'Gadar 2' becomes 3rd highest-grossing film in Hindi, surpasses 'K.G.F. 2' collections

The recently released Sunny Deol-starrer film ‘Gadar 2’ is causing a rampage as it emerges as the third highest-grossing Hindi film of all time after crossing the lifetime collections of the Aamir Khan-starrer ‘Dangal’ and, more recently, the Yash-starrer ‘K.G.F. Chapter 2’. Trade analyst Taran Adarsh took to his X (formerly called X) on Sunday to share the development in the collections of ‘Gadar 2’. The film has collected 439.95 crores in India so far.

He wrote, “CROSSES ‘KGF 2’, NEXT ‘BAAHUBALI 2'  After crossing lifetime biz of #Dangal, #Gadar2 overtakes #KGF2 #Hindi #Gadar2 is now the THIRD HIGHEST GROSSING #Hindi film in #India Continues to smash #BO records at mass sectors [Week 3] Fri 7.10 cr, Sat 13.75 cr. Total: Rs 439.95 cr. #India biz (sic)”. Film exhibitor and distributor Sunny Khanna, CEO of Whitelion Entertainment, had earlier told IANS: “The film has an average of 75-80 percent occupancy rate in theatres on weekends. This film has given life to theatres that were thinking of shutting down. Leave aside the national chain of multiplexes, even the small multiplexes which earlier had an occupancy rate of 8 percent are now witnessing 60% occupancy rate and it’s only because of ‘Gadar 2’”.

He shared that the film’s collections peaked on Independence Day: “The business of ‘Gadar 2’ was huge on Independence Day, but what’s surprising is that the film witnessed just a marginal drop of 30 percent on second Saturday. Even a big hit like ‘Pathaan’, which is the highest grossing Hindi film, had a huge drop on the second Saturday, but ‘Gadar 2’ seems to be unstoppable at this point.” He further mentioned that it's a good time for movies in theatres because this is a rare occurrence when films from diverse geographies are doing good business. There’s superstar Rajinikanth’s ‘Jailer’, ‘Gadar 2’, the Chiranjeevi-starrer ‘Bhola Shankar,’ ‘Gadar 2’ and Akshay Kumar-starrer ‘OMG 2’ all of which are performing well at the box office. “There’s a good momentum in the industry. The exhibitor sector is a crucial sector, and our industry has been facing major issues in this sector ever since the pandemic struck. But with the performance of ‘Gadar 2’, ‘Jailer’ and ‘OMG 2’ things are looking good,” Sunny concluded.