India, Aug. 12 -- Lokesh Kanagaraj's ensemble film, headlined by Rajinikanth, seems geared up for a bumper opening. Sun Pictures, the film's producers, announced that the Tamil film broke previous records for pre-sales of the US premieres. This means Coolie has not just beaten Leo and Ponniyin Selvan I's advance collections for premiers in the US, but Rajinikanth has also beaten his own record for Kabali. (Also Read: Monica Bellucci has watched Pooja Hegde's Monica song from Rajinikanth's Coolie; here's what she thought of it)

Sun Pictures wrote on their social media that Coolie is the first Tamil film to cross more than $2 million in premiere pre-sales in North America. They wrote, "#Coolie varraan solliko! #Coolie is the First Tamil fi...