Gadar 2 box office: Sunny Deol's film becomes 2nd-highest-grossing Hindi movie

Sunny Deol's Gadar 2 has made history at the box office. Released on the Independence Day weekend, the film has earned massive moolah at the box office worldwide. Within a month of its release, the film has become the second-highest-grossing film in the Hindi language.

The film has surpassed the all-time collection of magnum opusBaahubali 2: The Conclusion. The Prabhas starter had collected Rs 510 crore (Rs 5 billion) in the Hindi language.

Crossing SS Rajamouli's film, the Deol sequel earned Rs 512 crore (Rs 5 billion)in the Hindi language, becoming the second-highest-grossing movie.

As per Sachnilk, the film earned Rs 284.63 crore (over Rs 2 billion) in the first week, Rs 134.47 crore (over Rs 1 billion) in the second week, Rs 63.35 crore (Rs 600 million)in the third week, and 27.55 crore in the fourth week at the box office, taking the total collection of the film to Rs 512 crore (Rs 5 billion approx).

However, the film is still behind Shah Rukh Khan's Pathaan. Released in January 2023, the film collected Rs 524.62 crore (over Rs 500 million), becoming the highest-grossing Hindi film ever.Gadar 2 opened in theatres at Rs 40 crore (Rs 400 million) on August 11 alongside Akshay Kumar's OMG 2 andRajinikanth's Jailer.

With its stupendous success, the film has crossed the lifetime collection of superhit films like Salman Khan's Sultan (Rs 300 crore), Deepika Padukone's Padmaavat (Rs 302 crore), Bajrangi Bhaijaan (Rs 320 crore), Tiger Zinda Hai (Rs 339 crore), PK (Rs 340 crore), and others.

Sunny Deol's film has seen a dip in numbers since the release of Shah Rukh Khan's Jawan. Atlee's directorial is performing outstandingly at the box office and has crossed the Rs 200 crore mark at the box office in just two days of its release.

Gadar 2 is the sequel to the 2001 blockbuster film of the same name. In the second part of the cult-classic movie,Sunny Deol reprises his role as Tara Singh and Ameesha as his wife Sakeena. The film also stars Utkarsh Sharma, Simratt Kaur, Manish Wadhwa, Rohit Chaudhary, Gaurav Chopra, Luv Sinha, Rakesh Bedi, Dolly Bindra, and others.

WION's review of Gadar 2

Film critic, Shomini Sen writes, ''In Gadar 2, Deol also hurls a cannon at a crowd and beheads people with a single swig of a hammer similar to the one that Thor yields in Marvel films. Thor is God, Deol is superhuman but they are more or less the same people. Deol, in his 60s, is in fine form and carries the outlandish, melodramatic film on his shoulder very well. He has Utkarsh Sharma playing his onscreen son and sidekick who gets his moments to shine as well in the film with action sequences and dialoguebaazi. He is Anil Sharma's son and hence gets a substantial role after Deol.''