Stree 2: Advance Booking For Shraddha Starrer Heading Towards Top 5, Set To Surpass Animal

Stree 2, starring Rajkummar Rao and Shraddha Kapoor, is leading the advance booking chart at the box office. The movie is set to clash with John Abraham starrer Vedaa and Akshay Kumar starrer Khel Khel Mein on August 15. As just a few hours are left for the movie to hit the theatres, it has already sold 393772 tickets in 2D.

Stree 2 advance booking report

Helmed by Amar Kaushik, the horror comedy-drama has so far sold 433735 tickets, grossing ₹12.66 crore in the 2D version in India, as per Sacnilk. The advance booking for day one is more than 10 times the combined gross collection of Khel Khel Mein and Vedaa.

In comparison to Stree 2, Vedaa has so far sold 24199 tickets, minting ₹58.91 lakh and Khel Khel Mein ₹59.52 lakh.

Stree 2 day 1 advance booking to surpass Animal

Seeing the trend, the movie has surpassed Hrithik Roshan starrer War, which sold 41,000 tickets. Now, it is eyeing Ranbir Kapoor and Rashmika Mandanna starrer Animal which sold around 456,000 tickets last year, as per Bollywood Hungama.

Shraddha vs rest: Who is the real box office queen?

It would only be correct to peg Shraddha among her contemporaries Alia Bhatt, Deepika Padukone and Katrina Kaif, given their films have dominated the box office for years now. Deepika's biggest openers in Bollywood are Pathaan (₹50 crore plus) and Happy New Year (₹36.31 crore), followed by Chennai Express (₹30.18 crore). Katrina's top openers include Thugs Of Hindostan (₹48.27 crore), Bharat (₹41.62 crore), Tiger Zinda Hai (₹34.12 crore), Dhoom 3 (₹32.48 crore) and Ek Tha Tiger (₹30.61 crore).

Alia's biggest openers to date are Gully Boy (₹19.26 crore), Kalank (₹18.45 crore) and 2 States (₹12.11 crore). Clearly, Stree 2, with its estimated opening of over ₹30 crore, puts Shraddha ahead of Alia in the box office race. With Deepika and Katrina, it is important to note that their top releases are alongside Bollywood's biggest male stars, who have a pull of their own. With Stree 2, the case is different, as Shraddha is pegged as the leading face of the film alongside Rajkummar Rao, whose movies' openings are nowhere near these huge box office figures.