India, Aug. 23 -- Coolie worldwide box office collection: Despite a dramatic slowdown in its earnings over the weekdays, Rajinikanth's Coolie has managed to hold on to its position as the numero uno film in India, and one of the highest-grossing worldwide. The initial momentum that the film built in its four-day opening weekend has pushed it past the Rs.450-crore mark worldwide after nine days.

As of Friday, its ninth day in theatres, Coolie had earned Rs.235 crore net ( Rs.281 crore gross) in India. This is largely on the back of an opening weekend that saw the film mint Rs.194.50 crore net in India. But that has been enough to propel the film to be a hit. On top of it, Coolie has been one of the best opening Tamil films in most oversea...