Emraan Hashmi’s ‘Awarapan 2’ and Sunny Deol’s ‘Bantwara 1947’ were released on the same day on 14th August. In this box office clash, Emraan Hashmi’s film has earned more, beating Sunny Deol’s Partition. The film became the highest opening film of Emraan Hashmi’s career. According to industry tracker website Sacnilk, ‘Awarapan 2’ collected a net collection of more than Rs 21 crore on the first day of its release. This has become the biggest opening film of Emraan Hashmi’s career. ‘Awarapan 2’ crossed the lifetime earnings of the first film ‘Awarapan’ released in 2007 even before the end of the first day. This film is moving towards becoming one of the biggest opening films of Bollywood in 2026. The gross collection of ‘Awarapan 2’ has reached Rs 25.20 crore. The film has earned Rs 2 crore in foreign countries. In this way its total worldwide gross earning has become Rs 27.20 crore. The first ‘Awarapan’, released in 2007, was a flop at the box office. He had collected only Rs 7.76 crore in his entire lifetime earning. ‘Awarapan 2’ took only 8 hours to reach this figure. Opening records of Imran’s two films broken, tickets of ‘Awarapan 2’ were sold on Book My Show on Friday, more than 20 thousand tickets every hour. Based on the current pace of the film, it is said to soon cross the Rs 50 crore mark. There may be a jump in the film’s earnings in the weekend. Till now only two films of Emraan Hashmi had made double digit opening. In 2012, ‘Raaz 2’ earned Rs 10.35 crore on the first day. In 2017, ‘Baadshaho’ broke this record by earning Rs 12.60 crore on the day of its release. ‘Awarapan 2’ has overtaken both these films with its opening pace. Emraan’s old character in ‘Awarapan 2’ Emraan Hashmi has returned to his famous character of ‘Shivam Pandit’ in ‘Awarapan 2’, directed by Nitin Kakkar and produced by Vishesh Bhatt. Shabana Azmi, Disha Patani and Suvinder Vicky also play important roles in the film. The film has received mixed to good reviews. Emraan Hashmi’s acting and the atmosphere of the film have been especially praised. First day collection of ‘Bantwara 1947’ On the other hand, Sunny Deol’s ‘Bantwara 1947’ has so far earned Rs 5.75 crore nett on the opening day in India. According to trade tracker Sacnilk, its gross collection in India is Rs 6.84 crore. The film has earned Rs 1.50 crore in foreign countries. With this, its total worldwide earning has become Rs 8.34 crore. The film is running in 8,721 shows across the country. First Day Occupancy of ‘Bantwara 1947’ The Hindi 2D version of ‘Bantwara 1947’ recorded a total occupancy of 10.73% on the opening day. Occupancy in the morning show stood at 7.54%. This increased to 12.31% in the afternoon show. Slightly higher occupancy was recorded in the evening and night shows. The story and starcast of the film Rajkumar Santoshi’s ‘Partition 1947’ is based on the background of the partition of India. Sunny Deol has played the role of Sikandar Mirza in the film. The film also stars Preity Zinta, Shabana Azmi, Karan Deol, Ali Fazal, Abhimanyu Singh, Mithun Chakraborty, Rukhsar Rehman and Dia Mirza. Aamir Khan and Aparna Purohit have produced the film under Aamir Khan Productions. The music of the film is composed by AR Rahman and the lyrics are written by Javed Akhtar.
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