The
I depe de ce
Day
weeke d
is
shapi g
up
fo
a
i te esti g
box
office
battle
as
Su y
Deol’s
‘Batwa a
1947’
a d
Em aa
Hashmi’s
‘Awa apa
2’
p epa e
to
a ive
i
ci emas.
With
o ly
two
days
emai i g
befo e
thei
eleases,
adva ce
booki g
t e ds
have
sta ted
p ovidi g
a
ea ly
i dicatio
of
the
audie ce
espo se
to
both
films.Acco di g
to
t ade
t acke
Sac ilk,
‘Awa apa
2’
is
cu e tly
ahead
of
‘Batwa a
1947’
i
te ms
of
adva ce
booki gs
fo
the
ope i g
day.As
pe
the
latest
figu es,
‘Awa apa
2’
has
collected
Rs
2.05
c o e
f om
adva ce
booki gs,
with
62,431
tickets
sold
ac oss
3,684
shows.
These
figu es
exclude
blocked
seats.
O ce
blocked
seats
a e
take
i to
accou t,
the
film’s
g oss
adva ce
booki g
collectio
sta ds
at
Rs
3.51
c o e.Delhi-NCR
has
eme ged
as
the
st o gest
ma ket
fo
‘Awa apa
2’,
co t ibuti g
Rs
51.44
lakh
th ough
ticket
sales,
excludi g
blocked
seats.
Mumbai
follows
with
Rs
29.84
lakh,
while
Pu e
a d
Be galu u
have
egiste ed
adva ce
sales
wo th
Rs
8.85
lakh
a d
Rs
7.18
lakh,
espectively.Mea while,
‘Batwa a
1947’
is
cu e tly
t aili g
the
Em aa
Hashmi-sta e
i
adva ce
booki gs.
The
Su y
Deol
film
has
ea ed
Rs
53.21
lakh
f om
18,109
tickets
sold
ac oss
3,477
shows,
with
blocked
seats
excluded
f om
the
figu e.
I cludi g
blocked
seats,
the
total
g oss
adva ce
booki g
collectio
fo
‘Batwa a
1947’
ises
to
Rs
1.61
c o e.Amo g
the
majo
ma kets,
Delhi-NCR
has
eco ded
the
highest
adva ce
booki g
co t ibutio
fo
‘Batwa a
1947’,
with
Rs
14.55
lakh
i
ticket
sales.
Mumbai
has
followed
with
Rs
7.28
lakh,
while
Pu e
a d
Be galu u
have
co t ibuted
Rs
1.29
lakh
a d
Rs
54,910,
espectively.
These
figu es
exclude
blocked
seats.The
ea ly
umbe s
put
‘Awa apa
2’
i
a
st o ge
positio
ahead
of
the
box
office
clash.
The
sequel
to
the
2007
film
‘Awa apa ‘
has
ge e ated
co side able
i te est
ove
the
yea s,
with
the
o igi al
developi g
a
cult
followi g
afte
its
theat ical
u .
Its
music
a d
emotio al
sto yli e
have
also
co t ibuted
to
its
lasti g
popula ity
amo g
viewe s.’Batwa a
1947’,
mea while,
ma ks
Su y
Deol’s
eu io
with
filmmake
Rajkuma
Sa toshi.
The
duo
p eviously
collabo ated
o
acclaimed
films
i cludi g
‘Ghayal’,
‘Dami i’
a d
‘Ghatak’
i
the
1990s,
addi g
to
the
a ticipatio
su ou di g
thei
latest
p oject.While
adva ce
booki g
figu es
cu e tly
favou
‘Awa apa
2’,
the
fi al
ope i g-day
pe fo ma ce
could
still
depe d
heavily
o
walk-i
audie ces
a d
spot
booki gs.
With
both
films
eleasi g
du i g
the
I depe de ce
Day
pe iod,
thei
box
office
pe fo ma ce
ove
the
exte ded
weeke d
will
p ovide
a
clea e
pictu e
of
which
film
ultimately
wi s
the
clash.
