Coolie vs War 2 box office advance: Rajinkanth-starrer heading for a Rs 80 crore opening, Hrithik Roshan-Jr NTR film’s overseas growth worrisome

The battle of the stars has already begun with two of the biggest movies of the year are releasing during the Independence Day weekend. Rajinikanth starrer Coolie and Hrithik Roshan-Jr NTR’s War 2 are both releasing on the same day and their target audience is similar to each other. The advance bookings for both these films have started internationally, and in India, Coolie has already started minting money as they recently opened their advance booking. Presently, Coolie is doing much better than War 2 in the international markets. But since War 2 is yet to open ticket sales in India, it looks like the competition here might push War 2 ahead.

Coolie vs War 2: Overseas advance booking

According to Bollywood Hungama, Coolie has already sold tickets worth Rs 27 crore internationally, and their projections predict a massive Rs 80 crore opening day for the film. US collections of the film hold the biggest piece of this pie, followed by Malaysia, UAE, and Australia/New Zealand. On the other hand, the publication reported that War 2 is at Rs 4.5 crore in advance bookings internationally, with the Telugu version of the film contributing around 50 percent of the entire amount. With Jr NTR making his debut in Bollywood, this number could increase as well.

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Coolie vs War 2: Domestic advance booking

War 2 is yet to open its advance booking here, and since it marks the debut of Jr NTR in Bollywood, it is expected to have a massive opening in the Telugu states. Coolie, however, has opened the bookings, and the current numbers point towards a slow opening day. The film has sold seats worth Rs 2.8 crore across 2822 shows in the country. Accounting for block seats, that number goes up to Rs 5.27 crore.

Both films have a star studded cast, and have been produced by deep pocketed studios, not to mention both are being helmed by well known directors. Backed by the Sun Group, the cast of Coolie includes Rajinikanth, Aamir Khan, Nagarjuna Akkineni, Shruti Haasan, Sathyaraj, Upendra, and Soubin Shahir. Coolie is releasing in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi. War 2 is being produced by Aditya Chopra’s Yash Raj Studios, and the cast is filled with the likes of Hrithik, Jr NTR, Kiara Advani, Ashutosh Rana. War 2 is releasing in Hindi, Telugu and Tamil.