Allu Arjun-led Pushpa 2: The Rule (Hindi) has crossed 1 lakh ticket sales across the top 3 national chains – PVRinox and Cinepolis – as of 4 pm on Sunday. The leader is PVRInox, which has achieved advance booking of 78,000 tickets, followed by Cinepolis with 32,000 tickets. Pushpa 2 has crossed the Rs 1.10 lakh mark within 26 hours of going on ticket sale, making it one of the fastest collections ever for a feature film in Hindi. Gati is better than Stree 2 and Animal, and as of Wednesday night, will top the pre-sales of Pushpa 2, Pathan and Jawan.
In fact, there is a real chance for the Sukumar directorial to top the overall pre-sales of Baahubali 2, which had sold 6.50 lakh tickets across the national multiplex chains. If it succeeds in doing so, a feature film will surpass the SS Rajamouli-directed film’s record after seven and a half years, which speaks volumes about the magnitude of buzz Baahubali 2 generated at the time of its release. The single screen is becoming active like never before and has an impact like never before Pushpa 2 This can truly be classified as “wild fire” as the pre-sale movement is something that has not been seen in modern times.
Pushpa 2 is attempting to create multiple unbroken records in a single day across large swaths of North India, and if the current pace is anything to go by, records are being created in the metros as well, albeit in a few urban centers and with relatively fewer releases. The opening day record of Jawan can be reserved for the Hindi version in South India.
The film is also garnering bumper results across chains like MovieMax and Rajhans, with Rajhans expected to cross the 40,000 ticket mark by Wednesday night and top the previous best KGF 2 (32,386 tickets) by a 30 per cent margin. At Moviemax, the film has sold over 5500 tickets on the opening day alone, and is aiming to reach close to the 30,000 tickets mark by Wednesday night, topping the previous best, Stree 2 (21,780 tickets) by a 40 percent margin. .
The pre-sales trends are historic and now the talk is on word of mouth as the right reports can take the film to unheard of numbers in Hindi. Stay connected with Pinkvilla for more updates.
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