Advance bookings for Superstar Rajinikanth’s Coolie opened on August 8, 2025 (Friday). Kerala sales began earlier in the day at 10 AM, while Tamil Nadu bookings kicked off later in the evening at 8 PM. Despite the staggered start, popular ticketing platform BookMyShow recorded a phenomenal 376K+ tickets sold within the first 24 hours.
This marks the highest-ever first-day advance ticket sales for a Kollywood film on BookMyShow. Remarkably, Coolie achieved this feat even without day-one bookings in major markets like Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and North India. The film now holds the No. 2 position in overall BookMyShow presales history, second only to Mollywood’s Empuraan.
Top 5 Movies with the Highest First-Day Advance Sales on BookMyShow
- Empuraan (Malayalam) - 645 K tickets
- Coolie (Tamil) - 376 K+ tickets
- Kalki 2898AD (Telugu) - 330 K tickets
- Pushpa 2: The Rule (Telugu) - 219 K tickets
- Leo (Tamil) - 126 K tickets