Hrithik Roshan, Jr NTR thriller dips further, overtakes Aamir Khan’s Sitaare Zameen Par with Rs 218 cr earning worldwide
War 2 box office collection day 4: Ayan Mukerji’s spy thriller, starring Hrithik Roshan and Jr NTR, saw a disappointing dip on its first Sunday in India. The film, which earned Rs 33.25 crore across the three languages (the original Hindi version and the dubbed Telugu and Tamil versions), saw a further dip on Sunday when it garnered only Rs 31 crore across all languages. The film is backed Aditya Chopra’s Yash Raj Films.
War 2 domestic box office collection
After opening at the domestic box office on Thursday at Rs 52 crore, War 2 witnessed a spike on Friday, thanks to the occasion of Independence Day, adding another Rs 57.35 crore. But the major drops on Saturday and Sunday indicate that its first Monday may see a massive downfall in turn. In its extended opening weekend of four days, the film has earned Rs 173.60 crore in India across all languages, as per Sacnilk.
War 2 Telugu version lags behind Hindi earning
Out of this, the major chunk comes from the Hindi version, which earned Rs 29 crore, Rs 44.50 crore, and Rs 26 crore on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, respectively. The Telugu dubbed version follows next, thanks to the presence of Jr NTR as a new entrant in the sequel. That version garnered Rs 22.75 crore, Rs 12.50 crore, and Rs 6.95 crore on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday respectively. The Tamil version lags far behind, collecting only Rs 0.25 crore, Rs 0.35 crore, and Rs 0.30 crore on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday respectively. The language-vise breakup of the Sunday earnings hasn’t been ascertained yet.
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Here is the day-wise breakdown of War 2 box office collection across all languages
Day 1 (1st Thursday) Rs 52 crore [Hindi: Rs 29 crore; Telugu: Rs 22.75 crore; Tamil: Rs 0.25 crore]
Day 2 (1st Friday) Rs 57.35 crore [Hindi: Rs 44.5 crore; Telugu: Rs 12.5 crore; Tamil: Rs 0.35 crore]
Day 3 (1st Saturday) Rs 33.25 crore [Hindi: Rs 26 crore; Telugu: Rs 6.95 crore; Tamil: Rs 0.3 crore]
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War 2 may have crossed the Rs 150 crore mark at the domestic box office, also beating the lifetime Indian box office earnings of RS Prasanna’s coming-of-age sports comedy Sitaare Zameen Par. The Aamir Khan film collected Rs 166.58 crore before its premiere on a pay-per-view basis on YouTube earlier this month. The next milestones of War 2 are to beat the lifetime domestic box office earnings of other hits of this year, including Ashwin Kumar’s mythological animated film Mahavatar Narshimha (Rs 201.79 crore), Akshay Kumar’s whodunit comedy Housefull 5 (Rs 198.41 crore), and Ajay Devgn’s crime thriller Raid 2 (Rs 179.30 crore).
Given its current trajectory, War 2 may not even come close to the lifetime domestic box office collection of this year’s biggest hits — Vicky Kaushal-starrer horical action film Chhaava (Rs 615.39 crore) and Ahaan Panday and Aneet Padda-starrer romantic drama Saiyaara (Rs 331.52 crore), which is also backed Aditya Chopra’s production house Yash Raj Films.
War 2 will soon also surpass the lifetime domestic box office collection of Mukerji’s 2013 romantic comedy Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (Rs 188.57 crore), but it’s quite behind that of his previous directorial, the 2022 romantic fantasy Brahmastra – Part One: Shiva (Rs 267.20 crore). It’s also way behind that of the first part, Siddharth Anand’s War (2019), which collected Rs 318.01 crore across all three languages.
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War 2 worldwide box office collection
Overseas, War 2 has earned over $5 million (Rs 45 crore), thus taking its total worldwide collection to Rs 218.60 crore. War 2 is the latest instalment in the YRF Spy Universe. It also stars Kiara Advani, Ashutosh Rana, and Anil Kapoor among others. The next instalment, Shiv Rawail’s Alpha, starring Alia Bhatt and Sharvari, is slated to release in cinemas this Chrmas on December 25.
