As per Sacnilk.com, the long-anticipated sequel of Amar Kaushik’s 2018 horror-comedy film Stree hit theatres this Independence Day and was mentioned to have earned ₹54.35 crore on its opening day in India. The film stars Shraddha Kapoor, Rajkummar Rao, Aparshakti Khurana, Abhishek Banerjee, and Pankaj Tripathi in lead roles and opened in theatres on Independence Day.
According to the website, some special opening premieres took place on Wednesday for Stree 2, in which the film raked ₹8 crore. The approximate earnings on its opening day stood at ₹46 crore, with a total of close to ₹54.25 crore. This makes it the biggest opening day grosser of 2024, defeating Kalki 2898 AD and Fighter. These are record opening numbers, as it took 6 days for Stree to make ₹ 54.88 Cr net in India. The film had 75.09% occupancy on its opening day in Hindi. Stree 2 also becomes the biggest opening of any Hindi film of all time post Shah Rukh Khan’s Jawan last year and Pathaan that was released last year.
Stree 2 review
The Hindustan Times review of Stree 2 goes, “Let’s talk about what fuels the film- the humour. Niren Bhatt keeps it in check; the first half is quite excellent. Jokes just keep coming and coming, and that is exactly what the viewers are looking for. Naughty, it is, and original. At a point, it isn’t the joke alone which lands.”. “It’s the sheer talented bunch who make Stree 2 what it is, led by an able Rajkummar Rao.”
On Stree 2
Helmed by Amar, Stree 2 features Rajkummar and Shraddha reprising their roles from the original. The story goes on to show how Sarkata now terrorizes the people of Chanderi, and they now look towards Stree for help. The film is also sprinkled with a number of starry cameos that the makers have carefully kept under wraps. Varun Dhawan reprises his role as Bhediya, even featuring in a song with Shraddha.
Stree 2 was facing stiff competition from Akshay Kumar, Taapsee Pannu-starrer Khel Khel Mein and John Abraham, Sharvari-starrer Vedaa on its opening day itself. However, despite that, it did manage to hold its own and raked in good business at the box office.