New Delhi, Aug. 14 -- Coolie Box Office Collection Day 1 LIVE: It has been a few hours only since Rajinikanth's much-awaited film Coolie released in theatres. The film is poised to earn a substantial amount from advance bookings. Following the early morning shows in India, Coolie is now inching towards the Rs.25 crore mark.

According to early estimates of industry tracker Sacnilk, Rajinikanth's Coolie has earned Rs.23.38 crore nett in India on day 1.

Coolie saw an overall 81.95% occupancy among Tamil audience on Thursday during morning show.

While the Hindi dubbed version had an overall 25.34% occupancy on day 1, the film registered 91.25% occupancy among the Telugu audience during morning show.

However, Kannada recorded the lowest tu...