Entertainment: The film Jailor, released on August 10, has collected more than 500 crores worldwide in 10 days. In India, the film has earned 245.9 crores, out of which only in South Belt, the film has earned 134 crores in just 5 days.
Two big films Gadar 2 and OMG-2 were also released on August 11, the very next day of the release of Jailer, but this clash had no significant effect on the film. Despite the word-of-mouth publicity and craze, Gadar 2 is currently behind Rajinikanth’s Jailer with a worldwide collection of 433 crores.
Screencount is the direct reason for the visible difference in earnings of South and Bollywood films. Screencount means how many screens the movies got to release or how many screens the movie got released. India will have a total of 10,167 single-screen theaters by 2023, of which the South Belt alone has 6,320 single screens.
When a regional language film releases in such a large number of theaters in the South, fans of South films come to watch the film in large numbers, which directly affects the collection. South’s audience and theaters count