Border 2 box office collection day 4: Anurag Singh’s stint was dramatic Border 2starring Sunny Deol, has recorded a huge and long opening weekend at the domestic box office, greatly benefiting from the culmination on the occasion of India’s 77th Republic Day. It has now become the highest-grossing Hindi film of this year and also surpassed the first four-day collection of the highest-grossing Indian film ever, Aditya Dhar’s period spy thriller Dhurandhar, starring Ranveer Singh, which released last month. Monday’s big jump also earned it Rs 231.20 crore at the global box office.
On Monday (Day 4) alone, Border 2 raked in Rs 59 crore, its highest single-day earnings yet, thanks to the Republic Day holiday. It was a decent jump from its Sunday (Day 3) collection of Rs 54.50 crore. That was a big jump from its Saturday (Day 2) earnings of Rs 36.50 crore, a slight improvement from its opening day collection of Rs 30 crore.
According to Sacnilk, Border 2’s total extended release weekend box office collection in India stands at Rs 180 crore. This has allowed it to become the first Hindi film this year to cross the 100 crore mark. It also surpassed the domestic box office earnings of Maruthi’s Telugu horror comedy The Raja Saab (Rs 143 crore), starring Prabhas, to become the second highest-grossing Indian film of 2026.
It is only next to Anil Ravipudi’s Telugu action thriller Mana Shankara Varaprasad Garu starring Chiranjeevi, which currently stands as this year’s highest-grossing Indian film so far, with Rs 196.97 crore after 15 days at the domestic box office. Given Frontera 2’s track record, if it can maintain momentum beyond the extended opening weekend, it could soon secure the top spot for this year.
Border 2 vs Dhurandhar
Border 2 has become the first film in almost two months to cut back on Dhurandhar’s historical trajectory. Worth Rs 889.80 crore, the Ranveer Singh starrer film has become the highest-grossing Indian film ever at the domestic box office in less than eight weeks. But if you compare their first four days’ collections, Border 2 has a huge lead over the box office juggernaut that is Dhurandhar.
In its first four days at the domestic box office last month, Dhurandhar raked in Rs 126.25 crore. But Border 2 has taken advantage of an extended opening weekend thanks to the Republic Day holiday, an ideal release window for a patriotic brand like Border. In 1997, JP Dutta’s first part, also starring Deol, among others, grossed Rs 66.70 crore in a budget of 12 million rupees.
Border 2 also surpassed the first four-day collection of Laxman Utekar’s period war drama Chhaava, starring Vicky Kaushal, which released last February and scored a higher opening weekend than even Dhurandhar. It amassed Rs 145.53 crore in the first four days at the domestic box office, still around Rs 35 crore less than what Border 2 accumulated in the same window.
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Border 2 vs. previous Republic Day releases
Edge 2 also has esurpassed most Republic Day releases of the past at the national box office. Padmaavat, Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s hit 2018 period drama, which released on a Thursday on the eve of Republic Day, earned Rs 114 crore in its extended opening weekend, Rs 66 crore less than what Border 2 earned this year. The Ranveer, Deepika Padukone and Shahid Kapoor starrer earned Rs 302.15 crore during its run in India.
Border 2 also surpassed the first four-day box office collections of two recent military action dramas: Siddharth Anand’s Fighter (2024), starring Hrithik Roshan and Deepika Padukone, and Sky Force (2025), starring Akshay Kumar. While the former, which also released on the eve of Republic Day, earned Rs 118.50 crore in its first four days at the domestic box office, the latter earned Rs 92.30 crore in the same window, having released two days before Republic Day last year.
However, Border 2 is far behind Siddharth Anand’s 2023 spy thriller Pathaan, starring Shah Rukh Khan, which released on a Wednesday, also on the eve of Republic Day. It surpassed the Hindi dubbed version of Prashanth Neel and Yash’s 2022 Kannada action thriller KGF: Chapter 2 (Rs 53.95 crore) to become the biggest domestic opening of a Hindi film by amassing Rs 55 crore even on non-holidays.
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Pathaan then received a huge jump and earned Rs 70.50 crore on day 2, benefiting from the Republic Day holiday. In its first four days at the domestic box office, the Shah Rukh-starrer film raked in Rs 220 crore, Rs 40 crore more than Border 2 did in the same window this year. Pathaan then became the first Hindi film to enter the 500 crore club in India, ending its run at 543.05 crore.