Lokesh Kanagaraj-directed Cool is on an overdrive in his advance booking, as Rajinikanth starrer has already seen a pre-Rs 50 crore-bound of Rs 50 crore with 4 days. The largest contributors are international markets, as the film has already sold tickets worth Rs 32.50 crore (USD 4.25 million) in foreign markets. Before the first show roll out, the cool can look at the prior-sell of Rs 52 crore (USD 6 million) internationally, which is historic to say at least. The first day of cool (day 1 + premiere) in the overseas belt may be more than US $ 7 million to 9 million USD.
Indian market is also starting to repeat the rampage Coolie Since Tamil Nadu has registered an advance booking of Rs 7.00 crore in less than 24 hours, while the earlier sales in Kerala are on a shocking amount of Rs 4.50 crore. The tickets went live for sale in Karnataka on Saturday morning, and in less than 12 hours, Rajinikanth The starrer has sold tickets worth Rs 2.00 crore in the state.
The Telugu markets have not started yet, and like the rest of the country, the film is expected to give strong results here. To open with Telugu and Hindi yet, the overall advance booking for Cool is around a mark of Rs 50 crore, and the film is tracking to view a global advance in the area around Rs 85 to 95 crore for the early day alone.
This is a box-office carnase in the true sense, as the 75-year-old superstar is flexing his stardom like someone else, defines every law of stardom in the world again. Of course, the business is promoted due to combination with Lokesh Kanagarj, but a great person once said, “Stardom is like an arrow, he needs the right archer to hit Bullsai”. There is Rajinikanth arrow here, and Lokesh is Archer.
Here is a look at the advance booking of the cool
Overseas: Rs 36.25 crore (USD 4.2 million)
Tamil Nadu: Rs 7.00 crore
Kerala: 4.50 crores
Karnataka: 2.00 crores
Total: Rs 50.00 crore
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