India, Aug. 14 -- War 2 box office collection day 1 (updated live): Ayan Mukerji's Hrithik Roshan and Jr NTR-starrer War 2 was released in theatres on 14 August, clashing with Lokesh Kanagaraj's Rajinikanth-starrer Coolie. According to the trade website Sacnilk, the YRF Spy Universe film is lagging behind its competitor as of 4 PM. (Follow live updates on Coolie and War 2 release)

According to the trade website, War 2 has collected Rs.21.42 crore net in India as of 4 PM on Thursday. Comparatively, Coolie has made Rs.35.51 crore net in the same time. War 2 showed an overall Hindi occupancy of 16.37%, Telugu occupancy of 74.68% and Tamil occupancy of 27.85% at the time of writing. Interestingly, War 2 showed higher occupancy in Chennai (69...