Rajinikanth’s latest release ‘Jailer’ has been unstoppable at the box office, having earned over ₹328 crore nett in India in 22 days. As per Sacnilk.com, the film is marching towards grossing ₹650 crore worldwide.
Film trade analyst Manobala Vijayabalan recently took to X, formerly called Twitter, and said that due to ‘Jailer’ box office success, Rajinikanth is now the highest-paid actor in India.
Sharing a photo of Sun Group's Kalanithi Maran with Rajinikanth, Manobala tweeted, ‘Info coming in that, the envelope handed over by Kalanithi Maran to superstar Rajinikanth contains a single cheque amounting ₹100 crore from City Union Bank, Mandaveli branch, Chennai. This is a Jailer profit sharing cheque, which is up and above the already paid remuneration [ ₹110 crore] of the superstar for the movie. Total – ₹210 crore. Making superstar Rajinikanth the highest paid actor in India.’
In another tweet, Manobala Vijayabalan compared ‘Jailer's success with the box office failure of director Nelson Dilipkumar's Vijay-starrer ‘Beast’.
He wrote, ‘Yet another day. Yet another proof that Beast is disaster. No cheque was given after Beast release to Vijay. But, superstar Rajinikanth received profit sharing cheque of ₹100 crores for Jailer. Real SUCCESS speaks for itself. At the same time, Nelson too proved how much capable he is with a fantastic comeback film. Same director, different results.’
Apart from Rajinikanth, ‘Jailer’ also stars Vinayakan, Ramya Krishnan, Vasanth Ravi and Tamannaah Bhatia in pivotal roles.
Veteran actors Shiva Rajkumar, Mohanlal and Jackie Shroff also make an appearance in the film.
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