Veteran Tamil film distributor and financier Tiruppur Subramaniam has predicted that Rajinikanth’s Jailer 2 will become the first Tamil film to cross Rs 1,000 crore worldwide. He also believes the film will surpass Leo’s Tamil Nadu distributor share record of Rs 117 crore, currently the highest for any Tamil film in the state.

“I believe the movie will achieve Rs 1,000 crore,” Tiruppur Subramaniam said.

Jailer 2 had crossed Rs 755 crore worldwide at the time of his comments and was still performing strongly in its third week. If it reaches the Rs 1,000 crore mark, it will become the first Tamil-language film to achieve the milestone.

Why Jailer 2 works

Tiruppur Subramaniam pointed to Nelson’s decision to build Jailer 2 around comedy as the single most important reason for its massive commercial performance.

“Look at all of Rajinikanth’s superhit films: Annamalai, Padayappa, Sivaji, Chandramukhi. All of them have comedy,” Tiruppur Subramaniam said.…