War 2 box office collection day 4: Hrithik Roshan, Jr NTR film fails to match opening numbers on first Sunday; earns Rs 187 cr

War 2 Telugu version lags behind Hindi earning

Out of this, the major chunk comes from the Hindi version, which earned Rs 29 crore, Rs 44.50 crore, and Rs 26 crore on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, respectively. The Telugu dubbed version follows next, thanks to the presence of Jr NTR as a new entrant in the sequel. That version garnered Rs 22.75 crore, Rs 12.50 crore, and Rs 6.95 crore on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday respectively. The Tamil version lags far behind, collecting only Rs 0.25 crore, Rs 0.35 crore, and Rs 0.30 crore on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday respectively. The language-wise breakup of the Sunday earnings hasn’t been ascertained yet.

Here is the day-wise breakdown of War 2 box office collection across all languages

Day 1 (1st Thursday) Rs 52 crore [Hindi: Rs 29 crore; Telugu: Rs 22.75 crore; Tamil: Rs 0.25 crore]

Day 2 (1st Friday) Rs 57.35 crore [Hindi: Rs 44.5 crore; Telugu: Rs 12.5 crore; Tamil: Rs 0.35 crore]

Day 3 (1st Saturday) Rs 33.25 crore [Hindi: Rs 26 crore; Telugu: Rs 6.95 crore; Tamil: Rs 0.3 crore]

Day 4 (1st Sunday) Rs 34 crore [Hindi: Rs 28.00 crore; Telugu: Rs 8 crore]

War 2 may have crossed the Rs 150 crore mark at the domestic box office, also beating the lifetime Indian box office earnings of RS Prasanna’s coming-of-age sports comedy Sitaare Zameen Par. The Aamir Khan film collected Rs 166.58 crore before its premiere on a pay-per-view basis on YouTube earlier this month. The next milestones of War 2 are to beat the lifetime domestic box office earnings of other hits of this year, including Ashwin Kumar’s mythological animated film Mahavatar Narshimha (Rs 201.79 crore), Akshay Kumar’s whodunit comedy Housefull 5 (Rs 198.41 crore), and Ajay Devgn’s crime thriller Raid 2 (Rs 179.30 crore).

Given its current trajectory, War 2 may not even come close to the lifetime domestic box office collection of this year’s biggest hits — Vicky Kaushal-starrer historical action film Chhaava (Rs 615.39 crore) and Ahaan Panday and Aneet Padda-starrer romantic drama Saiyaara (Rs 331.52 crore), which is also backed by Aditya Chopra’s production house Yash Raj Films.

War 2 will soon also surpass the lifetime domestic box office collection of Mukerji’s 2013 romantic comedy Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (Rs 188.57 crore), but it’s quite behind that of his previous directorial, the 2022 romantic fantasy Brahmastra – Part One: Shiva (Rs 267.20 crore). It’s also way behind that of the first part, Siddharth Anand’s War (2019), which collected Rs 318.01 crore across all three languages.

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War 2 worldwide box office collection

Overseas, War 2 has earned over $5 million (Rs 45 crore), thus taking its total worldwide collection to Rs 218.60 crore. War 2 is the latest instalment in the YRF Spy Universe. It also stars Kiara Advani, Ashutosh Rana, and Anil Kapoor among others. The next instalment, Shiv Rawail’s Alpha, starring Alia Bhatt and Sharvari, is slated to release in cinemas this Christmas on December 25.