Rajkummar
Rao
and
Shraddha
Kapoor
in
Stree
2.
There
was
a
reason
why
Stree
2,
Vedaa
and
Khel
Khel
Mein
decided
to
arrive
on
Thursday.
The
big
Independence
Day
holiday
is
followed
by
a
series
of
holidays,
including
the
weekend
and
then
another
holiday
on
Monday
for
Rakshabandhan.
The
second
weekend
will
be
followed
by
the
partial
holiday
of
Janmashtami
on
Monday.
So
when
Pushpa
2
and
Singham
Returns
changed
their
plans
from
the
August
15
arrival,
Stree
2,
Khel
Khel
Mein
and
Vedaa
locked
the
date.
John
Abraham
and
Tamannaah
Bhatia
in
Vedaa.
While
Stree
had
the
sequel
advantage,
the
other
two
were
special
since
they
marked
yet
another
clash
of
Akshay
Kumar
and
John
Abraham
on
the
Independence
Day
weekend
after
Gold
and
Satyameva
Jayate
and
Mission
Mangal
and
Batla
House.
Still,
the
makers
of
Khel
Khel
Mein
and
Vedaa
could
not
have
imagined
the
kind
of
euphoria
that
Stree
2
would
bring
and
in
the
end,
emerge
as
the
first
choice
of
audiences.
The
first
issue
came
at
the
time
of
screen
allocation
itself.
Then,
by
the
time
advance
bookings
opened,
it
was
clear
that
the
other
two
films
would
need
to
build
their
audiences
over
a
period
of
time
instead
of
doing
first
day
wonders.
The
makers
of
Stree
has
planned
paid
preview
shows
on
Wednesday,
perhaps
just
a
show
or
show
from
9:30
pm
onwards.
But
going
by
the
demand
that
started
building
up
for
the
film,
the
shows
increased,
what
with
even
three
shows
being
allocated
at
most
theatres.
So
after
a
record-breaking
start
of
Rs
8.50
crore
(Rs
85
million)
on
Wednesday
night,
which
broke
the
long
standing
paid
previews
record
set
by
Chennai
Express
(Rs
6.75
crore/Rs
67.5
million)
in
2013,
Stree
2
went
on
to
have
a
terrific
Thursday
with
Rs
55.5
crore*
(Rs
555
million*)
more
coming
in.
Ammy
Virk,
Taapse
Pannu,
Akshay
Kumar,
Vaani
Kapoor,
Aditya
Seal
and
Pragya
Jaiswal
in
Khel
Khel
Mein.
Vedaa
scored
Rs
7
crore*
(Rs
70
million)
while
Khel
Khel
Mein
made
Rs
5.50
crore*
(Rs
55
million).
Though
these
are
well
made
films,
the
numbers
are
low
for
the
credentials
that
they
carry
and
one
waits
to
see
how
the
collections
move
right
until
Monday.
*Estimates.
Final
numbers
awaited.
Note:
All
collections
as
per
various
box
office
sources.
