbed and released in Telugu to blockbuster response.

Now that Jailer has emerged as one of his career's highest-grossing films yet, let us take a look back at how the superstar Rajinikanth's earlier films did at the two Telugu-speaking states. Here's a rewind to the top share value (earned) films of Rajinikanth in Telugu.

2 Point O (Robo 2) : Rs 54 Crore
Robo: Rs 36 Crore
Kabali: Rs 22.6 Crore
Shivaji: Rs 18.05 Crore
Lingaa: Rs 16.33 Crore
Jailer (5 Days): Rs 22.50 Crore

Jailer Story
The movie is the story of a retired Jailer Muthu, whose son, a strict ACP gets kidnapped. Muthu lives a peaceful life but when he learns that his son was no more, he sets out to avenge his death. A flashback of Muthu unravels, and there is a twist. What happens next, is to be seen on the big screen.

Jailer movie stars Vinayakan, Ramya Krishnan, Vasanth Ravi, Tamannaah, Yogi Babu, Mirnaa Menon, Naga Babu, Kishore, Redin Kingsley, Saravanan, SunilReddy, Aranthangi Nisha, Uday Mahesh, G Marimuthhu, and Mahanadi Shankar, among others in key roles. In addition, the movie features Mohanlal, Jackie Shroff, and Shiva Rajkumar in cameos.

Kalanithi Maran produced the movie under the Sun Pictures banner. The budget was Rs 200 Crore. Vijay Kartik Kannan cranked the camera, and Anirudh Ravichander composed outstanding background score and music. R Nirmal worked as the editor of Jailer.