Raid 2 had a very good first day as it collected 19-19.50 crore nett on day one aided by superb collections in Mumbai circuit. The circuit will land up at around 8.50 crore nett which is excellent. The holiday is bigger in Maharashtra than other parts of the country which probably helped the collections. The holiday also seems bigger in Karnataka as Mysore has strong collections going over 1 crore nett.

The collections are lower in North but still both Delhi / UP and East Punjab have done well. The holiday is a minor holiday in central parts but CP and CI have managed very good collections. These numbers are very good for a film which is not the initial type so to get this sort of number up on day one puts it on course for success.

Raid in 2018 had collected 9.50 crore nett so has basically doubled those collections. It can be said it was a partial holiday but then on the other side business is not the same as it was in 2018 and basically these opening day numbers have established the franchise. The film has an extended four day weekend and is sure to do good numbers again over the weekend after a drop on Friday.

Raid 2 is the second biggest opening of year after Chhaava and if we take the 2024-2025 period then it would be 6th counting original HIndi films only. The film also comfortably scores over other Ajay Devgn starrers like Shaitaan and Drishyam 2 as far as initial is concerned. Again the film reiterates the sequel factor is here to stay for some time yet though it has to be right sequel and not any film can be picked up as there is no doubt films that were not liked will start getting sequels as its pretty clear sequels are getting numbers.

There was also another release Bhootni which could not do well and collected in the 50-60 lakh nett range and that too on a partial holiday so its a struggle for this film.