India, Aug. 18 -- Coolie worldwide box office collection: Rajinikanth's Coolie is going from strength to strength at the box office. The action thriller directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj opened to record-breaking numbers and has kept the momentum going through its extended opening weekend, despite some lukewarm reviews. Now, Coolie has done the unthinkable by becoming the number one movie at the worldwide box office in its opening weekend.

Coolie earned Rs.194.25 crore net ( Rs.233 crore gross) in its four-day extended opening weekend in India. It is the fastest Tamil film to Rs.100 crore, and will likely become the fastest to Rs.200 crore on Monday. But Coolie's overseas earnings are just as impressive. The film set new benchmarks for Tamil ...