Gadar 2, Day 1, box-office collection: Deol’s movie is a hit in cinemas, and delivers the second-largest opening in 2023 for Bollywood and breaks single screen record

Gadar 2, Day 1, box-office collection:

Deol’s movie is a hit in cinemas, and delivers the second-largest opening in 2023 for Bollywood and breaks single screen record

Gadar 2’s box-office day 1 Sunny Deol’s sequel racked up the second largest opening of 2023 and is expected to beat the total haul of the original Gadar within the first weekend.

About 40 years since Sunny Deol made his starring debut

in the film Betaab, the 65-year old is making the biggest movie that he has had in the course of his life. Gadar 2 is Gadar 2, the follow-up to his blockbuster film Gadar was a huge success, earning 40 crore during its debut day at the theatres according to industry tracker Sacnilk. Gadar 2 had an average occupancy of more than 60% on the first day with night shows accounting for an astounding 86% of the audience.

This is a better occupancy over Shahrukh Khan’s Pathaan on its opening day, however Pathaan remains the most successful for the largest Bollywood debut ever with an estimated budget of around Rs 55 crore. Gadar 2 did, however surpass Prabhas Big-budget’s mythological epic Adipurush that debuted with a record-breaking Rs 32 crore.

In addition, Adipurush debuted on Netflix and Prime Video on Friday, providing a surprising competition against Gadar 2, which is already facing competition from Akshay Kumar’s starrer OMG 2 and Rajinikanth’s Jailer. Jailer’s audiences will be limited by South India, while Gadar 2 is geared towards the north. Furthermore the The Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani also plays an element, having enjoyed two weeks of success in theaters.

According to an Bollywood Hungama report, Gadar 2 is expected to have an opening weekend revenue of between Rs 120 crore and up to Rs 175 crore during an longer Independence Day holiday weekend. Box Office India is reporting record-breaking numbers on several single screens across India’s Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Bihar and Gujarat region, despite the fact it is possible that Punjab as well as West Bengal could have been more successful.

Word of mouth will decide how the film’s performance is. It’s been reported that the Indian Express’ Shubhra Gupta gave Gadar 2 one star out of five in her review and stated that it is nothing new. Produced by Anil Sharma, Gadar 2 also stars Utkarsh Sharma as well as Ameesha Patel. Gadar was released in 2001. It was a hit at the box-office, and raked in more than 130 crore in the world.