Shah Rukh Khan’s film Jawan has seen strong advance bookings and is expected to perform very well at the box office amid phenomenal buzz around the film.
Shah Rukh Khan’s Jawan is only days away from its eagerly-waited release date – September 7.
Last week, advance booking for the action film was finally open in India, with tickets priced as high as ₹2.4k in some theatres; and as per the latest figures, more than 5 lakh tickets for Jawan’s opening day have already been sold.
Sharing the numbers from multiplexes, film trade analyst Manobala Vijayabalan tweeted the data without block seats, “Jawan day 1 advance sales. ZOOMS past 5,00,000 ticket selling milestone in India… Jawan advance booking in national multiplexes… PVR – 1,12,299, INOX – 75,661, CINEPOLIS – 40,577. Total sold tickets – 2,28,538. Gross – ₹9.01 crore.”
Further giving the break-up from different cities, he wrote, “City-wide, all theatres – Delhi NCR – 39,535 ( ₹1.91 crore), Mumbai – 39,600 ( ₹1.57 crore), Bengaluru – 39,325 ( ₹1.42 crore), Hyderabad – 58,898 ( ₹1.35 crore), Kolkata – 40,035 ( ₹1.16 crore). India-wide, all theatres sold tickets – 5,17,700, gross – ₹14.47 cr [excluding blocked seats].”
Trade analyst Taran Adarsh also tweeted about Jawan’s advance booking and early morning shows in different cities. He said, “While Jawan is having SOLID advances at national chains, the advance booking status at non-national chain cinemas and single screens is PHENOMENAL as well… Single screens in Delhi, UP, Rajasthan, Bihar and the Hindi heartland are showing EXCEPTIONAL results… So much so that several exhibitors are commencing shows at 6am, even at tier-2 centres, due to the heavy demand.”