Awarapan 2 box office collection day 1 (updated live): Emraan Hashmi film sails past part 1's lifetime haul in 9 hours

Awarapan 2 box office collection day 1: Emraan Hashmi is set to break the record for the biggest opening of his career with the sequel.

Awarapan 2 box office collection day 1: Emraan Hashmi’s Shivam Pandit has finally got his due at the box office, it seems. Awarapan 2, the sequel, got off to a record-breaking start at the ticket window, poised to shatter records for Emraan Hashmi and Vishesh Films. It has also already surpassed the lifetime collection of Awarapan, the first part, before the end of day 1. Awarapan 2 is tracking to have one of the biggest openings for Bollywood in 2026 and has comfortably outpaced Batwara 1947, the Sunny Deol-starrer that clashed with it at the box office on August 14.

Awarapan 2 box office update till 6 PM

Awarapan 2 box office collection day 1: Emraan Hashmi on the promotional poster of Awarapan 2.

According to Sacnilk, Awarapan 2 has already earned over ₹12.05 crore net by 6 pm on its release day. This makes the film the highest-earning title in the fledgling franchise already. The first Awarapan, released in 2007, was a box office failure and earned only ₹7.76 crore during its lifetime. Awarapan 2 took all of 8 hours to cross that mark.

Awarapan 2 sets a new record for Emraan Hashmi

Awarapan 2 has been selling over 20k tickets per hour on BookMyShow all through Friday. This is a remarkable pace for any film without a superstar. This means that it will cross not just ₹10 crore but, in all likelihood, ₹20 crore on its first day itself. This makes it the biggest opening of Emraan Hashmi’s career. So far, only two of Emraan’s films have had double-digit openings. Raaz 2 opened at ₹10.35 crore in 2012. The record for Emraan was then broken by Baadshaho, which earned ₹12.60 crore on its release day in 2017. Awarapan will easily leave both titles in the dust with its pace.

Directed by Nitin Kakkar and produced by Vishesh Bhatt, Awarapan 2 brings back Emraan Hashmi in his iconic role of Shivam Pandit. The film also stars Shabana Azmi, Disha Patani, and Suvinder Vicky. The film received mixed to positive reviews, but particular praise for Emraan Hashmi’s performance and the tone.