Border 2 box office prediction: Sunny Deol film to surpass Dhurandhar, Chhaava with massive start; may even beat Gadar 2

Border 2 box office collections are expected to get a roaring start if the advance booking trends are any indication.

Updated on: Jan 22, 2026, 10:22:02 IST

By Abhimanyu Mathur

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Border 2 box office: While Telugu cinema has had a happy start to 2026 courtesy of Chiranjeevi, Hindi cinema is still searching for its first hit of the year. If trends are any indication, Sunny Deol is arriving to change that. The veteran actor’s upcoming war drama, Border 2, is set for a huge start on Friday, potentially breaking several box office records, and maybe even registering the best opening of Sunny’s career.

Border 2 box office prediction: Sunny Deol stars alongside Varun Dhawan and Diljit Dosanjh in this war drama.

Border 2 advance booking update

The advance booking for Border 2 opened in India on Wednesday, hours after the pre-sales began in select overseas markets like Canada, Germany, and Australia. The advance bookings are now in full flow worldwide. A little over three days after the advance bookings began, Border 2 is doing well, having sold just under 2 lakh tickets nationwide for its opening day. According to Sacnilk, the film’s day 1 advance booking gross is touching ₹5.75 crore as of 9 AM on Thursday. The Anurag Singh directorial is selling almost 4K tickets per hour on BookMyShow on Thursday morning, up by 100% since Tuesday. Border 2 is expected to pick up pace on the final day, with the advance expected to cross ₹10 crore by midnight.

Border 2 box office prediction

While the advance booking pace of Border 2 has not been breakneck, it has still been better than some of the recent Bollywood biggies, including even Dhurandhar. The Ranveer Singh actioner had not crossed ₹4 crore in advance bookings a day before its release. Border 2 has done almost ₹6 crore at the same time. Trade pundits say Border 2’s opening day collection will easily beat Dhurandhar’s mark of ₹28 crore, as well as the first day collections of Vicky Kaushal’s Chhaava ( ₹31 crore).

As of Thursday morning, the film is projected to open at around ₹32-35 crore net in India, a big opening for Sunny Deol, whose last film, Jaat, opened at ₹9 crore. A few optimistic predictions say that the film can even cross ₹40 crore on day one if word of mouth is positive and spot bookings pick up in smaller centres, a strong fanbase for Sunny. If that happens, Border 2 may surpass Gadar 2's opening-day collections of ₹40.1 crore.

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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