Day 1 advance booking trend: Sunny Deol's 'Gadar 2' sells tickets worth Rs 1.47 cr, Akshay Kumar-starrer 'OMG 2' far behind at Rs 25 L

economictimes.indiatimes.com:

OMG 2' is set for a big Bollywood clash with actor Sunny Deol's action film 'Gadar 2'. To make the most of the extended Independence Day weekend, the makers opened the advance booking for the upcoming movies nearly two weeks before their release on August 11. Both movies have received an overwhelming response as far as the advance booking numbers are concerned with just a week left for the premiere.

The box-office commercial tracking portal Sacnilk Entertainment revealed the numbers. The Deol-starrer sold around 56,000 tickets, amounting to Rs 1.47 crore for the opening day, leaving the Day 1 collection of 'OMG 2' far behind at Rs 25 lakh for just 7,300 tickets. https://twitter.com/SacnilkEntmt/status/1687126286609874944 When the movie opened for advance booking, the tracker had reported that the Day 1 collection for 'Gadar 2' was Rs 10 lakh after 4,500 tickets were sold.

Meanwhile, the Day 1 collection for 'OMG 2' was Rs 2 lakh for just 500 tickets just four hours after advance booking opened for the movie. https://twitter.com/SacnilkEntmt/status/1686393750124404736 Kumar is returning for 'OMG 2', which is a much-awaited sequel to Paresh Rawal-starrer 'OMG: Oh my God', a commercial success in 2012. The recently-released trailer of the satirical comedy-drama presents a compelling narrative of a common man standing up to the school administration in a court of law and seeking justice for his son.

The three-minute-long trailer begins with Pankaj Tripathi's character of Kanti Sharan Mudgal, a devotee of Lord Shiva, who is both the complainant and the defendant in the court. Directed by Amit Rai, the film also stars Yami Gautam, Arun Govil, Pawan Malhotra and Govind Namdev. It is produced by Cape of Good Films, Ashwin Varde,