India, June 19 -- Homi Adajania's romantic drama Cocktail 2 has released in theatres. The film, starring Shahid Kapoor, Kriti Sanon, and Rashmika Mandanna, is being seen as the big hope for romances in Bollywood this year. Since the pandemic, the success rate of romantic films at the box office has been quite low, and hence, films like Cocktail 2 have hopes riding on them. As things stand, Cocktail 2 is poised for a strong start at the ticket window, but it remains to be seen if it can surpass the exploits of its predecessor.

Trade tracker Sacnilk reported that Cocktail 2 sold over 1.6 lakh tickets in advance bookings for day 1, grossing a solid Rs.5.57 crore gross. Upon adding blocked seats (that go for sale during spot bookings), this ...