Border 2 showed excellent growth of around 80% on Saturday as it collected 5.50 crore nett taking its overall total to 292 crore nett and it shoudl have a good Sunday as well. The business in the national chains doubled up as Pvr / Inox and Cinepolis showed a 98% jump from the previous day. The third weekend should be a healthy 15 crore nett plus driven by the Saturday and Sunday business.

Post pandemic there have been so many of the bigger hits driven by business from South and the bigger centres but Border 2 follows films like Gadar 2, Stree 2, Saiyaara and Dhurandhar driven by the Hindi belts. The last named is an exception as both sides were phenomenal. This is not counting the dubbed big ones from South as they were all driven by mass audience in the Hindi belts.

Mardaani 3 also showed strong growth as it consolidated the Friday hold as it jumped around 75% to collect 3.50 crore nett. This takes the film to 30.50 crore nett in nine days and the film now does have a chance to be highest collecting film of the franchise depending on how it collects the post the second week.