Box-Office Report Card: Sunny Deol's ‘Gadar 2’ emerges on top, earning Rs 134 cr on 1st weekend; ‘OMG 2’ stays steady, minting Rs 43 cr; ‘Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani’ crosses Rs 125 cr domestically

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Gadar 2’ is setting the box-office ablaze! Since its release, the Sunny Deol-Ameesha Patel film has been shattering BO records left right, and centre. According to a report shared by the Indian box-office tracking portal Sacnilk.com, the period action extravaganza earned a whopping Rs 51 crore on the third day of its release. The movie earned a staggering Rs 134 crore on its first weekend. Film reviewer and BO tracker Taran Adarsh wrote, “TARA SINGH SMASHES THE #BO WITH HIS SLEDGE HAMMER… #Gadar2 creates #Gadar at the #BO… The GLORIOUS opening weekend proves, yet again, that *well-made* desi entertainers will never go out of fashion… All eyes on #IndependenceDay: Picture abhi baaki hain… Fri 40.10 cr, Sat 43.08 cr, Sun 51.70 cr. Total: ₹ 134.88 cr. #India biz. “ He went on to add that if the film was a solo release, it would have earned an extra Rs 30 crore. ‘Gadar 2’ is the sequel to the 2001 blockbuster ‘Gadar: Ek Prem Katha’. Deol, Patel, and Utkarsh Sharma reprise their roles in the movie.

The continued success of the Pankaj Tripathi-Akshay Kumar film proves that quality films can win big even if they are up against more ‘massy’ movies. After a decent opening day figure (Rs 10 crore), the movie has gone from strength to strength and earned Rs 15 and Rs 17 crore on the following days, emerging with an impressive Rs 43.11 crore. Directed by Amit Rai, ‘OMG 2’ is the spiritual sequel to the 2012 comedy satire ‘OMG’. Aside from Kumar and Tripathi, the movie also stars Yami Gautam.

Karan Johar is back to what he does best — make opulent family sagas with a strong emotional core. This much anticipated Ranveer Singh-Alia Bhatt starrer earned Rs 3.7 crore on day