New Delhi: Last weekend (August 11-13) was a historic weekend for the Indian cinema and box office as Sunny Deol’s ‘Gadar 2’, Akshay Kumar’s ‘OMG 2’, Rajinikanth’s ‘Jailer’ and Chiranjeevi's ‘Bhola Shankar’ earned a combined gross box office collection of over Rs 390 crore over the weekend across all India theatres. Akshay Kumar on Thursday took to X, formerly called Twitter to thank audience for giving "the greatest week in Indian film history."
He posted, "A big thank you to our audiences for all the love for #OhMyGadar and giving us the greatest week in Indian Film History! Pyaar aur aabhar (Love and gratitude) #Gadar2 in cinemas #OMG2 in cinemas.”
The actor used the hashtag #OhMyGadar in an apparent reference to the combined success of "OMG 2" and "Gadar 2", both sequels.
The actor is also seen singing Gadar’s famous song ‘Udd Ja Kaale Kaawan’, in his film OMG 2.
According to the Producers Guild of India (PGI) and Multiplex Association of India (MAI), August 11-13 was the "busiest single weekend" since cinema halls opened after the Covid pandemic with "Gadar 2" earning Rs 134.88 crore and "OMG 2" raising Rs 43.11 crore at the domestic box office.
Interestingly, the actor is also seen singing 'Udd Ja Kaale Kaawan', the song from 'Gadar 2', in his film 'OMG 2', where he is in the role of a messenger of lord Shiva.
While Akshay Kumar, Pankaj Tripathi and Yami Gautam starrer has collected Rs 79.47 crore since its release, Sunny Deol and Ameesha Patel ‘Gadar 2’ earned Rs 32.37 crore on the sixth day of its release taking its total domestic box office earnings to Rs 261.35 crore.
"Mohabbatein jab milti hain .. aashirwad jab milta hai .. toh kamaal hota hai .. 6th day .. collection never before like this .. GOD is v kind," Director Anil Sharma wrote in his post on X.
Sun Pictures, the banner behind 'Jailer', on Thursday said the film had minted Rs 375.40 crores in the first week of its release (August 10). The earnings were the "highest 1st-week gross collection in the history of Tamil cinema", it added in an X post.