Border 2 advance booking update: Sunny Deol film sells one lakh tickets in 48 hours, still outpacing Dhurandhar

Border 2 advance booking is inching towards ₹3.5 crore for the opening day with two more days to go before the Sunny Deol film releases.

Updated on: Jan 21, 2026, 11:54:53 IST

By Abhimanyu Mathur

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Border 2 advance booking: The advance booking for the war drama Border 2 is on in full swing. The film has opened in 9000 shows across India, with more being added every hour as the release date approaches. With two days to go for the release, Border 2 is already racking up impressive numbers, selling over a lakh tickets and outpacing recent hits like Dhurandhar.

Border 2 advance booking: Sunny Deol returns to the battlefield in this war drama.

Border 2 advance booking update

The advance booking for Border 2 opened in India on Monday morning. By Wednesday morning, a little over 48 hours after it began, the film had sold over one lakh tickets according to trade sources. Trade tracker Sacnilk puts the film’s advance booking for its opening day at ₹3.43 crore. As DOLBY CINE shows for the film opening over the next two days, the figure will climb higher at a faster rate. As of Wednesday morning, the film is selling 3K tickets per hour on BookMyShow, with the pace picking up every hour.

How Border 2 fares against other films

With two days to go for release, Border 2’s day 1 advance booking gross has already crossed the mark of Sunny Deol’s previous big release 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 ₹2.5 crore for its first day. This means Border 2 is outpacing it as well. Dhurandhar opened at ₹28 crore net in India. With Border 2's advance booking moving at a quicker rate, it is a promising 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. Border 2 stars Sunny Deol, alongside Varun Dhawan, Diljit Dosanjh, and Ahan Shetty in lead roles. Produced by Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar, J.P. Dutta, and Nidhi Dutta, the film 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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