<i>Raid 2</i> Box Office Collection Day 1: Ajay Devgn Delivers Best Opening After Pandemic, Film Mints Rs 18.25 Crore
Box Office India Trade Network

RAID 2 had a drop in collections on Wednesday as the attention of the nation was elsewhere with the Pakistan issue which erupted on Tuesday night. The collections did fall a bit as it collected 4.50 crore nett which is around 35% down; it was not because of the film but due to external factors. It was the case for all films. Not just films but generally footfalls in malls and other shopping areas would have also been down.

The film will go back today as this external factor becomes less of an issue unless something major happens again today. RAID 2 has almost 90 crore nett up in seven days and the extended first week will go to around 95 crore nett. The holds are there for the film though obviously a drop like this makes it look otherwise.

The film lost a bit of momentum on Wednesday but it will be a totally different story if things normalize a little and that momentum should return from today and go into the weekend which enable good collections. Obviously attention of the public is going to be elsewhere for the next few days but probably not to the level of Wednesday. So, RAID 2 can still put up strong numbers. It also shows how these external things affect the box office so much today compared to 5-10 years back as its all over the media to another level and the public is consumed by that.

The seven day box office collections of RAID 2 are as follows.
Thursday - 19,25,00,000 apprx
Friday - 12,15,00,000 apprx
Saturday - 18,00,00,000 apprx
Sunday - 22,00,00,000 apprx
Monday - 7,00,00,000 apprx
Tuesday - 6,85,00,000 apprx
Wednesday - 4,50,00,000 apprx
TOTAL - 89,75,00,000 apprx
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RAID 2 had the second biggest first week of the year behind CHHAAVA. It edged past SIKANDAR which may not actually mean much due to the reception of that film but still had the Eid period which enabled some decent business initially.

RAID 2 also compares well with SHAITAAN which had collected 80 crore nett apprx over the first seven days though less than DRISHYAM 2 which managed to go over the 100 crore nett mark in its first week.

The business also has a better look compared to the same period last year as only two films managed to go over 50 crore nett in week one (FIGHTER and SHAITAAN) while there is five this year though taking out SKY FORCE which is not real. This means there are four which is still better than last year. The second half of 2024 saw better results and it remains to be seen what happens this year.

The top five first week collections of 2025 are as follows.
1. Chhaava - 2,10,59,00,000
2. Raid - 89,75,00,000 apprx
3. Sikandar - 86,18,00,000
4. Sky Force - 81,41,00,000
5. Jaat - 55,71,00,000