Border 2 isn’t just winning at the box office, it’s steamrolling everything in its path. Even with a bunch of new Friday releases, this war drama is still packing theaters and grabbing headlines. Sunny Deol, Varun Dhawan, and Diljit Dosanjh have pulled off something wild here. Eight days in, Border 2 pulled another ₹9.5 crore nett in India, which pushes its Indian total past ₹255 crore. Worldwide, it’s already shot past ₹300 crore. The newcomers, Mardaani 3, Gandhi Talks, Mayasabha - The Hall of Illusion, and Human Cocaine, barely made a dent on opening day.

Anurag Singh dropped Border 2 right before Republic Day, on January 23, 2026, and the timing couldn’t have been better. The film exploded with a ₹32.1 crore nett opening, jumped up to ₹40.59 crore on Saturday, then hit ₹57.2 crore Sunday. Republic Day Monday? A massive ₹63.59 crore. The crowd loves the patriotic story, the star-studded cast, and the buzz just keeps growing. Even weekdays haven’t slowed it down. By the end of its first week, Border 2 had collected ₹244.97 crore nett in India and ₹325.85 crore worldwide.

Meanwhile, Mardaani 3, the latest in Rani Mukerji’s tough cop series, just didn’t take off the same way. It opened on January 30 with a decent ₹3.5 crore nett, advance bookings of ₹1.86 crore, and morning shows filling less than 9% of seats. Gopi Puthran’s film has Mukerji’s Shivani Shivaji Roy going after human traffickers. The trailer brought back the intensity from the earlier Mardaani films, but Border 2 hogged most of the screens, leaving Mardaani 3 struggling to find space. Still, people say the franchise has a loyal crowd, especially in places like West Bengal, where Mukerji is a big draw. If positive reviews keep rolling in, the weekend might give it a boost. But honestly, with TV serving up similar action, Saturday and Sunday numbers will say a lot about its future.

As for the other releases, well, they barely registered. Gandhi Talks, a silent black comedy with Vijay Sethupathi, Arvind Swami, and Aditi Rao Hydari, managed just ₹18 lakh nett. It’s a gutsy experiment, shot without dialogue and scored by A.R. Rahman, but it didn’t click with audiences. Mayasabha, a fantasy drama starring Jaaved Jaaferi and Mohammad Samad, opened to just ₹10 lakh nett. Human Cocaine, a crime thriller about the drug trade, pretty much vanished on arrival.

Right now, Border 2 is proving Bollywood can’t get enough of patriotic blockbusters. Even with the usual second Friday dip, it’s still beating all the new releases combined. Mardaani 3 could bounce back if word of mouth picks up, but let’s be real, Border 2 isn’t giving up its crown anytime soon. It’s already eyeing that ₹400 crore club, and nothing’s slowing it down. If you want the latest on box office numbers, keep watching, this race isn’t over yet.