Overview

• Advance bookings opened on August 10–11 yielded more than ₹2.24 crore in India on the first day, with major chains reporting a combined 50,000 Hindi tickets sold
• Hyderabad’s lone pre-release event on August 10 attracted massive crowds and saw deployment of over 1,200 police personnel at Yusufguda Grounds
• The Central Board of Film Certification ordered six cuts—including muting explicit dialogue, deleting a two-second gesture and reducing sensual visuals by nine seconds—to sharpen pacing
• Yash Raj Films is set to release War 2 across roughly 5,000 screens in India, including IMAX, 4DX and Dolby formats, in direct competition with Rajinikanth’s Coolie on August 14
• Producer Naga Vamsi challenged Telugu fans to ensure the dubbed version outgrosses the Hindi edition by at least ₹1, highlighting regional stakes for the pan-India franchise