DE DE PYAAR DE 2 collected a fair 8.25 crore nett on its first day with good collections in the Delhi NCR belt. The film managed to pick up well through the day after a slow start as the way it opened, it was looking a 6 crore nett start. Meanwhile, the advances pointed to an even lower start for the film.

Eventually the number is pretty good for the genre but considering the budget and sequel factor, it probably had to do more but it is very tough in this genre to get into that double digit area especially without the holiday. And this is film which needed double digits.

DE DE PYAAR DE, released in 2019, did a similar first day number and went on to do business of over 90 crore nett. A repeat of the same will be a good result. Generally the trend is that sequels should do much more than the first film but the way romcom films do at the box office today, that would be expecting too much here. DE DE PYAAR DE did a weekend of 34 crore nett. A repeat will be needed here and it wont be easy.

The difference between the two films is that DE DE PYAAR DE (2019) looked to have a little more for mass circuits while here its looking more of an urban film. It does offer more entertainment compared to recent films in the genre going by the trailer but its still a long road ahead for the film. The weekend is crucial and it needs a good trend on Saturday and Sunday and even more so since the next few weeks will see many releases.

The missing in the film is a HIT song which is its pretty clear these films need and with that a double digit opening, it would have surely come for the film. In fact advances would have probably been far better as the youth gets attracted. The genre needs youth on the side which is not quite the case here.

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The romcom genre is finding it tough going with the initials not able to come. The top openings in the romcom genre post pandemic are below and if we take out the holiday factor for TU JHOOTHI MAIN MAKKAAR, then even that film is around 10 crore nett. The positive opening out of the films listed below is BAD NEWZ and that film had a HIT song taking it forward which made all the difference. It pretty much spells it out what is a must for the genre.

The genre also found it hard before the pandemic but the films tended to be lower budgets then. The 8 crore nett plus number for DE DE PYAAR DE 2 may not look much but actually its pretty good in the context of the business for the genre today. But what these numbers tell is that this genre faces a struggle with stars as the costs go too high. Going forward, it will have to be newcomers for the genre which allow a lower cost. Love Story films with stars, which are more drama based, will be fine but going towards comedy is just not getting the results.

These films are also only generally being able to collect in the NCR belt unless there is some sort of support given from external factors. The Mumbai circuit and Eastern pockets just don't come on board which really restricts the business. 

Below are top opening days for rom come genre post pandemic.

1. Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar - 13,98,00,000 (Holiday)

2. Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari - 9,11,00,000 (Holiday)

3. Bad Newz - 8,31,00,000

5. Param Sundari - 6,87,00,000

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DE DE PYAAR DE 2 had a decent jump on its second day as it collected 12 crore nett apprx taking its two day total to 20 crore nett plus. The growth is decent though you would want a little more as the first day business was on the lower side. Still its enough to keep the film in the running as long as Sunday come out with some good growth.

The film is pretty much ditto its first part as that had done around 12.50 crore nett on Saturday and then 14 crore nett on Sunday after a similar sort of start on Friday. It was Monday where that film came into its own and then ran well for five weeks. This film will have to try and do the same.

The film continues to be best in the Delhi NCR where it has collections and it needs those jumps in mass pockets on Sunday especially Gujarat and Central belts. If these don't come, then Sunday may not come out with much growth. The main let down again is Mumbai circuit as DE DE PYAAR DE (2019) did 31 crore nett there and that looks a huge task for the film though Delhi/UP can do better if it sustains from Monday.

The collections of DE DE PYAAR DE 2 till date are as follows.

Friday - 8,25,00,000 apprx 

Saturday - 12,00,00,000 apprx