Sunny Deol’s much awaited war drama ‘Border 2’ is being released in theaters today, i.e. Friday, 23rd January, before Republic Day. There is a lot of buzz about the film due to which a good amount of advance booking has also been done for this film. In such a situation, ‘Border 2’ is expected to make a bang at the box office. With this, let us know here how many crores this war drama has earned from pre-ticket sales on the first day of its release?

‘Border 2′ How much did you spend in advance booking?a Have you done the collection?
JP Dutta’s ‘Border’, released in 1997, was a blockbuster and now after 30 years, its sequel is preparing to rock the box office. The trailer and songs of Sunny Deol starrer ‘Border 2’ have already gained a lot of popularity, hence there has been a huge pre-ticket sale to watch this war drama on the first day.

• According to SACNILC data, 4 lakh 8 thousand 252 tickets have been pre-booked in 2D format till 7 am on Friday for the first day of ‘Border 2’ across the country.
• Advance booking of 13 tickets has been done from Dolby Cine of ‘Border 2’.
• Pre-booking of 781 tickets has been done for the 4DX format show.
• And for the IMAX 2D show, 71 tickets have been pre-sold.
• A total of 4 lakh 9 thousand 117 tickets have been pre-sold across the country.
• With this, it has collected Rs 12.5 crore from advance booking on the first day without block seats.
• Its earnings from advance booking along with block seats has reached Rs 17.5 crore.

‘Border 2′ on opening day Will cross the 20 crore mark
From the initial reports of the box office, the film is expected to open in double digits. However, looking at the current trends, the film is on track to become the biggest opening on Republic Day and one of the highest weekend collecting films of 2026. According to current box office estimates, the film may cross the Rs 20 crore mark.

Will Sunny Deol create history again?
Sunny Deol will once again try to register his name in the history of the box office, so that he can join the list of films with the highest first day collections of all time. However, it remains to be seen whether ‘Border 2’ has the potential to surpass the historic opening of the actor’s 2023 film ‘Gadar 2’. At that time, the film had earned an estimated Rs 40.1 crore on the first day and became an all-time blockbuster, collecting Rs 525.7 crore at the Pan India level and a worldwide total of Rs 686 crore.

While on one hand Telugu cinema has made a great start to 2026 thanks to Chiranjeevi, on the other hand Hindi cinema is still searching for the first hit film of the year. If we pay attention to the trend then Sunny Deol can turn the tables. Actually, the actor is all set to make a bang at the box office on Friday with his war based film ‘Border 2’, which is expected to break many records. Considering the buzz of the film, this could also be the biggest opening of Sunny’s career. Amidst all this, let us know here how many crores ‘Border 2’ can open with on the first day of its release.

‘Border 2′ of advance booking update

Advance booking of ‘Border 2’ is being done not only in India but also in select foreign markets like Canada, Germany and Australia. There is a lot of craze being seen among the people to watch the film on the first day, this can be estimated from the fact that till now about 2 lakh tickets have been sold across the country for the first day of ‘Border 2’.

• According to Sacanilc, till 12 noon on Thursday, the total collection of advance booking of the first day of the film has reached 6.03 crores with no blocked seats.
• Whereas with block seats it has earned Rs 10.43 crore in pre-ticket sale.
• The film, directed by Anurag Singh, was selling around 4,000 tickets every hour on BookMyShow on Thursday morning, which is 100% more than Tuesday.
• It is expected that Border 2 will gain more momentum on the last day and by midnight its advance booking will cross the Rs 10 crore mark with no blocked seats.

How many crores can ‘Border 2’ open with?
The pace of advance booking of ‘Border 2’ may not have been very fast, but still it has been better than some of the big Bollywood films released recently, even Dhurandhar. Ranveer Singh’s action film Dhurandhar did not even take advance booking of Rs 4 crore till a day before its release. Whereas Border 2 has earned approximately Rs 6 crores.

• Amidst all this, trade pundits believe that the first day collection of Border 2 will easily cross the Rs 28 crore mark of ‘Dhurandhar’.
• It will also leave behind the first day collection of Vicky Kaushal’s film ‘Chhaava’ (Rs 31 crore).
• The film is expected to open with a net collection of around Rs 32-35 crore in India, which is a big opening for Sunny Deol.
• Sunny’s previous film ‘Jatt’ had an opening of Rs 9 crore.
• If its word of mouth remains positive and spot booking increases in small cities, where Sunny Deol has a strong fan base, then the film can cross the Rs 40 crore mark on the first day.
• If this happens, ‘Border 2’ will break the record of first day collection of Rs 40.1 crore of ‘Gadar 2’.

About ‘Border 2’
‘Border 2’ J.P. It is the sequel to Dutta’s 1997 blockbuster ‘Border’. This film is a war drama directed by Anurag Singh. In this, Varun Dhawan, Diljit Dosanjh and Ahan Shetty are in the lead roles along with Sunny Deol. Bhushan Kumar, Krishna Kumar, J.P. Produced by Dutta and Nidhi Dutta, the film is releasing in theaters on January 23, before Republic Day.