Gadar 2 vs OMG 2: Sunny Deol's film beats Akshay Kumar's, breaks Pathaan's record in advance booking

And it is going to be clash of the titans at the box office this Friday. Heavy hitter Sunny Deol is back with Gadar 2 opposite Akshay Kumar's hit franchise – OMG 2. The two films are going to engage head-on at the box office race. Trade experts and commercial pundits had expected a tough fight between the two sequels, but turns out, Sunny Deol's Gadar 2 has leaped much ahead in the race.

Directed by Anil Sharma, starring Ameesha Patel; Gadar 2 has sold almost 3 lakh tickets at the box office in advance bookings. The number is mammoth in comparison to Akshay Kumar's OMG 2 which has only managed to sell close to 75,000 tickets in advance bookings. The number of tickets sold at single screen theatres has been counted yet.

Gadar 2 advance booking figures

Taran Adarsh took to Twitter and shared, "#Gadar2 FINAL advance booking status at *national chains* [till Thu night]... Note: DAY 1 biz #PVR: 1,16,000 #INOX: 1,01,000 #Cinepolis: 57,000 Total: 2,74,000 tickets sold." The film is running far ahead in comparison to OMG 2 starring Yami Gautam and Pankaj Tripathi.

OMG 2 advance booking figures

"#OMG2 FINAL advance booking status at national chains [till Thu night]... Note: DAY 1 biz...#PVR: 36,000 #INOX: 22,000 #Cinepolis: 14,500 Total: 72,500 tickets sold," Adarsh tweeted. Another trade analyst, Sumit Kadel has revealed that the film's advance booking numbers are bigger than that of Shah Rukh Khan's Pathaan. "#Gadar2 advance booking at B &C tier single screens is even BIGGER than #Pathaan Such advance booking at SS has not been witnessed in years.. #SunnyDeol has taken us back to 90's again," he tweeted.