Jailer and sequels continue to weave box-office magic
Jailer' stayed on to earn more than ₹500 crore globally, Sunny Deol's 'Gadar 2' approached ₹400 crore globally, and 'OMG 2,' starring Akshay Kumar and Pankaj Tripathi, crossed the ₹100-crore mark. As reported by Sacnilk, an Indian movie box-office tracking website, 'Gadar 2' recorded a global box-office collection of ₹433.7 crore by August 19. Within this, the Indian gross box-office figures reached ₹396.7 crore, complemented by overseas collections amounting to ₹37 crore.
Notably, the film's net collection (excluding taxes) from India reached ₹336.2 crore as it raced towards the ₹500 crore milestone. Jailer's gross box-office earnings globally stood at ₹477.6 crore, of which ₹307.6 crore came from India and ₹170 crore from abroad. The blockbuster Tamil film netted ₹262.15 crore from India in box office collections.
OMG 2, meanwhile, has collected ₹101.61 crore in net box office collections from India. The gross collections from India and abroad stood at ₹120 crore and ₹22 crore, respectively, taking the total gross worldwide collections to ₹142 crore. Gadar 2 and OMG 2 debuted in theaters on August 11, while Jailer was released on August 10.
The film industry had last week reported record-breaking gross box office receipts of ₹390 crore and attendance of 21 million from August 11 to 13. According to the Multiplex Association of India (MAI) and Producer's Guild of India (PGI), the box office collection was the highest ever in the Indian film industry's history, while the combined audience admissions were the highest in the last 10 years. «While this kind of weekend with a gross box office of ₹390 crore and 21 million footfalls is rare, I believe that if done smartly, there is a potential to have at least 5-6 such
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