Despite a big cricket match, Dhurandhar: The Revenge had another great day of pre-selling at the Indian box office. The film has sold around 200,000 tickets for its paid previews, priced at Rs. Around Rs 9 crore nett. Of this, 141,000 tickets have been sold across two national chains, PVRINOX and Cinepolis, accounting for about 80 percent of the total revenue.
With this, the Ranveer Singh starrer now holds the record for the highest paid preview earnings for a Bollywood film. Stree 2 earned Rs 8.75 crore. Dhurandhar: The Revenge achieved this record without playing a single show, with only two days of pre-sales and still ten days left for release. The focus now turns to the Indian record, currently held by They Call Him OG, who earned Rs. Approximately Rs 26 crores for its preview.
A little trivia here: Every Bollywood film that has set a paid preview record since Ghajini in 2008 has become the industry’s highest-grossing film at the time of its release, with the latest being Stree 2, which overtook Jaawaan (Hindi). Dhurandhar: The Revenge is widely expected to surpass its predecessor and make record collections and now it has a great record to go with it.
The film will continue to progress from here. The daily pace of sales may decrease slightly and then stabilize. There are still ten days left, by the end of which the film will probably reach close to Rs 1 crore. 20 crore nett, possibly more. Its huge capacity is Rs. is more than. 55 crore net, which increased to Rs. Should be more than. Ultimately Rs 65 crore. At that level, it can definitely score more than Rs. 30 crores nett. The Eid holiday in India now falls on March 21, so Inauguration Day is no longer a national holiday. Ugadi and Gudi Padwa are holidays in two big markets of Mumbai and South India, but it will be a working day in North India. This may impact the engagements of other shows, which will start by 9:30-10 pm in most places. Even if the next day is a holiday, Rs. The menu would have cost Rs 40 crore. Although you never know how much craze a film will have, it can still get there.
Advance films for the remainder of the weekend are expected to open on Wednesday, although it has been observed that theaters often jump the gun, which may be the case here as well. It is expected that this film will break all pre-sale records and set new standards.
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