Ek Villain vs ABCD 2: Box Office Comparison

All three ‘students’ of Karan Johar have gone on to establish themselves in the industry. Alia Bhatt is one of the most popular female stars in the country and has a critically acclaimed performance in ‘Highway’ to her credit. Varun Dhawan has a 100% success-ratio after 5 films – Student Of The Year (Hit), Main Tera Hero (Hit), Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania (Super Hit), Badlapur (Hit) and ABCD 2 (Hit / Super Hit). Sidharth Malhotra has appeared in three films, Student Of The Year (Hit), Hasee Toh Phasee (Average), Ek Villain (Super Hit) and has arguably the biggest non-festive film of 2015, Brothers, with a big star like Akshay Kumar, lined up for release later this year.

Ek Villain vs ABCD 2 makes for a good comparison, not only because the two films feature Sidharth and Varun (respectively) in the lead, but also because both films took a similar opening at the box office, featured Shraddha Kapoor in the lead and the collection trends during the weekdays are also very similar.

Ek Villain had chartbuster music, Mohit Suri as director after ‘Aashiqui 2’ and the fresh pairing of Sidharth and Shraddha, all of which combined well to ensure a bumper opening at the box office.

ABCD 2, on the other hand, was a sequel to a success film, was released in 3D and the lead pair of Varun and Shraddha enjoy a huge following amongst the youth. The way UTV promoted the film and the efforts that both Varun and Shraddha put into marketing it, was also one of the reasons why the film managed to create huge awareness and took an extraordinary opening at the box office.

At the end of Week 1, the collections of both films was at around the same level. While Ek Villain had to compete against Vidya Balan’s Bobby Jasoos and Lekar Hum Deewana Dil in Week 2 and Varun’s Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania in Week 3, ABCD 2 three open weeks before the release of Salman’s Bajrangi Bhaijaan on 16th July.

Whether ABCD 2 will go on to cross the 100 crore mark, is something that remains to be seen, because the drop during the weekdays was on the higher side. For a young star like Varun Dhawan, a 100 crore grosser does make a huge difference. It’s a confidence booster, much like a Test century for a cricketer!

For that, the film has to pick up on Saturday and Sunday. The 2nd Friday collections of the film is Rs 3.7 crore (approx), which takes the 8-day total to Rs 75.74 crore.

DayEk VillainABCD 2
Day 1 (Friday)16.48 crore14.30 crore
Day 2 (Saturday)15.91 crore14.54 crore
Day 3 (Sunday)17.32 crore17.51 crore
Day 4 (Monday)7.9 crore8.05 crore
Day 5 (Tuesday)6.75 crore6.77 crore
Day 6 (Wednesday)6.1 crore5.68 crore
Day 7 (Thursday)5.5 crore4.93 crore
1st week Total 75.96 crore71.78 crore
2nd week Total22.85 crore25.01 crore
Total Collections103.4 crore105.1 crore
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43 Comments

  • Abcd 2 will easily outscore ek villain
    bdw according boi ek villain havnt crossed the 100cr mark…but this year the gap in numbers Between boi producers figure n indicine’s figure is reducing..sounds good for us.we will not be confused…this trend should be encouraged by the trade analysts

  • My prediction was 66 crore to 88 …
    But my expectation was 75 crore to 107 cr
    Looks like my expectation has prevailed
    Over my prediction…!!!
    I hope abcd 2 cross 100 crore club .
    Varun all the best !

  • EK VILLAN is far better than abcd2….i hove to watch that movie since it is #1yearofekvillan
    i watched it fir nearlu 12 times…its truth…

  • The pic above just took me back to nostalgia.
    Jai n Veeru (jai d intense angry young man who hardly smiles while veeru was d jovial funny full of energy)
    Both have promising future ,to early to compare them wit d big guns yes it’s agreed their opening day has been quite high but as @indicine said yesterday it’s d consistency in being in d big league for decades is d real Reference point for these promising stars.
    About d box office collection yes it’s similar buh ek villain has a slight edge but d overall result will depend on d verdict status!
    I like admire and am a fan of hers but I disagree with one of d commenter here that Shrada is a superstar. Not yet leave dat status with Deepika Katrina(suprisre am saying that but give her some credit despite her Hindi level) priyanka and kareena. Kangana shd b declared a superstar before Shrada while shrada alia bhatt pareeniti n anuksha r still on their way but wit good scripts n natural acting talent very soon they will attain dat fame.
    Wishing Abcd2 best of luck in attaining d 100crores mark

  • I dont think ekvillian cilcked just bcoz of shraddha bcoz her previous movie gori tere pyaar main was a disaster

  • some of the authors aren’t thinking smartly… ek villian was a pure performance from ritesh… not siddarth…

  • Siddhartha malohtra is all rounder not varun dhawan
    Varun dhawan only knows about overacting he could not do anything but Siddhartha malohtra can do everything his ek villain was superb.

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