Border 2 advance booking crosses ₹2.5 crore in 24 hours; beats Jaat lifetime, outpaces Gadar 2, Dhurandhar

Border 2 advance booking is on in full swing with the Sunny Deol film giving all indications of a bumper opening day.

Updated on: Jan 20, 2026, 10:20:05 IST

By Abhimanyu Mathur

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Border 2 advance booking: Sunny Deol-starrer war drama Border 2 is on course for a bumper start at the box office this weekend. The advance booking for the film began on Monday, and within 24 hours, it has surpassed the total advance booking of Sunny’s previous big release - Jaat. It is also outpacing recent hit Dhurandhar and the pan-India actioner, War 2.

Border 2 advance booking: Sunny Deol stars in the war drama.

Border 2 advance booking update

The advance booking for Border 2 opened in India on Monday morning. By Tuesday, a little over 24 hours after it began, the gross for day 1 had crossed ₹2.5 crore, according to Sacnilk. The trade tracking website showed the film has already sold 73K tickets across the country, across 11000 shows. As more shows open for the film, the pace will only increase. As of Tuesday morning, the film is selling 2K tickets per hour on BookMyShow, with the pace increasing by the hour.

How Border 2 fares against other films

With three days to go for release, Border 2’s day 1 advance booking gross has already crossed the mark of Sunny Deol’s Jaat, which had collected ₹2.4 crore in advance bookings, and opened at ₹9 crore net. At this point, Ranveer Singh’s Dhurandhar had collected just ₹1 crore for its first day, while Gadar 2, Sunny’s last big blockbuster, was around ₹2.2 crore. This means Border 2 is outpacing both films. Dhurandhar opened at ₹28 crore, while Gadar 2 collected ₹40 crore on its opening day. With Border 2 outpacing them in advance bookings, it is a healthy sign for its opening-day collections.

All about Border 2

A sequel to JP Dutta’s iconic 1997 blockbuster Border, the 2026 film is a war drama directed by Anurag Singh. The film stars Sunny, alongside Varun Dhawan, Diljit Dosanjh, and Ahan Shetty in lead roles. Border 2 is produced by Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar, J.P. Dutta, and Nidhi Dutta. It releases in theatres on January 23, ahead of the Republic Day.

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Abhimanyu Mathur
Abhimanyu Mathur is Deputy Editor, Entertainment at Hindustan Times. With almost 15 years of experience in writing about everything from films and TV shows to cricket matches and elections, he inhales and exhales pop culture and news. Currently, he watches movies and TV shows and talks to celebrities for a living, while occasionally writing about them as well. A journalism graduate of Delhi College of Arts and Commerce, Delhi University, Abhimanyu began his career with Hindustan Times at the age of 20, swapping classrooms for newsrooms at an early age. He began his journey in the early days of digital journalism, later switching to the madness of print journalism. Work has led him to far off places like Japan and Jordan, as well as to the interiors of Haryana and the Indo-Pak border. He dabbled in city reporting in places like Meerut, Gurgaon, and Delhi, covered the Olympics and Cricket World Cups, before finding his calling in entertainment and lifestyle during the pandemic. A Rotten Tomatoes Certified Film Critic, he is equally at home covering stories on ground as he is interviewing celebrities and studios, and sometimes prefers to shepherd teams in delivering traffic through the day. Even as his role has evolved from reporter to supervisor over the years, his first love remains writing (and of late, talking on camera). With a good understanding of cinema and its trends, and a keen eye for detail, he continues to spark conversations around showbiz for readers around the world.Read More

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