Varun Dhawan's Judwaa 2 Paints Box Office Green Despite Poor Reviews

New Delhi: Varun Dhawan's Judwaa 2 is off to a promising start with 'excellent' occupancies in early show, tweeted trade analyst Taran Adarsh. "Finally, some respite for the Hindi film industry. Judwaa 2 flies high as it opens to excellent houses. Expect a solid total on Day 1," he said. A few hours after this tweet, Taran Adarsh shared the box office collection of the early shows in gulf region, which cemented our faith in his previous statement. "Judwaa 2 fetches one of the best starts in UAE-GCC (Rs 1.73 crore), which is 40 per cent higher than Varun's Badrinath Ki Dulhania (which released in February)," he tweeted. Judwaa 2 is directed by David Dhawan and it also stars Jacqueline Fernandez and Taapsee Pannu.
 

Finally... some respite for the Hindi film industry... #Judwaa2 flies high as it opens to EXCELLENT houses... Expect a SOLID total on Day 1.

— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) September 29, 2017

 

#Judwaa2 fetches one of the best starts in UAE-GCC... Thu $ 265,000 [1.73 cr], which is 40% higher than Varun's #BadrinathKiDulhania.

— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) September 29, 2017

The film has been panned by film critics but hailed by Bollywood celebs. If Saibal Chatterjee is to be believed then Judwaa 2 has "absolutely nothing new to offer." But Alia Bhatt says, "It's everything you imagine it to be and more." Also, Raja Sen wrote in his review for NDTV that Varun trying "to match a marvellously inane Salman Khan performance" was a "bad move." On the contrary Karan Johar says that Varun is the "heartbeat of the film."
 

#Judwaa2 is everything you imagine it to be and MORE!!! Fun, entertaining, adorable and aptly nostalgic!!@Varun_dvn you are sooooo good!!!

— Alia Bhatt (@aliaa08) September 29, 2017

 

#Judwaa2 ...@Varun_dvn sinks his teeth into Prem and Raja and completely nails this dhamaal entertainer ...he is the heartbeat of the film!

— Karan Johar (@karanjohar) September 29, 2017

Judwaa 2, which is a remake of Salman Khan's 1997 film Judwaa, opened in over 4,000 screens worldwide.
 

#Judwaa2 screen count...
India: 3500+
Overseas: 625
Worldwide total: 4125+ screens

— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) September 29, 2017

Judwaa 2's primary box office competitor is Mahesh Babu's SPYder, which hit the screens two days back. SPYder, a Rs 120 crore film has reportedly made over Rs 50 crore in two days and shows no signs of stopping. According to taran Adarsh and trade analyst Ramesh Bala, SPYder is getting a strong response in Mumbai and USA, which are Judwaa 2's key money minting markets.


 

#SPYder - USA...
Tue $ 1,005,630 [236 locations]
Wed $ 131,655 [231 locations]
Total: $ 1,137,285 [7.45 cr]@Rentrak

— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) September 28, 2017

 

#SPYder doing well in #Mumbai pic.twitter.com/IsqX7eeSUd

— Ramesh Bala (@rameshlaus) September 29, 2017

Last week's Newton, starring Rajkummar Rao, has maintained a steady pattern over the week and has scrapped a respectable amount at the ticket window - Rs 11.83 crore. The fact that Newton is India's official entry for the Oscars has also generated audience's interest in the film.
 

#Newton Fri 96 lakhs, Sat 2.52 cr, Sun 3.42 cr, Mon 1.31 cr, Tue 1.34 cr, Wed 1.18 cr, Thu 1.10 cr. Total: 11.83 cr. India biz.

— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) September 29, 2017

Sanjay Dutt's Bhoomi and Shraddha Kapoor's Haseena Parkar seemed promising but failed to deliver at the box office.