'Student of The Year 2' witnesses decent business on first day

Much-awaited film `Student of The Year 2` had a decent start by clocking Rs 12.06 crore worth business on its first day.

Film critic Taran Adarsh posted a series of tweets and highlighted the first-day box office collection of the romcom.

"Student of the Year 2 puts up a fairly good total on Day 1... Biz slowed down towards evening shows... Sat and Sun crucial... Substantial growth - especially at plexes - is essential for a healthy total... Fri Rs 12.06 cr. India biz. #SOTY2 is Tiger`s second highest opener *so far*," he wrote.

In the second tweet, Taran gave a list of the films starring Tiger Shroff and their first-day collections.

`SOTY 2` takes the second highest-opener spot for the actor, after `Baaghi 2`.

"Tiger Shroff versus Tiger Shroff... *Day 1* biz...2018: #Baaghi2 Rs 25.10 cr2019: #SOTY2 Rs 12.06 cr2016: #Baaghi Rs 11.94 cr2016: #AFlyingJatt Rs 7.10 cr [Thu]2017: #MunnaMichael Rs 6.65 cr2014: #Heropanti Rs 6.63 crIndia biz," he wrote.

`Baaghi 2` emerged as the clear winner for Tiger with debut earning of Rs 25.10 crore, while `Student of the Year 2` is a distant second with Rs. 12.6 crore.

`Student of the Year 2` is the sequel to the 2012 hit `Student of The Year`, which marked the Bollywood debut of Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan, and Sidharth Malhotra.

This installment marked the debut of Ananya Pandey and Tara Sutaria.

The film also has a special appearance by Hollywood star Will Smith along with Alia Bhatt, the ex-student from the prequel, gracing a special number with Tiger- `Hook Up Song`.

Helmed by Punit Malhotra and produced by Karan Johar, the film had hit the screens on May 10.