War 2 vs Coolie: Rajinikanth beats Hrithik Roshan, Jr NTR in advance booking collections, who will dominate at the box office?
The countdown to the release has begun and in the initial figures of pre-booking, 'Coolie' has beaten 'War 2' badly. However, there are still three days left including Monday, so the tables could turn by Wednesday! Before we look at the advance booking figures, it is important to know that the advance booking for 'War 2' started on Sunday, August 10. While the advance booking for 'Coolie' started on the evening of August 8 with limited screens. As of Monday afternoon, 6978 shows are being pre-booked for 'War 2' in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu versions. While for 'Coolie', advance booking is going on for 6111 shows in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and Kannada. 'War 2' advance booking report
According to the report of Sacnilk, till 12 noon on Monday, a total of 67886 tickets of 'War 2' have been booked in advance for the opening day. Due to this, it has earned a gross of Rs 2.40 crore. The Hindi version has earned 2.20 crores, which includes all three 2D, IMAX and 4DX. The Tamil version has earned 5.53 lakhs and the Telugu version has grossed 14.62 lakhs. 'Coolie' Advance Booking Report
On the other hand, Rajinikanth starrer 'Coolie' has grossed Rs 14.80 crore in advance booking till Monday morning. So far 716949 tickets of this film have been sold for the first day. The highest pre-booking of this Lokesh Kanagaraj film is obviously happening in Tamil, from where it has earned 14.39 crores. Apart from this, 29.25 lakhs have been earned from Hindi, 10.41 lakhs from Telugu and 1.07 lakhs from Kannada version. Both the films have a pan India star cast
An interesting coincidence is that the makers have tried their best to make both the films pan-India. While Telugu superstar Junior NTR is playing the villain in 'War 2', Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan is doing a cameo in 'Coolie'. Budget and cast of 'Coolie'
The budget of 'Coolie', which is being made under the banner of Sun Pictures, is said to be Rs 375 crore. This is the 171st film of Rajinikanth's career. It also stars Nagarjuna and Shruti Haasan. With 'Coolie', Rajinikanth is also completing his 50 years in the film industry. The film has music by Anirudh Ravichander. Budget and cast of 'War 2'
On the other hand, there is more pressure on 'War 2'. This is because it is the sequel of a blockbuster film. 'War', which came in 2019, featured Hrithik Roshan along with Tiger Shroff, Ashutosh Rana and Vaani Kapoor. While Hrithik and Ashutosh will be seen again in their roles of a superspy and his boss in this sequel, this time Kiara Advani is the lead actress and Junior NTR is coming as the villain. The budget of 'War 2' is around Rs 400 crore.
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