Coolie headlined by Rajinikanth is a Tamil language multi-starrer with names like Aamir Khan, Nagarjuna, Upendra, Soubin Shahir, Shruthi Haasan, Pooja Hegde, Sathyaraj, among others in its ensemble. A massive production from Sun Pictures, this Lokesh Kanagraj directed action thriller is all set to hit theater screens from August 14, 2025 in standard, IMAX, 4DX, and D-BOX formats all around the world. 

In India, Coolie is meeting the Hindi language War 2 at the August 14 box-office. Made on a similar budget as Coolie, War 2 starring Hrithik Roshan, Jr NTR, Kiara Advani, Anil Kapoor, among others is directed by the very popular Ayan Mukherjee, has story by Aditya Chopra, screenplay by Sridhar Raghavan, dialogues by Abbas Tyrewala, and is a production venture of Yash Raj Films (YRF).

And It’s a wrap for #War2!
So much to take back from this one…

It’s always a blast being on set with @iHrithik Sir. His energy is something I have always admired. There is so much I have learned from him on this journey of War 2.
Ayan has been amazing. He has truly set the…

— Jr NTR (@tarak9999) July 7, 2025

With these two dream-teams competing for theater screens in India despite their regional differences, it has come to notice that Yash Raj Films has reserved all of the 30+ IMAX screens in the country for their movie War 2. This includes the one IMAX screen in Coimbatore, and the two in Chennai, Tamil Nadu which is supposed to be the home turf for Superstar Rajinikanth and Coolie. 

It is worth mentioning here that as of July 2025, there are 84 IMAX-labelled theater venues across India. However only 30+ are reflected in IMAX Corporation's official digital screen count, focusing on screens they directly operate or license. It remains to be seen if Sun Pictures manage to get IMAX screens for Coolie in India.