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Batwara 1947 crosses ₹15 crore in two days after slow start
Sunny Deol’s period drama Batwara 1947 collected ₹8.73 crore net in India on its second day, taking the two-day India net total to ₹14.48 crore, according to Sacnilk data. Worldwide gross stands…
The Story in Brief
Sunny Deol’s period drama Batwara 1947 collected ₹8.73 crore net in India on its second day, taking the two-day India net total to ₹14.48 crore, according to Sacnilk data. Worldwide gross stands at an estimated ₹17.14 crore after adding overseas collections. The film had opened with just ₹5.75 crore net in India and a worldwide gross of ₹8.34 crore on August 14, with overseas contributing only ₹1.5 crore.
Koimoi.com reports the film’s budget is ₹120 crore, meaning Day 1 recovered about 4.7% of costs. The film faces stiff competition from Emraan Hashmi’s Awarapan 2. Directed by Rajkumar Santoshi and produced by Aamir Khan Productions, Batwara 1947 stars Sunny Deol as a Muslim refugee and marks Preity Zinta’s return after eight years.
The Indian Opinion
The early rush to call Batwara 1947 a disaster, based on its Day 1 worldwide gross of just ₹8.34 crore, ignores the Independence Day weekend effect that boosted Day 2 by over 50%. But the real test is not the holiday bump, it is whether the film holds on Monday, when Awarapan 2 will still command most screens. If word-of-mouth from those who watched this Partition saga does not translate into weekday footfall, the talk of momentum will prove hollow.
Sources (3): koimoi.com, ndtvprofit.com, timesofindia.indiatimes.com
This story was synthesised by AI from the 3 sources linked above.
Updated: this story now draws on 3 sources.
