Dunki loses pre-booking battle against Salaar, SRK’s film doesn’t even come close to Pathaan & Jawan
Salaar: CeaseFire has one more day to enjoy the advance booking, but it is already way ahead of Dunki, which releases on Thursday.
Salaar beats Dunki: Dunki is the next big release of the year. On the screens on Thursday, this Shah Rukh Khan starrer tries to win the hearts of the audience with his light-hearted story and the goodwill of Rajkumar Hiranithe director of successful films such as The Munnabhai series, 3 idiots And PK. The film has collected around Rs 11.65 crore gross from its advance booking, after selling 4.1 lakh tickets for the first day. This is much less than the pre-sale Salaar: Armistice which comes out on Friday and still has a day to pick up songs from the pre-booked version.
The Prabhas starrer is just another mass action entertainer directed by KGF fame Prashanth Neel. Salaar Part I looks to enter this Box Office battle with a whopping Rs 20.74 crore gross sales from 9.6 lakh pre-sale tickets. The film has one more day to open, after which the spot bookings add up to take its opening day Box Office number to a whopping single digit.
Dunki Trails behind Pathaan and Jawan in advanced booking
It’s interesting to note that Dunki has conquered the audience in the northern market Salaar is showing a frenzy across the country with complete dominance in the southern market. The trading website reports this bag, Salaar: Armistice has achieved maximum sales in the Telugu market where it has sold 7.2 lakh tickets and earned Rs 16.11 crore gross. The Malayalam industry is next with a gross of Rs 1.3 crore with 93,000 tickets. The Hindi version has sold the third highest number of tickets with 79,000 in 2D and 137 in IMAX 2D.
pathan, SRK’s first big blockbuster this year collected Rs 31.01 crore gross from pre-sale of tickets, while Jawan, his second successful film, raked in Rs 40.75 crore gross from booking alone. Dunkithe third in a row, doesn’t even come close to achieving it either Pathan or Jawan in advance ticket sales.
If Salaar receives positive reviews, followed by good word of mouth, then it will easily prevail Dunki in the longer term, it is estimated to have more sales than SRK film despite losing dominance in the north. What else? The first extended weekend will be extremely crucial for both films to give an initial idea of their pace at the box office. What are your expectations for their first weekend run? Watch this space for the latest Box Office updates Salaar And Dunki!