Border 2 Advance Booking Update: Sunny Deol’s Film Sells Over One Lakh Tickets in 48 Hours, Surpasses Dhurandhar
Advance booking for the highly anticipated war drama Border 2 is in full throttle. With the film opening in 9,000 shows across India and more screenings being added by the hour—Border 2 is already making waves just two days ahead of its release, having sold over one lakh tickets and outpacing recent blockbusters like Dhurandhar.
Advance Booking Highlights
Border 2’s advance booking opened Monday morning, and by Wednesday morning—just over 48 hours later it had sold more than 100,000 tickets, according to trade sources. Trade tracker Sacnilk reports the film’s advance booking for opening day at ₹3.43 crore. As more Dolby Cinema shows release over the next two days, this figure is expected to rise rapidly. As of Wednesday morning, the film is selling approximately 3,000 tickets per hour on BookMyShow, with momentum growing steadily.
Sunny Deol, the leading man of the film shared about the advance booking for the film, have a look as under:
The wait is finally over! You can now pre-book your tickets for the biggest war film of India! 🫡
Advance Booking Open Now!
🔗- https://t.co/Xns6fPg5Th#Border2 releasing in cinemas this friday. pic.twitter.com/juVdtFcq08— Sunny Deol (@iamsunnydeol) January 20, 2026
Comparing Border 2 with Other Hits
With two days left before release, Border 2 has already surpassed the advance booking gross of Sunny Deol’s previous major release Jaat, which had collected ₹2.4 crore and opened at ₹9 crore net. It has also outpaced Ranveer Singh’s Dhurandhar, which had amassed ₹2.5 crore in advance bookings for its first day and opened at ₹28 crore net in India. The faster advance booking pace for Border 2 signals strong prospects for its opening day collections.
About the Film
Now, talking about the film, which is a sequel to J.P. Dutta’s iconic 1997 blockbuster Border, the 2026 film is a war drama directed by Anurag Singh. Border 2 stars Sunny Deol alongside Varun Dhawan, Diljit Dosanjh, and Ahan Shetty in lead roles. Produced by Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar, J.P. Dutta, and Nidhi Dutta, the film is set to hit theatres on January 23, just ahead of Republic Day.
