War 2 Trailer Box Office Impact: Rs 1000 Crore Confirmed For Hrithik Roshan, Jr NTR Action Spectacle? Trade Experts Opine
War 2 Trailer Box Office Impact: Rs 1000 Crore Confirmed For Hrithik Roshan, Jr NTR Action Spectacle? Trade Experts Opine
War 2 trailer: The much-awaited War 2 trailer starring Hrithik Roshan, Jr NTR, and Kiara Advani is not your average Spy Universe film trailer. The makers, Yash Raj Film and Ayan Mukerji, have made sure that it as intriguing as it is explosive. Doing away with the usual Hero vs Villain trope, War 2 trailer doesn’t let you take sides between Hrithik’s Kabir and Jr NTR’s Vikram. The result? War 2 buzz soared within minutes. All doubts about the underwhelming hype have been erased. That’s the power of an impactful trailer!
Is Rs 100 crore now locked for War 2? Here’s what trade experts feel
Trade Analyst Taran Adarsh is hoping for War 2 to break all records after an ‘outstanding trailer’. Talking about the possibility of Rs 1000 crore, he told Zoom, “Definitely. See the star power that is there, plus its the Spy Universe. There is a fresh pairing and there is a new director as well, Ayan Mukerji. And with Yash Raj backing it, that too after Saiyaara, the expectations surely go up. Everything is going right. Now what has to go right is the content. We will get to know it on August 14. After the trailer, there is a lot more to come in. We are hoping that this film should break all the records.”
He further added, “See the brand value (Hrithik Roshan) is very strong, but at the same time there is Jr NTR who is huge in South and ofcourse very good at pan-India level. And its an action film. Action films are always front-loaded, meaning that it hits a four on the first day itself. It has an advantage that it is releasing on 14th (Thursday), and 15th is a very big holiday. This is a huge advantage. You can’t even predict the opening day as of now and on 15th it will be on another level.”
On Coolie vs War 2 clash, Taran Adarsh opined that while the former will have an advantage in Tamil Nadu because its Rajinikanth, the latter will definitely have an edge in the Hindi and Telugu belts.
Film Exhibitor Akshaye Rathi is betting on a massive opening for the Hrithik Roshan, Jr NTR, and Kiara Advani starrer. “I don’t know if Rs 1000 crore worldwide is something that’s guaranteed,” he said, adding, “But one thing that’s absolutely guaranteed is a ballistic opening. Because you have two huge markets – the Hindi Speaking belt and the Telugu speaking belt – coming together and complementing each other in a way that’s never happened in history.”
He continued, “You have one absolute superstar from Hindi cinema and one absolute superstar from Telugu cinema who are coming together for a film and both of them have literally equal importance and merit and footage in the film. So I am sure Jr NTR fans in Andhra and Telangana and Hrithik Roshan fans in the Hindi speaking fans will make it a ballistic, historic opening.”
As per Akshaye Rathi, things will eventually boil down to the content. “Ayan Mukerji is a phenomenal storyteller who has hardly ever gone wrong. And Yash Raj with its might, with its backing, and with its conviction, is putting this film together at a size and scale never seen before. So chances are this will be historic.”
War 2 will hit theatres worldwide on August 14. Expect biggest ever release for an Indian film globally.