Coolie vs War 2 Box Office: Rajinikanths Coolie and Hrithik Roshan - Junior NTRs War 2 are both releasing in theatres on August 14 2025. There is tremendous excitement among audiences for both films and advance bookings began a few days ago. Let’s take a look at trade experts’ insights on each film’s earnings and who is leading in the box office race. Who is ahead in advance bookings? Coolie has been doing great in terms of earnings. Can you beleive Coolie has hit the Rs 100 crore mark for its opening weekend and sold over 12 lakh tickets on its opening day. According to website sacnilk.com the Rajinikanth movie sold 1246828 tickets in India collecting a gross of Rs 27.01 crore. In Tamil Coolie sold over 10 lakh ticketsa and in Telugu the movie sold just 1 lakh tickets. It collected Rs 11.97 crore in Tamil Nadu Rs 1.46 crore in Andhra Pradesh Rs 1.69 crore in Telangana and Rs 6.85 crore in Karnataka. If we check the collection of tickets sold in India it can be Rs 50 crore and overseas pre-sales show a Rs 60 crore gross for the weekend. On the other hand War 2 will be releasing in Hindi Telugu and Tamil. On Sunday Yash Raj Films announced the opening of advance booking for War 2. And a surge in bookings was witnessed on Tuesday evening with the film witnessing a 10 times surge in pre-sales after opening of Telugu shows. As per sanilk.com the movie earned Rs 10 crore - Rs 15 crore. War 2 registered business of around Rs 10 crore gross (with block seats) for the opening day for its Hindi version. However things changed after bookings in Telugu states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana went live with BookMyShow registering over 20000 ticket sales per hour. This surge is expected to give Hindi belt sales a much-needed push especially in North India. Coolie vs War 2: Who will win at the box office window? In addition to Rajinikanth Coolie stars Shruti Haasan Sathyaraj Nagarjuna Akkineni and Aamir Khan. The film is directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj.  The pre-sales are on the next level as Coolie is all set to cross Rs 45 crore on the opening day. Telugu superstar Nagarjuna is set to take on the role of a villain in Lokesh Kanagarajs action thriller Coolie and it is making too much buzz as people are saying it is mainly Nagarjuna vs Jr. NTR in Telugu states. Meanwhile Hrithik Roshan and Kiara Advanis spy-action thriller War 2 sold 67000 tickets in advance bookings across Hindi Tamil and Telugu earning Rs 2.4 crore on the first day (Rs 6.12 crore including block bookings). South superstar Junior NTR is making his Bollywood debut in this film directed by Ayan Mukerji and will be seen clashing fiercely with Hrithik on screen. Currently Coolie has overtaken War 2 in terms of pre-booking.