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Everything the desk has filed on Sardar 2.
Karthi returns in a dual role for Sardar 2, now streaming on Amazon Prime Video from October 1 in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam and Kannada, expanding the film’s reach beyond theatres.
A fresh slate of South Indian OTT titles arrives this week, featuring a nostalgic romance, a startup‑centric rom‑com, a Demon Slayer movie, and a high‑stakes action sequel, giving viewers a diverse streaming menu.
SJ Suryah has confirmed his next acting project will be with Lubber Pandhu director Tamizharasan Pachamuthu, weeks after his villain turn in Sardar 2 failed at the box office.
‘Sardar 2’, starring Karthi and directed by P.S. Mithran, opened alongside Sun’s ‘Mandadi’. While ‘Mandadi’ crossed the Rs 100 crore mark, the sequel struggled to reach Rs 40 crore, prompting loss estimates of about Rs 50 crore for its backer.
Soori's Mandaadi has crossed Rs 100 crore worldwide and now sits ahead of nearly every Suriya and Dhanush film in Tamil Nadu, with only Karuppu and Raayan still out of reach.
Mandaadi has crossed 100 crore worldwide by its 11th day, per Koimoi, marking Soori's first century as lead actor. The film needs 25 crore more in India for a hit verdict.
Mandaadi's 10-day domestic net has hit 67.55 crore and its worldwide gross is closing on 100 crore, putting Soori on track for his first global century as the film chases past DC.
Sardar 2 collected just ₹19 lakh on day 9 after theatres slashed its show count from 1,911 to 356, pushing the Karthi-starrer's total to ₹15.24 crore net against a reported ₹70 crore budget.
A journalist's remarks suggesting Sivakarthikeyan may not want Soori's stardom to grow beyond a point have stirred debate online, even as she clarified their bond remains genuine and denied any fan-driven attack.
Mirzapur The Movie has netted Rs 208.02 crore in 14 days, pushing past Awarapan 2's final ROI and landing a hit verdict as 2026's third most profitable Bollywood release by return on investment.
Karthi's Sardar 2 is winding down at the box office with daily numbers below a crore on day six, on track to become his second-lowest post-pandemic grosser after clashing with Mandaadi.
Mandaadi, starring Soori, Sathyaraj, Mithun and Mahima Nambiar, has pulled in over Rs 50 crore in India in six days, according to Sacnilk, with trade watchers now eyeing a Rs 100 crore finish.
Sardar 2, starring Karthi in a double role, opened to Rs 6.80 crore gross on day one per Sacnilk, outpacing Karthi's recent releases as trade eyes a big Vinayagar Chaturthi weekend push.
Sardar 2 and Mandaadi opened on the same Thursday, but the box office gap has turned into a rout. Soori's film earned 354% more than Karthi's on their first Saturday.
Sardar 2, starring Karthi and SJ Suryah, has managed a five-day gross of around Rs 15 crore, trade estimates suggest, with a holiday Monday failing to lift its sagging run against Mandaadi.
Soori's Mandaadi has crossed Rs 62 crore worldwide in five days per trade estimates, though its makers claim Rs 65 crore, as the Tamil action thriller closes in on Rs 70 crore by day six.
Sardar 2 has crawled to a four-day gross of Rs 13 crore, per Pinkvilla's tracking, as Soori-Suhas starrer Mandaadi eats into its footfalls and word of mouth stays lukewarm across states.
Fresh BookMyShow numbers show Sardar 2 selling under 38,000 tickets in a day while Mandaadi crossed 3 lakh, a gap trade watchers say has only grown since release.
Four days in, Mandaadi's box office run over Sardar 2 has turned into a rout, with Soori's film pulling in more on a single Saturday than Karthi's sequel has made in its entire run.
Soori and Suhas's Mandaadi has crossed ₹30 crore worldwide in three days, per trade estimates, with Sunday advance sales and rising Telugu screen counts pushing it past Sardar 2 at the box office.
Sardar 2 has collected around Rs 10.65 crore worldwide in two days against a reported Rs 100-120 crore budget, after a 45.6% single-day drop left the film's recovery math looking grim.
Sardar 2 earned 4.5 crore net on its opening day but crashed to 2.5 crore on day two, a 45% drop that has already pushed the sequel behind the original Sardar's overall total.
Soori's boat-race drama Mandaadi posted a strong Friday jump after a solid opening day, with trackers reporting anywhere between ₹11 crore and ₹13 crore over two days across five languages.
Karthi and SJ Suryah's Sardar 2 opened to Rs 5.30 crore across India on day one, per trade estimates, with Tamil Nadu doing the heavy lifting while word of mouth stays split going into the weekend.
Karthi and PS Mithran's Sardar 2 has landed to mixed reactions a day after release, with critic Blue Sattai Maran praising SJ Suriya's screen presence while calling the second half a slog.
Sardar 2 opened worldwide on September 10 to a mixed wave of X reviews, with fans hailing Karthi's action stretch and the interval twist even as some called the film's central mission underwritten and cringe-worthy.
Advance bookings for Karthi's Sardar 2 and Soori's Mandaadi have turned Friday's Tamil release slate into a closer fight than expected, with Sardar 2 trailing its smaller rival in its own home state.
Sardar 2, the big-budget sequel to Karthi's 2022 hit, has opened with all-India advance bookings under Rs 3 crore, with Tamil Nadu numbers particularly weak ahead of its theatrical release.
Karthi's Sardar 2 released in theatres on September 10 to mixed Twitter reactions, per Telugu Filmibeat, even as co-star Rajisha Vijayan teases a bigger scale for a possible Sardar 3.
Ahead of their shared September 10 release, Mandaadi is outpacing Sardar 2 in Tamil Nadu advance bookings, a result trade analysts didn't see coming given Sardar 2's sequel pedigree.