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Sunny Deol’s much-talked-about war drama Border 2 has officially crossed the Rs 300 crore mark at the Indian box office. The film has been one of the biggest earners of the year and enjoyed a solid run through its first two weeks. A strong Sunday helped the film maintain momentum but Monday Day 18 told a very different story. Despite entering the Rs 300 crore club the film saw a sharp fall in footfall raising fresh questions about how long the momentum can be sustained. Border 2 Box Office Collection Day 18 On Day 18 Border 2 collected Rs 1.85 crore net. This has become the film’s lowest single-day earning so far. The drop from Day 17 to Day 18 was nearly 74.48 percent. With this the total domestic collection now stands at Rs 311.60 crore net. While the number looks impressive on paper the sudden fall shows signs of fatigue among audiences. How the Weeks Played Out Released around Republic Day 2026 the film had a powerful opening week collecting Rs 224.25 crore. The weekend growth was strong and the first Monday held well. However collections began slipping from the first Tuesday itself. Initially the film faced competition from Ranveer Singh’s Dhurandhar. Later as Dhurandhar moved to OTT Border 2 saw a correction in its second week. Week two brought in Rs 70.15 crore a drop of nearly 69 percent from week one. The third week showed slight recovery over Saturday and Sunday but once again Monday followed the familiar pattern of a steep fall. Occupancy numbers of Border 2 The film recorded an overall occupancy of 7.34 percent on Monday. Morning shows: 4.49 percent Afternoon shows: 8.12 percent Evening shows: 7.89 percent Night shows: 8.84 percent These numbers clearly show that audiences are thinning out especially during early shows. Shows slashed across major cities A major indicator of the slowdown is the reduction in show counts. Delhi NCR: from 1208 to 637 shows Mumbai: from 617 to 290 shows Pune: from 324 to 150 shows Ahmedabad: from 564 to 220 shows Bengaluru: from 234 to 111 shows Kolkata: from 229 to 146 shows Other cities like Surat Hyderabad Chandigarh Bhopal Jaipur and Lucknow also saw noticeable cuts. Starring Sunny Deol Varun Dhawan Diljit Dosanjh and Ahan Shetty Border 2 currently faces no major Hindi release competition. Yet the declining occupancy and reduced shows suggest that the film is nearing the end of its theatrical peak. The worldwide Day 18 figure is still awaited but domestically the numbers hint that the war drama’s golden run may now be slowing down.