Kamal Haasan’s highly anticipated film, Indian 2, finally hit the theatres on July 12, 2024. While it has received mixed reviews from the audiences and critics, the box office numbers for the opening day suggest potential success. For fans eager to know how the sequel performed, here are the early estimates, according to the industry tracker Sacnilk.
Directed by S. Shankar, Indian 2 continues the story of Senapathy, the vigilante freedom fighter played by Kamal Haasan. This time, a group of friends running a YouTube channel campaign to bring him back in India to combat corruption. However, he has his own, unique ways to resolve the issues at hand.
Senapathy punishes multiple corrupt individuals across the country in the most bizarre ways possible. Indian 2 also stars Siddharth, Rakul Preet Singh, S. J. Suryah, Bobby Simha, Vivek, and others in pivotal roles.
Despite having a strong message and an inspirational storyline, the film has seemingly failed to meet the expectations of the audience. The mixed reviews where the action scenes in Indian 2 are praised but the plot is deemed outdated caused concern amongst the makers about the opening day box office collection.
Indian 2 box office collection day 1 explored
According to data reported by Sacnilk, Indian 2 has earned approximately $3.1 million in India’s net collection on its opening day. Released in multiple languages, the box office breakdown across different regions is as follows:
- Tamil belt: $2 million
- Telugu belt: $945,882
- Hindi belt: $131,703
These figures highlight the film’s strong performance in the Tamil belt, while it struggles in the Hindi belt. Regarding its occupancy, Indian 2 had an overall 50.32% occupancy in Tamil and 55.62% in Telugu on Friday, July 12, 2024. In contrast, the film’s Hindi occupancy stands at 10.08% on day 1. However, it is essential to note that these figures are based on early estimates and may change by the end of the day.
As the film has just begun its box office run, it will be intriguing to see Indian 2’s performance over the first week. Stay tuned for more updates!
