Excluding Dhurandhar 2, Nelson Dilipkumar's Rajinikanth film Jailer 2 has become the highest-grossing Indian film of 2026, and the highest-grossing Tamil film ever. Meanwhile, Drishyam 3, running for 29 days, has also left nothing undone at the box office, with a jump in collections on Friday, its 29th day. In theatres for eight days, Udta Teer is moving ahead slowly but steadily.
In Jailer 2, Rajinikanth plays Tiger Muthuvel Pandian, who now lives a quiet life with his family as a supermarket supervisor near Anaikatti in Coimbatore, with his family unaware that he killed Arjun. Now far from his bloody and violent past, he lives an anonymous life with his wife Vijaya, played by Ramya Krishnan, daughter-in-law Shweta and family. After Varman and his son were killed in the first film, Varman's close associate Dilip and an international idol-smuggling syndicate try to find out who killed Varman, and eventually reach Muthuvel Pandian. When the gang threatens his family and loved ones, Tiger Muthuvel Pandian is forced to return to action once again. Audiences have liked the film's story a lot.
Jailer 2 collections: day 16 and worldwide
According to trade estimates, Jailer 2 earned Rs 5.50 crore on its 16th day. In 16 days, the film has collected Rs 435.40 crore net in India. Overseas, the film has earned Rs 267.50 crore, taking its worldwide total to Rs 776.95 crore. With that worldwide total, Rajinikanth's film has gone past Gadar 2's worldwide figure of about Rs 573.63 crore, though Gadar 2 had collected Rs 439.95 crore in its first 16 days in India.
Drishyam 3 day 29, Udta Teer day 8
In Ajay Devgn's Drishyam 3: The Conclusion, Vijay Salgaonkar once again plays a new mind game to save his entire family from the grip of police and law. This time the case is in the hands of new Crime Branch SP Rajveer Singh Tomar, played by Jaideep Ahlawat. The story picks up where the previous one ended, with Meera Deshmukh, played by Tabu, and her husband Mahesh Deshmukh, played by Rajat Kapoor, still unable to forget their son Sam and wanting not just justice but revenge. The story has touched audiences' hearts and minds.
Drishyam 3 earned Rs 1.00 crore on its 29th day, taking its India net collection to Rs 374.00 crore, with Rs 1 crore collected on Friday itself, and its worldwide total so far is Rs 580.22 crore.
Ayushmann Khurrana's Udta Teer, in theatres for eight days, drew laughs with its trailer, which shows how a Pakistani spy is sent to India fully prepared to carry out ill intentions, only for events after arrival to leave the Pakistanis stunned, because the spy has now become an udta teer, a flying arrow, that proves fatal for the Pakistanis themselves. On collections, the film earned about Rs 2.85 crore on its eighth day, taking its domestic box office total to Rs 33.75 crore and its worldwide figure past Rs 50.03 crore. All figures here are trade estimates, not official studio figures.
