As the monarch arrives to take his throne, records are being broken left, right, and centre. The advance booking for this YRF movie is exploding as Shah Rukh Khan makes his comeback after four years with Pathaan. By Monday night, Pathaan had eclipsed War’s advance sales to become the highest advance for a Bollywood film ever. Our tracking shows that the movie has sold about 8 lakh tickets for the first day alone in India, and we anticipate a final total of 10 lakh for the first day alone in advance booking.
About 4.19 lakh of the 8 lakh tickets have been sold, with PVR, Inox, and Cinepolis being the three national chains. For those who are unaware, the three chains sold about 4.10 lakh tickets for the film War, which held the previous record. With one day left, Pathaan will become the first Bollywood movie to sell more than 5 lakh tickets in the three major national chains and more than 10 lakh tickets nationwide. Tuesday will be all about increasing its lead to reclaim the top spot as the advance booking across the nation has surpassed War. On the opening front, Pathaan will want to make records that endure for a very long time.
Pathaan hopes to have the highest non-holiday opening of all time in the Hindi market by taking an earth-shattering opening above Rs. 40 crores in India. The opening may reach Rs. 50 crore because a strong word of mouth would result in capacity concerns for the evening and late-night shows.
Pathaan will aim to become the fastest Hindi film to reach a hundred at the box office by earning more than Rs. 100 crore in just two days. To put it mildly, advance reservations for Pathaan are breaking records. However, as of January 25 Se Mausam Aur Bhi Bigadne Wala Hai, we can say that this is just the beginning.