BORDER 2 is coming to an end of its run with collections standing at a little over 314 crore nett in seven weeks and it may have another 20-25 lakhs nett to come. The film is a SUPER HIT but could have done a little better post the first week. The film still added around 100 crore nett after the first week which is good but another 30-40 crore nett could have made the film a BLOCKBUSTER.

The first week was aided by the Republic Day period when collections on Sunday and Monday (Republic Day) really caught on as the weaker circuits also scored but outside these two days the story was of excellent business in Delhi/UP, East Punjab, Rajasthan and Bihar. These circuits have done 400 crore nett level business but the biggest circuit Mumbai is at 225 crore nett level.

The film is not a low cost film like GADAR 2 but its also really cant be called big budget as those films are now well over 300 crore and even 400 crore. The negative will be the comparisons will be GADAR 2 in terms of collections but that was always going to be hard part as the target was so high. Also, as the film is based on a real war, it limits the cinematic liberty unlike a GADAR 2 where you can go to any level. 

The collections of BORDER 2 till date are as follows.

Week One - 2,17,61,00,000

Week Two - 65,03,00,000

Week Three - 22,16,00,000

Week Four - 6,02,00,000

Week Five - 2,03,00,000

Week Six - 1,05,00,000

Week Seven - 48,00,000

TOTAL - 3,14,38,00,000

BORDER 2 has collected 435 crore worldwide and will probably add another 3-5 crore from here to finish at 440 crore. The overseas performance is very good in Australia and Canada and good in UK. The business in USA is average and could have been better as here its stayed below the collections of GADAR 2 while the other markets will beat the numbers of the 2023 film.

The business of GADAR 2 in overseas was $7.5 million. BORDER 2 has collected less but this is without the Gulf market where GADAR 2 did $1.3 million. So, if you add that, it becomes a similar total for Overseas. Technically this makes the Overseas performance better than India with the GADAR 2 comparison as India will be 40% less than GADAR 2.

In overseas it will be among the top five films of 2025/26 with only DHURANDHAR, SAIYAARA, CHHAAVA and SITAARE ZAMEEN PAR recording higher collections. BORDER 2 now makes it to the list of twenty original Hindi films to cross 400 crore worldwide, the first being DHOOM 3 in 2013. 

The worldwide collections of BORDER 2 till date are as follows.

India -  379 crore (312.50 crore nett)

Overseas -  56.50 crore ($6.25 million)

BORDER 2 collected a fair 6.25 crore nett in its fourth week with collections dropping around 70% from the previous week. The film has generally done better in the weekends after the first week but here it lost some business due to the cricket match on Sunday. The falls after the first week are a little more than they should be but overall the collections have come.

The film is looking at a 80 crore nett finish in Delhi/UP, 40 crore nett in East Punjab, 25 crore nett in Rajasthan and 17 crore nett in Bihar and these four will be the best circuits all doing BLOCKBUSTER business. Mumbai will be 75 crore nett which should have been better but Gujarat/Saurashtra did not fire as it should have. Nevertheless, still Mumbai circuit has managed HIT business.

The collections of BORDER 2 till date are as follows.

Week One - 2,17,61,00,000

Week Two - 65,03,00,000

Week Three - 22,16,00,000

Week Four - 6,25,00,000 apprx 

MARDAANI 3 also did fair business in week three as it picked up 5.25 crore nett which takes the film to a decent 45 crore nett. The film will become the highest grossing film of its franchise as should add a couple of crore or more at least. The film has done AVERAGE business overall which is a decent result for the film. All three films in the franchise have been successful though none reached HIT status. The plus of MARDAANI 3 is that the collections have come at a more difficult time compared to the time when the other films were released.

The collections of MARDAANI 3 till date are as follows.

Week One - 25,05,00,000 apprx

Week Two - 14,75,00,000 apprx 

Week Three - 5,25,00,000 apprx

BORDER 2 collected a low 60 lakhs nett on its fourth Monday and the film is now seems to be holding better on the weekdays than previous weeks. The film should see a jump on Tuesday and it eventually it will come out a decent fourth week. The Friday collections was only 75 lakhs nett and yet, it will still come out with a week of 6.5-7 crore nett. The week will be dropping around 70%.

The collections of BORDER 2 till date are as follows.

Friday - 75,00,000

Saturday - 2,00,00,000

Sunday - 1,50,00,000 apprx 

Monday - 60,00,000 apprx

BORDER 2 saw a drop in collections in the fourth weekend due to the new releases but still, it managed to do well on Saturday. On Sunday, the collections came down due to the match. The film collected 4.25 crore nett over its fourth weekend which now takes the film to 309 crore nett. Now, the film will collect at low levels though it can hang around for a few weeks due to lack of releases.

The job is done though and the film is a SUPER HIT with BLOCKBUSTER collections in Delhi/UP, East Punjab, Rajasthan and Bihar. There will be circuits like Nizam/Andhra and Mysore which will do less than HIT business but the main market is the Hindi speaking belts. These areas have out performed and when this happens it also means a longer term appreciation on satellite. 

The film will be the 8th highest grossing film ever in East Punjab and its probably going to be a similar position in Bihar while Rajasthan it could even get to sixth with only PUSHPA 2 - THE RULE, GADAR 2, DHURANDHAR, STREE 2 and BAAHUBALI 2: THE CONCLUSION ahead of it. Delhi/UP is likely to see it get into the top ten. The weakest performance is Nizam/Andhra which will just about cross 10 crore nett  and this is less than FIGHTER (2024).

The collections of BORDER 2 till date are as follows.

Friday - 75,00,000

Saturday - 2,00,00,000

Sunday - 1,50,00,000 apprx 

BORDER 2 showed good gains on its third Tuesday as it collects 2.50 crore nett aided by the discounted Tuesday rates. This was the first time in its run that BORDER 2 sold tickets at the discounted Tuesday rates. The film has collections of over 20 crore nett in the third week and is heading for a third week collection of 23.50 crore nett plus.

There is likely to be a drop on Wednesday due to the jump on Tuesday but its more about where the film can land on Friday as that will determine how much more the film can add till Eid. It does not matter much as the job is done and the film is a SUPER HIT but the longer you stay in theatres, the better.

The lower business was expected in South India but it is the Maharashtra and Gujarat area which has stopped this film being a BLOCKBUSTER especially the latter. The Gujarat/Saurashtra belt will do 30 crore nett which is good but considering business in other Hindi belt areas it could have done better. Mumbai circuit stands at 71 crore nett while Delhi/UP is excellent at 75 crore nett.

The collections of BORDER 2 till date are as follows.

Friday - 10,25,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 16,25,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 21,00,00,000 apprx

Monday - 5,25,00,000 apprx

Tuesday - 5,25,00,000 apprx

Wednesday - 4,25,00,000 apprx

Thursday - 3,75,00,000 apprx

Friday - 3,00,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 5,50,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 7,25,00,000 apprx

Monday - 2,00,00,000 apprx

Tuesday - 2,50,00,000 apprx

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BORDER 2 did well in its third week collecting 23 crore nett plus which now takes the film to 307 crore nett in three weeks. The drop in week three is 65% which is a little better than the second week but that is expected as the film was coming out of a week with a huge holiday for Republic Day. The drop for the film will be bigger this week due to the new release, O'ROMEO.

The job is done though and the film is a SUPER HIT with BLOCKBUSTER collections in Delhi/UP, East Punjab, Rajasthan and Bihar. There will be circuits like Nizam/Andhra and Mysore which will do less than HIT business but the film's target audience is concentrated in the Hindi speaking belts. Those areas have out performed and when this happens, it also means a long term appreciation on satellite.

Also it has to be said that the collections are organic which is not the case with many of the films which do the bigger collections and today even the some of the smallest films have the fiddle. The comparisons will come with GADAR 2 but in terms of business, it is pretty much similar to what BORDER (1997) was against GADAR (2001). The difference being one is fiction allowing all cinematic liberties as possible and the other being a War film which has certain restrictions. It was the same all those years back and its pretty much the same still.

The collections of BORDER 2 till date are as follows.

Friday - 10,25,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 16,25,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 21,00,00,000 apprx

Monday - 5,25,00,000 apprx

Tuesday - 5,25,00,000 apprx

Wednesday - 4,25,00,000 apprx

Thursday - 3,75,00,000 apprx

Friday - 3,00,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 5,50,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 7,25,00,000 apprx

Monday - 2,00,00,000 apprx

Tuesday - 2,50,00,000 apprx

Wednesday - 1,50,00,000 apprx

Thursday - 1,50,00,000 apprx

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The collections of the holdover releases BORDER 2 and MARDAANI 3 came down on Friday due to a heavy reductions of screens and competition from the new releases. BORDER 2 collected around 80 lakhs nett and MARDAANI 3 was around 65 lakhs nett which is considerably lower than the previous day but both should make big gains today.

Despite the drop, it does not alter the situation much for either film as BORDER 2 is a SUPER HIT standing at around 307.50 crore nett and should excel on Saturday and Sunday. The film has been aided with a Republic Day release as collections in and around that period were extraordinary which has pushed the film to a 300 crore nett plus number.

BORDER 2 showed excellent growth of around 80% on Saturday as it collected 5.50 crore nett taking its overall total to 292 crore nett and it should have a good Sunday as well. The business in the national chains doubled up as PVR/Inox and Cinepolis showed a 98% jump from the previous day. The third weekend should be a healthy 15 crore nett plus driven by the Saturday and Sunday business.

Post pandemic, there have been so many of the bigger hits driven by business from South and the bigger centres but BORDER 2 follows films like GADAR 2, STREE 2, SAIYAARA and DHURANDHAR as its business is largely driven by the Hindi belts. The last named is an exception as both sides were phenomenal. This is not counting the dubbed big ones from South as they were all driven by mass audience in the Hindi belts.

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BORDER 2 had a good third weekend as collected over 15 crore nett to take its overall total to 299 crore nett. The film will be hitting the 300 crore nett mark today (third Monday). The third Friday saw only decent collections but the film did very well on Saturday and Sunday. The collections on Sunday were very strong in the Hindi belt with some centres showing jumps of 50% and more.

There were single screens doing double the business they had done on Friday and Saturday combined. The business today is generally limited in single screens but as this film is doing business, the Sundays are getting excellent growth. The film has seen drops on weekdays but it maybe it can be different this week as the collections are limited form the lesser performing circuits.

The film has the comparison of GADAR 2 around its neck but the craze for that was at a different level and not just compared to BORDER 2 but most of the other big films also. The film managed that GADAR 2 type of euphoria on its first Sunday and Monday probably due to the patriotic fervor in the country for Republic Day and getting two days which reminds one of what Hindi cinema used to be is more than good enough.

The collections of BORDER 2 till date are as follows.

Friday - 10,25,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 16,25,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 21,00,00,000 apprx

Monday - 5,25,00,000 apprx

Tuesday - 5,25,00,000 apprx

Wednesday - 4,25,00,000 apprx

Thursday - 3,75,00,000 apprx

Friday - 3,00,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 5,50,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 7,25,00,000 apprx

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BORDER 2 dropped 35% on Monday as compared to the Friday which is a better trend as compared to last Monday where the drop was almost 50%. The film collected 2 crore nett on its third Monday which takes the third week total to 17.75 crore nett and the film has now hit the 300 crore nett mark.

There should be a jump on Tuesday as the film is now at the discounted Tuesday rates. The first week was normal on Tuesday while the second Tuesday was at lower rates but not at the rates designated for discounted Tuesdays. This meant last Tuesday was flat but should be different this week.

The third week is probably heading for a week of around 23 crore nett which is pretty good. The lower business was expected in South India but it is the Maharashtra and Gujarat area which has stopped this film being a BLOCKBUSTER especially the latter. The Gujarat/Saurashtra belt will do 30 crore nett which is good but considering business in other Hindi belt areas it could have done better. Mumbai circuit stands at 71 crore nett while Delhi/UP is excellent at 75 crore nett.

The collections of BORDER 2 till date are as follows.

Friday - 10,25,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 16,25,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 21,00,00,000 apprx

Monday - 5,25,00,000 apprx

Tuesday - 5,25,00,000 apprx

Wednesday - 4,25,00,000 apprx

Thursday - 3,75,00,000 apprx

Friday - 3,00,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 5,50,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 7,25,00,000 apprx

Monday - 2,00,00,000 apprx

BORDER 2 continued its good run on as it collected 5.25 crore nett on its second Monday. The drop is almost 50% from the second Friday but due to the discounted Tuesday, this has become the norm as some of the weekdays audience is now in a habit of watching on Tuesday due to lower rates. Even when there is no discounted rate, Tuesday still holds well.

BORDER 2 has not gone for the discounted rate but there is a lower rate as compared to a normal Tuesday and this should help the film on Tuesday. The film has around 52 crore nett in the second week so far and it will do business of around 65 crore nett in week two. This will be a good solid second week collection after an excellent first week.

The film remains excellent in the North as Delhi/UP will hit the 70 crore nett mark today while East Punjab is at around 35 crore nett. The film should do around 135 crore nett in North which is a BLOCKBUSTER collection but the other main area Mumbai/Gujarat has done a HIT number and its look tough to get higher though there is not much competition over the next 4-6 weeks. The lesser performers for the film are West Bengal and Nizam/Andhra.

The collections of BORDER 2 till date are as follows.

Friday - 10,25,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 16,25,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 21,00,00,000 apprx

Monday - 5,25,00,000 apprx

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BORDER 2 held well on Tuesday as it collected a similar collection to Monday. The film had lower rates than normal but not the usual discounted Tuesday rate. So, basically the drop, which would have come, was covered by the extra admits that lower rates bought. The film collected 5.25 crore nett on Tuesday which takes the collections of week two to 58 crore nett.

The film should be heading for a second week of around 66-67 crore nett which is a good collection and no doubt the weekend will see good collections again. The total collections of the film so far are 275 crore nett plus in 11 days.

The collections of BORDER 2 till date are as follows.

Week One - 2,17,61,00,000

Friday - 10,25,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 16,25,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 21,00,00,000 apprx

Monday - 5,25,00,000 apprx

Tuesday - 5,25,00,000 apprx

Second Week - 58,00,00,000 apprx (4 Days)

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BORDER 2 is closing on the 400 crore mark worldwide as collections stand at 390 crore after thirteen days. The overseas performance is very good in Australia and Canada while its good in UK. The business in USA is average and could have been better as here its unlikely to reach the collections of GADAR 2 while the other markets will beat the numbers of the 2023 film.

There is no Gulf here for the film and hence, lifetime will probably end up at a similar total though you can probably say this film would have done around $1.5 million in Gulf going by the collections of GADAR 2. In India, it less than GADAR 2 but overseas it will be better though it may not reflect much in overall number due to no release in Gulf.

In overseas, it will be among the top five films of 2025/26 with only DHURANDHAR, SAIYAARA, CHHAAVA and SITAARE ZAMEEN PAR recording higher collections. If we take a fair value for Gulf then it would be better than SITAARE ZAMEEN PAR. The worldwide business of the film should close in the 450-475 crore range which will be a very good collection.

The worldwide collections of BORDER 2 till date are as follows. 

India -  339 crore (280 crore nett)

Overseas -  51 crore ($5.65 million)

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BORDER 2 had a good second weekend as it collected 66 crore nett which takes the film to almost 284 crore nett in two weeks. The drop is 70% from the first week but that is coming from a holiday weekend when a couple of days did huge business. The film seems to be having drops on Wednesday and is generally doing better on weekends.

There was a big drop last Wednesday this Wednesday as well which is making the weekday contribution less for the film. Its probably down to less youth support for the film and its these drops that are coming in the way of the film reaching blockbuster status. The looks like ending a SUPER HIT film and an organic one, not indulging in the practices used to inflate collections, which is common now.

The film will though emerge a BLOCKBUSTER in Delhi/UP, East Punjab, Rajasthan and Bihar as all these places have excellent collections. In Rajasthan, the film will finish at the level of films like ANIMAL, JAWAN and PATHAAN with 24-25 crore nett though this is well off the highest figure in the circuit which was PUSHPA 2 - THE RULE with 47 crore nett.

The collections of BORDER 2 till date are as follows.

Week One - 2,17,61,00,000

Friday - 10,25,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 16,25,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 21,00,00,000 apprx

Monday - 5,25,00,000 apprx

Tuesday - 5,25,00,000 apprx

Wednesday - 4,25,00,000 apprx

Thursday - 3,75,00,000 apprx

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BORDER 2 collected 3 crore nett on its third Friday which is a decent collection. The film has seen a drop from Thursday and considering no major release, it could have held better. The business should go back to the good levels on Saturday and Sunday. The film has support of the family audiences in these semi metros like Jaipur, Lucknow. Patna etc which is pushing the weekend collections.

The film now stands at 287 crore nett and is getting closer to that 300 crore nett mark which could come over the weekend depending on the growth on Saturday and Sunday. The job is done for the film but as its a slow period of releases until Eid, you would hope the film can hang around till then and keeping on adding to the total.

The collections of BORDER 2 till date are as follows.

Friday - 10,25,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 16,25,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 21,00,00,000 apprx

Monday - 5,25,00,000 apprx

Tuesday - 5,25,00,000 apprx

Wednesday - 4,25,00,000 apprx

Thursday - 3,75,00,000 apprx

Friday - 3,00,00,000 apprx

BORDER 2 continued its good run on its second Friday as the film remained in double digits with a collection of 10.25 crore nett. The second Friday was a mini test for the film because of the midweek drop and and a repeat would have been damaging. But here, it sailed through as it recorded a minor drop. The national chains were even better where there was hardly any drop and were practically similar to Thursday.

The film was unaffected by the new releases though there was a drop in screenings which happens in the second week with a big release. The film now just has to consolidate this hold with good growth on Saturday which will come. The growth may not be like some of the other big hit films as here, there is a huge ratio of business coming from multiplexes in smaller centres and single screens which grow less on Saturday. But if it can get a big jump, it will be a bonus.

BORDER 2 now has a collection of 229 crore nett in eight days and with this hold on the second Friday, it is sure to run well for the next few weeks. There have been some films which get these offers and free tickets to prop up the collections especially around this time. It would have been easy here for BORDER 2 makers to go this way as well especially after that drop on Wednesday. However, its good that none of that has been done. A film will do whatever it has to do eventually and when a film has appreciation and doing well, the offers and freebies just make it look otherwise though the thought is that it helps perception.

The collections of BORDER 2 till date are as follows.

Friday - 29,50,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 36,50,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 52,00,00,000 apprx

Monday - 56,50,00,000 apprx

Tuesday - 20,00,00,000 apprx

Wednesday - 13,00,00,000 apprx

Thursday - 11,00,00,000 apprx

Friday - 10,25,00,000 apprx

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BORDER 2 had an excellent second Saturday showing a jump of around 60% but this does not tell the whole story as the jump was mainly curtailed by the smaller centres where BORDER 2 still has a large ratio of business. The national chains and some of the other chains showed a jump of 80% plus. The smaller areas don't tend to grow much on Saturday which led to the the likes of Bihar and CI jumping in the 40-50% range but these places will do better on Sunday.

The film consolidated that Friday hold well on Saturday and this ensures the film is set for a long run and could be collecting well all through this month. The film had a minor hiccup on Wednesday but that was more to do with how the box office played up post the holiday period and certain circuits coming down to the more normal ratios which the film had started with. 

The film collected aroudn 16.25 crore nett on Saturday which now takes the takes the total to 26.50 crore nett for the second weekend and the film will do more than 45 crore nett for the weekend. The overall total stands at 249 crore nett after nine days and there will be another big collection on Sunday which looks comfortably over 20 crore nett at the moment but there will be an evening dip. 

The collections of BORDER 2 till date are as follows.

Friday - 29,50,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 36,50,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 52,00,00,000 apprx

Monday - 56,50,00,000 apprx

Tuesday - 20,00,00,000 apprx

Wednesday - 13,00,00,000 apprx

Thursday - 11,00,00,000 apprx

Friday - 10,25,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 16,25,00,000 apprx

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BORDER 2 has emerged only the second war film to emerge a big HIT in the history of Indian cinema. The first being the original film of the franchise in 1997. Its a genre which has not seen much success as war scenes become a bit tedious and repetitive for the bulk of the audience which is looking for entertainment. This will be the case for BORDER 2 as well.

The genre is seeing more films recently as nationalism is strong today, not just in India, but across the world. There will be four war films in just six months with 120 BAHADUR, IKKIS and BORDER 2 already out while BATTLE OF GALWAN is to follow next. Outside the two BORDER films there is only one other war film which has done well which was HAQEEQAT in 1964.

HAQEEQAT was a modest success when released at the fag end of 1964 but did well in repeats to notch up good numbers eventually. Now was this film a HIT due to the film or the fact that Dhramendra became a huge star a few years later is debatable. Generally, his starrers did very well in repeats is an unknown but if you had to place money on it you would say the latter as even worse films of the legend managed to score in repeats.

Below is the scorecard of war films in India. There will be many films with a war back drop when a lead is an army offiicer or pilot but those are not included. BORDER 2 is the second biggest ever as its a SUPER HIT on a worst case scenario and could well be better by the end of its run. BORDER 2 is not among the biggest HITS ever or anything but its the second best result for the genre which does have its limitations.

Haqeeqat (1964) - HIT

Lalkar (1972) - AVERAGE

Hindustan Ki Kasam (1974) - AVERAGE

Aakraman (1975) - FLOP

Vijeta (1982) - FLOP

Border (1997) - HISTORIC BLOCKBUSTER

LOC Kargill (2003) - FLOP

Lakshya (2004) - FLOP

1971 (2007) - DISASTER

The Ghazi Attack (2017) - AVERAGE

120 Bahadur (2025) - DISASTER

Ikkis (2026) - DISASTER

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BORDER 2 had a very good second weekend as it scored excellent collections on Saturday and Sunday with both days showing strong trends. The film has found an audience with the families which should ensure the film keeps these strong weekend trends going forward. The second weekend was around 47.50 crore nett which is a drop of 60% from the first weekend which is good.

The week will see a bigger drop as there was a huge Republic Day holiday on Monday in week one but overall it will still be a good second week. The collections of the film till date are around 266 crore nett and it should reach the 300 crore nett mark in its third weekend.

The film will have comparisons with GADAR 2 but it is pretty much the same as to what BORDER was to GADAR. BORDER (1997) did 55% of GADAR (2001) business and here BORDER 2 will do 65-70% of GADAR 2 lifetime. The difference is that BORDER released before GADAR while BORDER 2 released after GADAR 2.

The excellent collections of BORDER 2 in the B and C centres are better than some of the bigger grossers as well but they are well below GADAR 2. The best circuits will come out to be Rajasthan and Bihar and the film could finish among the top five highest collecting films in both these circuits. PUSHPA 2 - THE RULE leads in both followed by GADAR 2. 

The collections of BORDER 2 till date are as follows.

Friday - 29,50,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 36,50,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 52,00,00,000 apprx

Monday - 56,50,00,000 apprx

Tuesday - 20,00,00,000 apprx

Wednesday - 13,00,00,000 apprx

Thursday - 11,00,00,000 apprx

Friday - 10,25,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 16,25,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 21,00,00,000 apprx

BORDER 2 had an excellent first week as it collected 218 crore nett plus in its first seven days. The film did have a drop on Wednesday but that was just the film equaling itself after the holiday weekend. Tuesday saw a superb hold as it got some post holiday advantage but this was in some circuits which saw very limited drops from day one. This equaled up the next day which led to the fall which was higher than normal.

The film has collected less than GADAR 2 which earned 282 crore nett in its first week but the opening itself was around 25% less and the week has also ended around 25% less. That is still a great result as GADAR 2 was an extraordinary HIT. To maintain this gap of 25% in the long run would be difficult as GADAR 2 was far stronger going into its second Friday.

The film has scored very well in most of the mass circuits and better than many of the big films as far as the first week goes. It could well be among the top five films in week one in these circuits. Overall the film has done very well and now its about where it can go from here. There is minor competition in the form of MARDAANI 3 but that is for a different audience and its better business is likely to come from centres where BORDER 2 is doing less.

The collections of BORDER 2 till date are as follows.

Friday - 29,50,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 36,50,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 52,00,00,000 apprx

Monday - 56,50,00,000 apprx

Tuesday - 20,00,00,000 apprx

Wednesday - 13,00,00,000 apprx

Thursday - 11,00,00,000 apprx

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BORDER 2 had the ninth highest first week collection of all time and if we count original Hindi films only then it will be the sixth highest behind PATHAAN, JAWAN, ANIMAL, GADAR 2 and STREE 2 only. There will be circuits competing with the bigger films, excluding PUSHPA 2 - THE RULE, and it could have the second or third highest first week totals in a couple of circuits.

PUSHPA 2 - THE RULE is the phenomena as it leads the first week numbers by a margin and this was achieved with very limited business in South India. BAAHUBALI 2: THE CONCLUSION remains the only film in the list from the pre pandemic era and these figures indicate that these two South films are the biggest we have seen in the last ten years or so. The footfalls also indicate this but this phase where some South films did well has started to crack as core areas, where these films do well, have become indifferent to these films over the last year or so.

It maybe the content has not been right but there does seem to be signs that getting the audience to theatres will be tougher for South films then say a few years back. For the time being it remains to be seen if any film this year can chase down the 360 crore nett of PUSHPA 2 - THE RULE in week one.

The top ten opening weeks of all time are as follows.

1. Pushpa 2 - The Rule - 3,60,92,00,000

2. Pathaan - 3,17,06,00,000

3. Jawan - 3,15,59,00,000

4. Animal - 2,92,36,00,000

5. Gadar 2 - 2,81,44,00,000

6. Stree 2 - 2,64,60,00,00

7. KGF - Chapter 2 - 2,50,51,00,000

8. Baahubali 2: The Conclusion - 2,46,47,00,000

10. Chhavva - 2,10,59,00,000

BORDER 2 had a phenomenal Monday as it managed to make gains as compared to the Sunday. The film was on a rampage on in many areas across the Hindi belts and setting new highs or very close. The film was competing with the records PUSHPA 2 - THE RULE in the Northern and Central belts though Mumbai circuit is far less but the Allu Arjun-starrer there was something else. The other film, which had such high numbers in North and Central India, was GADAR 2 and they came on Tuesday when it was August 15 and Independence Day.

The Republic Day holiday saw single screens record outstanding figures and these were huge on Sunday itself and the growth on Monday has come from the smaller centres and many single screens that hardly collect. It will be the holiday factor in play here and what helped was the film is apt for Republic Day. The film collected a huge 56.50 crore nett on Monday which takes the film to almost 175 crore nett in four days.

The film is now actually ahead of GADAR 2 as that film had around 170 crore nett in four days but there the big holiday was yet to come and the comparison with GADAR 2 will come more clearer in the second week as that film held up really well. BORDER 2 has to do the same and the chances are there due to the appreciation the film has gained.

The film is sure to hold up well on Tuesday which should confirm that the film is a BLOCKBUSTER and then its about where it goes on from here. Certain circuits, which saw an average initial response, are going to hold up extremely well on Tuesday. There is not much competition around and its just about piling the collections up over the next few weeks.

The collections of BORDER 2 till date are as follows.

Friday - 29,50,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 36,50,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 52,00,00,000 apprx

Monday - 56,50,00,000 apprx

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BORDER 2 recorded the highest first Monday in history and became the second film to cross 50 crore nett on Monday though it was a big national holiday for Republic Day. The only other film to hit 50 crore nett on Monday is TIGER 3 but that film was a Sunday release, making it the second day for the Salman Khan-starrer

Despite a very so so twelve months for the industry, there are still four films which have managed to be among the top Mondays of all time, namely, BORDER 2, SAIYAARA, CHHAAVA and DHURANDHAR. The last three had a non holiday Monday and yet, went over the 20 crore nett mark. The task for BORDER 2 was never the Monday but the Tuesday and its about being among the top ten Tuesdays ever or even better and no doubt it will up there somewhere. Tuesday is a normal day for BORDER 2 after the big holiday on Monday.

The highest non holiday Monday is PUSHPA 2 - THE RULE witch an extraordinary 40 crore nett while for an original Hindi its GADAR 2 but that was a Monday between a Sunday and a national holiday. So, it became a mini holiday for the box office though officially, it was a normal working day. ANIMAL is probably the highest Monday on fair value for an original Hindi film.

The top first Mondays of all time are as follows.

2. Tiger 3 - 56.08 crore (Holiday, Day Two)

3. Pushpa 2 - The Rule - 40.74 crore

4. Baahubali 2: The Conclusion - 39.81 crore (Partial Holiday)

5. Gadar 2 - 38.36 crore

6. Animal (Hindi) - 37.68 crore

7. Stree 2 - 36.87 crore (Holiday)

8. Tiger Zinda Hai - 36.53 (Holiday)

9. Housefull 4 - 34.12 crore (Holiday)

10. Krrish 3 - 29.64 crore (Holiday)

11. Jawan (Hindi) - 28.61 crore

12. Bajrangi Bhaijaan - 26.78 crore (Holiday)

13. KGF - Chapter 2 - 25.24 crore

14. Dangal - 24.98 crore

15. Sanju - 24.63 crore

16. Pathaan - 24.51 crore

17. Saiyaara - 23.36 crore

18. Chhavva - 23.12 crore

19. Dhurandhar - 21.54 crore

20. Simmba - 21.19 crore

BORDER 2 showed a superb trend on Saturday as collections went up over 20% but this this does really tell the whole story as the jumps in the weaker areas are huge with Mumbai circuit jumping around 50% while Mysore has seen an even bigger jump of 70%. The film had opened strongly in mass pockets. So, the jump there is going to be minimal and there are drops in some circuits, especially the East.

Bihar is a little down which is expected and West Bengal had a holiday on Friday which pushed the first day collections and this circuit has seen a drop in collections. If we take out the Eastern circuit, then the jump for the film is touching 40% which is huge and this is not some little five metro film where big growth comes on Saturday. The real concern for the first day was the Gujarat/Saurashtra belt as here, the zone of the film should have meant a very good opening. Yet, it came out average and this belt is so important especially for these type of of films. It all changed on Saturday as the circuit jumped over 50% and came out with very good collections.

The film now has 66 crore nett up in two days and it will be a weekend which will be go over 100 crore nett mark. Also, it will be the first time that a weekend goes over 100 crore nett since CHHAAVA last year with good chances of being the highest weekend recorded since PUSHPA 2 - THE RULE in December 2024.

The film continues with extraordinary collections in the North with East Punjab leading and this area could well be challenging the collections of some of the biggest figures seen in the circuit from films like KGF - CHAPTER 2, ANIMAL and PUSHPA 2 - THE RULE. The key for the film was Mumbai circuit and now after Saturday there will be no looking back and the film is set for a strong run.

The collections of BORDER 2 till date are as follows.

Friday - 29,50,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 36,50,00,000 apprx

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BORDER 2 had an excellent weekend of 118 crore nett with an extraordinary trend as the film starts with a HIT opening and went to BLOCKBUSTER level collections on Sunday. This is because of the lesser opening in the Mumbai/Gujarat belt which came on board on Saturday and then continued to push higher on Sunday. Gujarat can still be a little higher going by the figures of GADAR 2 but the Maharashtra trend looks better than the 2023 film.

The film showed growth of 25% plus on Saturday and 40% plus on Sunday which is superb and with it being Republic Day on Monday, it will be another huge day. Sunday has become crucial day in terms of growth and BORDER2 has done the job here.

The mass pockets were phenomenal on Sunday as the film recorded huge figures in East Punjab, Delhi/UP, Rajasthan and Bihar. Delhi/UP and East Punjab went higher than what GADAR 2 did on Sunday and also markets like South and West Bengal were higher. Overall, it was a similar collections to GADAR 2 on Sunday. Despite a lower start, it caught GADAR 2 on the Sunday and now it remains to be seen how it compares from here.

GADAR 2 had a weekend of 132 crore nett and BORDER 2 is around 14 crore nett less. But the way business is today and how the accepted films hold, this can easily be covered in the long run. The business is fantastic in single screens and smaller centers but still its not at GADAR 2 level. Meanwhile, the trend in multiplexes suggest it has a shot at GADAR 2 levels here though it will be t he next few days which will tell. The film is looking to emerge a BLOCKBUSTER and the Tuesday collections should confirm that as the film has found appreciation.

The collections of BORDER 2 till date are as follows.

Friday - 29,50,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 36,50,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 52,00,00,000 apprx

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BORDER 2 collected 118 crore nett over its first weekend which is the eighth highest opening weekend of all time for an original Hindi film. If we add the South dubbed films, then this position goes to number eleven. It is the highest opening for an original film since STREE 2 in August 2024 as it surpasses the figures of CHHAAVA, WAR 2 and DHURANDHAR which had the best weekends in 2025 with CHHAAVA going to 110 crore nett.

It is the fact that films like CHHAAVA and DHURANDHAR got to 500 crore nett and higher. It gives hope BORDER 2 can do a similar repeat or at least something close. The business has seen a big shift from initial to post weekend over the last year or so as the public really starts coming for films which have appreciation while there seems to be hesitation when not knowing if the film is good or bad. Basically films are now actually working after the first day which is the case with BORDER 2 also as first day was just good and probably more was expected. The plus was it had mass support to put up a good opening day. A film like DHURANDHAR did not and still, it went on to break all records.

There are only two pre pandemic releases in the top ten and they are SANJU and TIGER ZINDA HAI. JAWAN has the biggest weekend but ANIMAL is not far behind; the latter is one of those rare films which has totally organic collections. So, on fair value, it can be top.

The top ten weekends of all time for original Hindi films are as follows but with the fiddles going on the real positions can be slightly different.

1. Jawan - 1,75,14,00,000

2. Animal - 1,68,59,00,000

3. Pathaan - 1,60,57,00,000

4. Tiger 3 - 1,38,56,00,000

5. Gadar 2 - 1,32,47,00,000

6. Stree 2 - 1,28,31,00,000

7. Sanju - 1,19,33,00,000

9. Tiger Zinda Hai - 1,14,91,00,000

10. Singham Again - 1,12,57,00,000

BORDER 2 had a good first day as it collected around 29-30 crore nett on the first day with very good collections in Delhi/UP, East Punjab, Rajasthan, West Bengal and Bihar with let down being Gujarat. It was less in Maharashtra and South but that was sort of expected and it was Gujarat where around 1-1.50 crore nett more was expected. However, its possible that North India regional feel kept the film low.

West Bengal was 1.75 crore which is actually the standout performance as films with a North feel don't perform there barring some exceptions. This number is pretty huge though there was a holiday there and it remains to be seen what happens here on Saturday. If this circuit works, the film is sure to do well. Bihar was another excellent circuit with around 1.65 crore nett. The other circuits which have done excellent were expected to do the numbers.

The weaker side is Mumbai and it remains to be seen where this goes as potentially, there is upside here especially in the Gujarat pocket. Overall, the film has got a good opening day and it will be about what level the film can go to Sunday. The growth on Saturday will come in some pockets but these sort of circuits like West Bengal and Bihar, which have scored so well, may be flat or even down which can curtail some of that growth.

The film looks set to do well but parallels will be drawn with GADAR 2 which is a huge comparison as it created history. Going by the first day collections, the appeal of that film was wider and that's not to say this film is not wide as multiplex chains are just a little over 40% contribution. But its just not as much as GADAR 2 which had insane collections in the smaller centres across the country. It is that rare film from the Hindi film industry in recent times which saw such high occupancy from the first show.

The film also managed good numbers overseas with Australia being very good though North America will be affected a little with late arrival of prints. 

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BORDER 2 recorded the second highest opening day collection in the 2025-26 period with a similar number to CHHAAVA but based on real collections, it is probably the highest number of the year as CHHAAVA had feeding. There is also DHURANDHAR and SKY FORCE, which also have considerable adds as well. There are others as well but today as its done pretty much openly and its become pretty normal, the nominal amounts don't really matter; its only the ones which make a major difference to the figures.

BORDER 2 should have got over the 30 crore nett mark and actually its probably the heavy rain in North and later arrival of prints at many places which has kept it a few lakhs under. The fifteen openings of the last year or so are listed below and although there are a few good openers including BORDER 2, there is nothing that has really opened big in the last 13 months. In fact the best openings would actually be films like SAIYAARA, TERE ISHK MEIN and EK DEEWANE KI DEEWANIYAT in terms of there costs against the initial day.

These three films also highlight where the film industry should be going in terms of that bread and butter film which is the need of the day at the moment. The big ones will come every few months but a TERE ISHK MEIN or EK DEEWANE KI DEEWANIYAT or two of them every month puts the industry back on a strong footing and actually its not much to ask for. Its not like asking for SHOLAY or GADAR every month. You can discount SAIYAARA as a one off, the zone of the love story needs to copied but the collections (day one or lifetime) are just one of those things which can happen rarely and not regularly. 

The top fifteen opening days for original Hindi films in 2025/26 are as follows.

1. Chhaava - 29,58,00,000

3. War 2 - 28,05,00,000

4. Dhurandhar - 25,58,00,000

5. Sikandar - 24,73,00,000

6. Thamma - 23,18,00,000

7. Housefull 5 - 22,13,00,000

8. Saiyaara - 21,63,00,000

9. Raid 2 - 18,84,00,000

10. Tere Ishk Mein - 14,62,00,000

11. Sky Force - 12,91,00,000

12. Jolly LLB 3 - 12,22,00,000 

13. Sitaare Zameen Par - 10,57,00,000

14. Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari - 9,11,00,000

15. Jaat - 8,83,00,000