The box office clash between Rajinikanth’s Coolie and Hrithik Roshan-NTR’s War 2 was the most hyped one for Indian cinema. Sadly, both films did not reach the expectations. The Coolie-War 2 battle gets overshadowed by the Dunki-Salaar Clash.
Shah Rukh Khan’s Dunki and Prabhas’s Salaar clashed in December 2023. The competition impacted both films. However, both films might not have seen the blockbuster result; they also did not end with poor results.
Salaar received much wider reception after its OTT release, and many consider it their favorite and most repeated movie in recent years.
Also, Prabhas and Prashanth Neel’s action drama saw decent numbers at the box office with 600 Cr gross collections. SRK’s Dunki is not as big as Pathaan and Jawan, but it was the 3rd biggest grosser for the actor with over 460 Cr gross.
Both movies combined did over 1000 Cr gross at the worldwide box office. The same was expected from the clash of the War sequel and Coolie, and it was expected to dominate the above-mentioned clash.
The pre-release expectations are that both films had a chance to do 1000 Cr. But both movies disappoint the audiences. While Rajinikanth’s film manages to have a good weekend, War 2 falls on the weekend itself.
Both movies are seeing poor trends today, and now even with both movies combined, there is no possibility of doing 1000 Cr.
The Coolie-War 2 clash fails to surpass the Dunki-Salaar clash, and looking at the box office trend, both movies combined grossing 900 Cr is itself a tough task.
