3 min learnMumbaiUp to date: Aug 14, 2026 09:53 PM IST
The extremely anticipated day has lastly arrived, with Emraan Hashmi’s Awarapan 2 hitting theatres after much anticipation. Nevertheless, the gangster actioner just isn’t the one main launch this Independence Day weekend. Sunny Deol’s Partition-era drama Batwara 1947, directed by Rajkumar Santoshi, has additionally arrived in cinemas. It’s a conflict between two very completely different movies, and, in some ways, two very completely different actors. Apparently, this isn’t the primary time Emraan Hashmi and Sunny Deol have discovered themselves competing on the field workplace.
Awarapan flopped
In 2007, Mohit Suri’s Awarapan launched on June 29, alongside Anil Sharma’s boxing drama Apne, which introduced Dharmendra, Sunny Deol and Bobby Deol collectively on display. Apparently, Awarapan had a really underwhelming begin on the field workplace. In keeping with Bollywood Hungama, the movie grossed simply Rs 79 lakh on its opening day and Rs 2.88 crore over its opening weekend. Its first-week assortment stood at Rs 4.47 crore, whereas the movie ultimately ended its worldwide run with a gross of Rs 12.18 crore. It was subsequently declared a flop.
Apne soared
Apne, in the meantime, carried out significantly higher. The Deols’ sports activities drama opened at Rs 1.89 crore and went on to gather Rs 6.22 crore over its opening weekend. By the top of its first week, the movie had earned Rs 10.34 crore and ultimately closed its worldwide run at Rs 38.85 crore. The movie was declared a success on the field workplace.
Apne did higher than Awarapan on the field workplace.
Apparently, there was one other launch competing with each Awarapan and Apne on the time, Himesh Reshammiya’s Aap Kaa Surroor. The movie, too, opened forward of Awarapan, incomes Rs 1.79 crore on its first day and ultimately gathering Rs 18.86 crore over its lifetime, surpassing the worldwide earnings of Emraan’s movie.
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Emraan Hashmi having the final snort
Reduce to 2026, nonetheless, and the tables have turned dramatically. Awarapan has grown right into a cult favorite through the years, and its sequel seems to have discovered a far stronger opening than its predecessor. In keeping with commerce tracker Sacnilk, Awarapan 2 has already collected over Rs 18 crore internet and already surpassed the unique movie’s total lifetime earnings on its opening day itself.
Awarapan 2 has opened rather well.
However, Sunny Deol’s Batwara 1947 has managed to gather round Rs 3.99 crore up to now. The distinction is relatively telling.
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For Emraan Hashmi, the opening of Awarapan 2 marks a outstanding turnaround from the modest box-office efficiency of the unique. Almost 20 years after their first conflict, the actor seems to have lastly had his box-office second in opposition to Sunny Deol.
