'Gadar 2', 'OMG 2' score big in box office, Aug 11-13 busiest weekend since pandemic

'Gadar 2', 'OMG 2' score big in box office, Aug 11-13 busiest weekend since pandemic

Mumbai, Aug 14 (PTI) August 11-13 was the "busiest single weekend" since cinema halls opened after the Covid pandemic with Sunny Deol's "Gadar 2" making Rs 134.88 crore and Akshay Kumar's "OMG 2" following with a haul of Rs 43.11 crore.

According to the Producers Guild of India (PGI) and Multiplex Association of India (MAI), the two new Hindi film releases along with Rajinikanth's Tamil movie "Jailer" and Chiranjeevi's Telugu title "Bhola Shankar" drew "over 2.10 crore moviegoers to theatres across the country.

This is also the "highest combined admissions record in the last 10 year history", the two organisations said in a joint statement on Monday.