Batwara 1947 box office collection day 3: At Rs 26 cr, opening weekend of Sunny Deol film less than Border 2 opening day
On the third day of its domestic box office opening weekend, the Rajkumar Santoshi-directed patriotic drama Batwara 1947 experienced a substantial dip, gathering a mere Rs 7.25 crore from 7239 screens, marking a 54% decline from its previous day's earnings. The film's highest performance took place during its opening weekend, specifically on its first Saturday, coinciding with Independence Day, when it earned Rs 13.50 crore from 8071 screens.
This was the film's only double-digit earning day. Batwara 1947 opened at Rs 5.75 crore, its lowest gross to date, from 8271 screens, the maximum number of daily showings it has witnessed. Consequently, the film's opening weekend collection in India amounts to Rs 26.50 crore, as reported by Sacnilk. Comparatively, the opening day of Border 2, which shared a similar subject matter, garnered Rs 30 crore, and its opening weekend saw an impressive total of Rs 59 crore, largely due to the Republic Day holiday.
However, the release of Nitin Kakkar's action thriller Awarapan 2 appears to have further hampered Batwara 1947's box office prospects, as it collected Rs 26.40 crore on its opening day, nearly equal to Batwara 1947's total opening weekend earnings. In contrast, other notable Hindi releases of the year, such as Ranveer Singh's spy thriller Dhurandhar 2: The Revenge, Ajay Devgn's adventure comedy Dhamaal 4, Akshay Kumar's Welcome to the Jungle, Shahid Kapoor's romantic comedy Cocktail 2, Alia Bhatt's spy thriller Alpha, and Shahid's crime drama O Romeo, have all surpassed Batwara 1947's opening weekend revenue.
Batwara 1947 also marks the highest grossing performance for a film backed by Aamir Khan Productions in the current year, outperforming other recent releases like Ek Din, Happy Patel, and Bandar. The film reunites Sunny Deol and director Rajkumar Santoshi thirty years after their 1996 action thriller Ghatak and features Preity Zinta's return to acting after an eight-year hiatus.
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