SRK‘s Jawan’ expected to break opening-day pre-sales record all over
SRK‘s Jawan’ expected to break opening-day pre-sales record
all over
In the midst of an incandescent
anticipation for Shah Rukh Khan’s upcoming film Jawan, the Indian film industry is buzzing with forecasts over its expected Box Office record.
Notedly, the global advance booking for the film is closing in on a whopping ₹45 crore, as per Jawan has emerged only the second Bollywood film to supercede the one-million mark in advance ticket sales.
Whereas Shah Rukh Khan’s earlier film Pathaan was the first, selling 1.08 million tickets on its opening day. With over 20 hours yet to go before Jawan’s first screening, the film has already moved more than a million tickets. It’s for sure to eclipse Pathaan, setting a new record for the highest opening-day pre-sales in Bollywood history.
Girish Johar, a well-known producer and film business analyst, anticipates that the movie could garner around ₹100 crore globally on its opening day.
Johar quotes that he expects a ₹100-crore global gross on day one and also around ₹40 crore of that from overseas markets and ₹60 crore in the domestic markets. It should be a comfortable opening which is going to cross the opening figures of Pathaan for sure.
According to Johar, its an all-time blockbuster, in the domestic arena alone. He suggests that the film could pull in as much as ₹60 crore across India, taking into account all languages. By weekend, Johar envisions the global tally reaching ₹300 crore.
Sanjeev Kumar Bijli, the Executive Director of PVR INOX Ltd, offered a slightly conservative estimate. He predicts an all-India box office collection of ₹65 crore on the film’s opening day. Based on ticket bookings at PVR INOX, Bijli expects the weekend collections to be in the ballpark of ₹230 crore, as per HT.
Meanwhile, Kolkata and Jaipur cinemas are going the extra mile to meet audience demand. Amit Sharma, MD of Miraj Entertainment Ltd, has announced special early morning shows at 5 AM in Kolkata and 6 AM in Jaipur. Miraj Cinemas in Mumbai will also host a 6 AM screening. As per Sharma, Miraj Cinemas has sold an impressive 28,000 tickets for the film’s inaugural day.
Big-screen venues are not the only ones gearing up for an enthusiastic turnout. Mumbai’s Gaeity-Galaxy theatres and several single-screen theatres are slated to begin showings as early as 5 AM. Tier-2 cities like Jalgaon, Surat, Rajkot, Indore, Jaipur and Vadodara will also host early morning shows.
Manoj Desai, the Executive Director of G7 Multiplex and Maratha Mandir Cinema, earlier revealed that a Shah Rukh Khan fan club had booked out an entire 6 AM screening. A surge in early morning show bookings has been observed in Bihar too, particularly in Motihari.
News Edit K.V.Raman
