Ajay
Devgn
in
Raid
2.
Raid
2
has
entered
the
Rs
100
Crore
(Rs
1
billion)
Club.
In
times
when
the
movie
business
is
starved
of
even
decent
successes,
a
century
score
for
the
Ajay
Devgn-Riteish
Deshmukh
starrer
—
and
that
too
in
a
genre
like
this
which
has
a
restricted
audience
base
—
is
a
big
deal.
For
Devgn,
this
is
yet
another
century
after
Shaitaan
—
which
went
past
the
Rs
150
crore
(Rs
1.5
billion)
mark
—
and
Singham
Again
—
which
entered
the
Rs
200
Crore
(Rs
2
billion)
Club.
In
between,
he
had
disasters
like
Auron
Mein
Kahan
Dum
Tha,
Maidaan,
Azaad
and
(much
delayed)
Benaam.
But
when
a
superstar
delivers
at
least
one
major
hit
a
year,
there
is
a
sense
of
positivity
for
his
next
set
of
releases
like
Son
of
Sardaar
2,
De
De
Pyaar
De
2
and
Dhamaal
4.
There
was
uncertainty
around
how
movies
will
behave
at
the
box
office.
When
Operation
Sindoor
was
carried
out
on
Wednesday,
there
was
a
sudden
impact.
But
Raid
2
was
not
affected,
and
the
film
has
been
recovering
to
see
good
numbers
coming
in,
especially
last
weekend,
when
Rs
25
crore
(Rs
250
million)
came
in.
That
has
resulted
in
the
overall
collections
standing
at
Rs
122
crore*
(Rs
1.22
billion).
If
the
situation
stays
under
control,
Raid
2
will
comfortably
reach
the
Rs
150
crore
(Rs
1.5
billion)
milestone.
Lack
of
competition
will
further
help
its
cause
since
no
new
film
has
arrived
this
week.
The
Bhootnii
was
a
disaster
with
lifetime
collections
set
to
fold
up
under
Rs
5
crore
(Rs
50
million).
*Estimates.
Note:
All
collections
as
per
various
box
office
sources.
