<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Rajinikanth's latest outing, Jailer, is now the top-earning Tamil film for this year, toppling Ponniyin Selvan II from the position. Mani Ratnam's PS II&nbsp; &nbsp;roughly earned ₹345 crore. Directed by Nelson Dilipkumar, Jailer also stars Mohanlal, Jackie Shroff, Tamaannaah Bhatia, Ramya Krishnan, Vinayakan, Shivrajkumar, and Nagendra Babu, among others.&nbsp;</span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><b>Highest Tamil grosser</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Trade analyst Ramesh Bala tweeted the figures and stated that the new film has crossed the record set previously by Mani Ratnam's Ponniyin Selvan II. Ramesh tweeted Tuesday morning, "#Jailer has crossed #PS2 to become 2023 's No.1 Kollywood Grosser at the WW Box office."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><b>Third highest Indian grosser</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Jailer also became the third highest-grossing film of 2023, having crossed the collections by Aishwarya Rai Bachchan-Vikram-Trisha-starrer Ponniyin Selvan II. Shah Rukh Khan's Pathaan and Prabhas' Adipurush remain the top two on the list for this year.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><b>Tamil version of Jailer crosses ₹100 crore</b></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">Jailer has earned ₹174.15 crore in India, across all languages. The Tamil version alone has earned ₹139.05 crore in five days of the release in India, a Sacnilk report said. The Telugu version has earned ₹32.55 crore while the Hindi version has collected a total of ₹1.25 crore as per the report.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In India, the film made an opening collection of ₹48.35 crore (all languages) when it released on Thursday, August 10. The film saw a major dip on the second day when it earned ₹25.75 crore. The collections rose over the weekend. Even Monday numbers showed significant growth for Jailer and it earned ₹23.55 crore on the fifth day in India.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><b>Indian box office inches close to ₹400 crore</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A day after Jailer hit theatres, Gadar 2 and OMG 2 released in Hindi and set ticket windows across on fire. The Multiplex Association of India (MAI) and Producers Guild of India (PGI) issued a joint statement thanking the audience for their overwhelming response that gave a combined collection of more than ₹390 crore over the weekend. OMG 2, Gadar 2, Jailer and Bholaa Shankar, together contributed to the figure. HT</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>