Son of Sardaar 2 box office collection day 4: Ajay Devgn’s comedy earns Rs 27 cr; Raid 2 made more in just two days

Not just Raid 2, but Son of Sardaar 2 can’t even hold its own in front of other holdover Hindi releases. It earned even less than Mohit Suri’s romantic drama Saiyaara, starring newcomers Ahaan Panday and Aneet Padda, which collected Rs 2.5 crore on its third Monday (day 18) at the domestic box office.

Similarly, on its second Monday, Ashwin Kumar’s mythological animated film Mahavatar Narsimha earned Rs 8 crore. more than thrice of what Son of Sardaar 2 did on the same day. The only Hindi film Devgn’s comedy could surpass was Shazia Iqbal’s romantic drama Dhadak 2, another sequel, to Shashank Khaitan’s 2018 hit Dhadak. The sequel, starring Siddhant Chaturvedi and Triptii Dimri, earned only Rs 1.4 crore on its first Monday, its first four-day collection rounding off to Rs 13 crore, less than half of that of Son of Sardaar 2.

While Son of Sardaar 2 will face fresh competition from another comedy, Umesh Shukla’s Heer Express, starting this Friday, it needs to do something out of the box to sustain, let alone increase, its momentum. Even tempting offers like 50% discount and ‘buy one, get one’ on tickets could help neither this film nor Dhadak 2, thanks to the Saiyaara and Mahavatar Narsimha wave.

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The first instalment of Son of Sardaar was helmed by Ashwni Dhir, and starred Devgn, late actor Mukul Dev, Sanjay Dutt and Sonakshi Sinha. The story revolved around Jaswinder “Jassi” Singh Randhawa (Devgn), who returns to his village in Punjab after spending years in London to sell ancestral property, after which things take an unexpected turn. The film emerged as a box office hit and grossed Rs 161.48 crore with its worldwide collection. The sequel also stars Mrunal Thakur, Vindu Dara Singh, Deepak Dobriyal, Sanjay Mishra, and Kubbra Sait among others.