A romantic drama from 2012 returned with a fresh trio… and quietly turned into one of the biggest love-story wins Bollywood has seen this year.
Cocktail 2 has crossed ₹82.95 crore net in India.
In just 10 days. 🍸
And here's the twist — it did it while a massive Akshay Kumar comedy Welcome To The Jungle came stomping into theatres trying to steal every screen in the country.
Homi Adajania took the 2012 cult favourite — Saif, Deepika, Diana — and rebuilt it with a brand new cast:
🎯 Shahid Kapoor
💃 Kriti Sanon
✨ Rashmika Mandanna
Mixed reviews. Skeptical fans. A sequel to a film people still quote 14 years later.
Risky cocktail.
The weekend exploded.
Day 1: ₹13.50 cr
Day 2: ₹16.25 cr
Day 3: ₹17.75 cr 🔥
Week 1 closed at ₹70.50 crore.
Then Monday hit. Hard. A brutal 62% drop to ₹6.75 cr.
The usual Bollywood weekday slide kicked in.
But the film refused to die.
Akshay Kumar's big-budget comedy didn't tiptoe in.
It landed with 10,892 shows on Day 1 and grabbed ₹61+ crore in just three days.
Cocktail 2's screen count? Crushed from 10,835 shows → 3,791.
Most films would've collapsed.
Cocktail 2 still pulled ₹4.20 cr on its second Sunday. Steady. Stubborn. Sipping along. 🍹
This isn't just a hit — it's quietly becoming a career marker.
Cocktail 2 has now beaten:
💸 Shahid's Deva — ₹34.37 cr lifetime
💸 Shahid's O'Romeo — ₹72.99 cr lifetime
💸 Shahid + Kriti's Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya — ₹83.75 cr lifetime (about to fall any moment now)
💸 And the original Cocktail (2012) lifetime domestic
India gross: ₹98.76 crore. The ₹100 cr gross flag is basically already planted. 🚩
In a season ruled by loud action and louder comedy…
a soft, messy, three-people-in-love story is holding its own against a 10,000-screen juggernaut.
Romance, it turns out, still pours pretty well at the Indian box office.
The 2026 audience just proved it — one ticket at a time.
That's all for now!
