Sunny reached out to Akshay to avoid the clash

In the second episode of Season 8 of Koffee With

Karan

, Sunny Deol candidly discussed the clash between his blockbuster film, 'Gadar 2', and

Akshay

Kumar's 'OMG 2'.

Sunny

revealed that he had reached out to Akshay in an attempt to avoid a box office clash by requesting a change in the release date. However, Akshay Kumar informed him that the decision was beyond his control, as it involved the studio's considerations.

Karan Johar praised Sunny

Deol

for the massive success of 'Gadar 2' and inquired about the simultaneous release on August 11 of both films. Sunny expressed his initial reservations, saying, "I thought, 'Okay my film is releasing and I have not had a success for donkey's years'. And I did not want anybody else to come along with it. Well, but you can't stop anybody. So, obviously, it does hurt you. But then I was like, does it matter? Let's go along with it. Eventually both films went on to do well.”
When Karan asked if he had discussed the clash with Akshay before the release, Sunny explained, "Obviously, I asked him. I said, ‘Please don’t do it if it’s in your hands’. But he said, ‘No, the studio and all'. And they said that two films can release (simultaneously). I said, ‘Okay, go ahead'. I can just request, I can’t do anything more than that.”

While 'Gadar 2' went on to become the 2nd highest grossing film ever with a box office collection of Rs 686 crore, 'OMG 2' managed to earn Rs 151.16 crore.
'Gadar 2' had a total box office collection in India of ₹525.7 crore nett. The film minted ₹686 crore worldwide. Meanwhile, 'OMG 2' opened at ₹10.26 crore nett at the domestic box office, as per a report by Sacnilk.com, and went on to collect ₹151.16 crore nett in India in total.