Sunny Deol and Ameesha Patel-starrer Gadar 2 has had a super successful run at the box office. Not just in India, but globally also the film has been doing exceptionally well, which is reflected in the film's box office earnings. At the overseas box office, the Anil Sharma-directorial has crossed the Rs 300 crore mark and has become only the fourth Bollywood film of the year to do so, as per a report by trade portal Sacnilk.
Meanwhile, Akshay Kumar's 'OMG 2', which released on the same day as Gadar 2, has done fairly well in terms of its box office collections. Starring Akshay Kumar, Yami Gautam and Pankaj Tripathi, the film on Wednesday crossed the Rs 100 crore gross mark globally. The movie will also be entering the 100 crores net club, mostly by Saturday, the report stated.
In terms of domestic collections, Gadar 2 is set to soon cross the Rs 250 crore mark. The film collected Rs 40.10 crore on its opening day, Rs 43.08 crore on its first Saturday, Rs 51.70 crore on its first Sunday, Rs 38.70 crore on its first Monday, around Rs 55.50 on Independence Day, and is likely to earn around Rs 30 crore on its first Wednesday.
Meanwhile, Akshay Kumar’s satirical comedy-drama OMG 2 is likely to cross the Rs 75 crore mark at the domestic box office. OMG 2 collected Rs 10.26 crore on its opening day, Rs 15.30 crore on its first Saturday, Rs 17.55 crore on its first Sunday, Rs 12.06 crore on its first Monday, around Rs 17.10 crore on August 15 holiday, and will likely earn around Rs 6 crore on its first Wednesday.
Directed by Anil Sharma, Gadar 2 is a sequel to 'Gadar: Ek Prem Katha', which was a 2001 film set against the backdrop of the Partition of India in 1947. The film was released across theatres on August 11 and has since taken the box office by storm, breaking many records. The film features Sunny Deol, Ameesha Patel, Utkarsh Sharma, Simratt Kaur, Manish Wadhwa, Gaurav Chopra, and Rakesh Bedi in pivotal roles.
Meanwhile, OMG 2, directed by Amit Rai, features Akshay Kumar in the avatar of Lord Shiva. It also stars Yami Gautam, Pankaj Tripathi and Arun Govil of Ramayan fame. Produced by Cape of Good Films, Ashwin Varde, Vipul D Shah and Rajesh Bahl, the satirical comedy-drama is a sequel to the 2012 hit film 'OMG- Oh My God!' Dr Chandraprakash Dwivedi is the creative producer of the movie. The cinematography of the movie is done by Amalendu Chaudhary.
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