Bambookat 2 has earned Rs. It earned around Rs 80-85 lakh (Rs 65-70 lakh) on its second day at the Indian box office, taking its total 2-day earning to Rs. 1.40 Crore (Rs 1.15 Crore Net) Approx. There was a 40 percent increase in business, which is a good thing, but the business remains at a low level. There should be a big increase today, as Punjabi films perform strongly on Sundays, and since business is at a low level, the percentage increase could be especially large.
The film is doing comparatively better overseas, especially in Canada. There, it is performing better than Saunkan Saunkan 2, the highest-grossing Punjabi film domestically in the last two years. The two-day overseas box office collection is approximately US$475K (Rs 4.35 crore), giving the film a worldwide box office collection of Rs 4.35 crore. Approximately 5.75 crores. With Ammy Virk and Binnu Dhillon in the lead, the film has now collected a weekend total of Rs. 9-9.50 crores approx.
The Punjabi film box office in India has fallen from its peak in the 2010s, when the business was growing and peaked towards the end of the decade. Apart from the quality of films, one of the major driving factors is demographic change. The sustained wave of migration in the late 2010s and early 2020s has reshaped the core audience base. A large portion of the business has shifted from India to overseas markets such as Canada and Australia. It is now common for collections abroad to be several times larger than those in India. In contrast, before Covid, the business used to be more domestic-heavy, with hardly any film earning more overseas than in India.
Additionally, the industry is facing a double whammy as some potentially big-grossing films have been left out, which did not get a release in India due to external factors, such as having Pakistani cast (Sardaar Zee 3 and Chal Mera Putt 4) or facing censor issues (Punjab 95). Audiences are not as eager to give original films a chance as they were in the last decade, with only comedy sequels becoming popular from time to time. However, lately, some of these comedy sequels have also been failing, Bambukat 2 seems to be the latest addition to that list.
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