'Kalki 2898 AD' advance booking: Prabhas film goes crazy with over 5 lakh tickets sales
'Kalki 2898 AD' advance booking: Prabhas film goes crazy with over 5 lakh tickets sales
'Kalki 2898 AD' is already enjoying a good box office run. The advance booking for the Prabhas-starrer opened on Sunday and the film has already sold over 5 lakh tickets in two days. The pre-sales business looks solid with the film grossing Rs 16.22 crore.
The Nag Ashwin-directorial is riding high on novelty value and that has directly translated into numbers at the box office. The Telugu market is leading the business by selling over 2.7 lakh tickets in all versions combined. As per a report published on the trade website sacnilk, 'Kalki 2898 AD' recorded a gross business of over Rs 14.5 crore in two days from the Telugu markets alone. The Hindi market, where the advance bookings are opening slowly, has already emerged as the second-biggest market for the film with a gross business of around Rs 1.17 crore in two days.
The film features an elaborate star-cast with Deepika Padukone, Amitabh Bachchan, Kamal Haasan and Disha Patani leading the pack from the front. The data collected is from 8349 shows all across the country. The IMAX 2D version is also showing slow growth in terms of pre-sales business.
Prabhas' presence in the Telugu-speaking states is superb and that has ensured a record-breaking opening for 'Kalki 2898 AD', at least in the South market. He is also the only Indian actor to have got four Rs 100 crore (gross) openers in his name. And with the kind of buzz that 'Kalki 2898 AD' seems to be promising, he will be adding a new film to the list. 'Baahubali 2', 'Saaho', 'Adipurush' and 'Salaar Part I: Ceasefire' - all recorded a gross opening of over Rs 100 crore for the pan-India superstar. The nett collection of these films also remained in the range of Rs 80–100 crore, with 'Baahubali 2' on top at Rs 121 crore nett.
Check Prabhas' top box office openers - nett collection (source: sacnilk)
- Baahubali 2: Rs 121 crore
- Saaho: Rs 89 crore
- Adipurush: Rs 86.75 crore
- Salaar-Part I: Rs 90.7 crore
'Kalki 2898 AD' is not far behind 'Salaar Part-I: Ceasefire' in advance booking. The Prashanth Neel-directorial was released in December last year, and it grossed a business of Rs 19.7 crore by selling over 8 lakh tickets in the initial two days of its pre-sales.
The film is expected to witness a growth in advance sales, especially in the north market. If everything goes well, it will be able to easily gross over Rs 100 crore domestically on its opening day. 'Kalki 2898 AD' is scheduled for release on June 27.