Overview

• Coolie led the Independence Day long weekend by about ₹20–21 crore after four days and surpassed the ₹200 crore domestic mark on Day 5, according to Sacnilk early estimates.
• War 2 cleared ₹150 crore net in India and ₹200 crore gross globally over the weekend but registered steeper drops on weekdays compared with Coolie’s softer declines.
• Coolie dominated southern markets with particularly high Tamil-language occupancy, while War 2 drew its strongest footfall in the Hindi belt and Telugu states, reflecting contrasting regional appeals.
• Both films saw pronounced Day 3 and Day 4 dips following their holiday peaks, underscoring volatile attendance patterns during the extended weekend.
• Industry tracker Sacnilk’s early figures drive most reporting and highlight ongoing discrepancies between net and gross totals as well as questions over War 2’s profitability given its reported ₹300–400 crore landing cost.