Shah Rukh Khan’s Jawan is witnessing record-breaking advance ticket sales. The Atlee directorial is scheduled to arrive in cinema halls on September 7, but it has already done a business of almost Rs 17 crore, selling over five lakh tickets across the country. Now, with advance booking opening for more theatres on Monday, this number is expected to grow manifold
As per industry tracker Sacnilk, a total of 5,77,255 tickets have been sold for Jawan. In the Hindi market, 5,29,568 tickets have been sold in the 2D format and 11,558 have paid for the IMAX tickets. The Tamil and Telugu markets have sold 19,899 and 16,230 tickets respectively. This has brought the total earnings of the film to Rs 16.93 crore.
Film trade analyst Manobala Vijayabalan reported that Jawan’s maximum business is coming from the national multiplexes. While PVR has reported a sale of 1,12,299 tickets, INOX sold 75,661 tickets followed by Cinepolis’ 40,577 tickets. The people of Hyderabad are most excited to watch Shah Rukh in action as the most number of tickets (58,898) have been sold in the city. Kolkata follows with 40,035 tickets. The other metro cities, Delhi- NCR (39,535), Mumbai (39,600), and Bengaluru (39,325) are also witnessing a huge craze around Jawan.
Film trade analyst Taran Adarsh shared that not just national cinema chains, but non-national chains and single screens are also experiencing a ‘phenomenal’ response for Jawan, leading to early morning shows even in Tier 2 cities. Shah Rukh, who interacted with his fans on Sunday through social media, shared his happiness on seeing the record-breaking advance ticket sales. On being asked how he feels about it, the actor replied
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