Dunki vs Salaar Advance Booking Collection Day 1: Prabhas’ Film Beats SRK’s Movie Day Before Its Release

Shah Rukh Khan and Taapsee Pannu's recent release Dunki has been one of the most anticipated releases of the year and there are no second thoughts about it. Helmed by Rajkumar Hirani, the comedy drama also features Vicky Kaushal and Boman Irani in key roles and it has amanged to create a substantial buzz in the town. And while it is just a day left Dunki's big release, the movie has been receiving an impressiv response in terms of advance booking.

For the uninitiated, Dunki's advance booking was started a week before the release and it has been raking in decent numbers so far. According to a report published in Sacnilk, Dunki has minted Rs 10,46,50,454 [10.47 Cr] so far with the sale of 3,67,076 (3.6 lakhs) tickets for 12,768 shows across India. Interestingly, Dunki is witnessing a box office clash with Prabhas and Prithviraj Sukumaran starrer Salaar and the action thriller is giving a tough competition to Rajkumar Hirani directorial.

In fact, as per Sacnilk, Salaar has made a collection od Rs 14.88 crores so far and soon be crossing Rs 15 crores mark with the sale of 6.7 lakhs ticket for over 6900 shows across India.

Advance Booking Report Day 1

Telugu (2D): 10,93,63,210.76

Malayalam (2D): 1,29,14,257.86

Tamil (2D): 48,34,612.57

Kannada (2D): 16,01,400

Hindi (2D): 1,78,35,473.17

Telugu (IMAX 2D): 21,64,200

Hindi (IMAX 2D): 76,700

All India Gross Collection: 14,87,89,854 [14.88 Cr]

Tickets Sold: 6,78,292

Average Ticket Price (ATP):

Telugu (2D): 223

Malayalam (2D): 137

Tamil (2D): 129

Kannada (2D): 162

Hindi (2D): 278

Telugu (IMAX 2D): 853

Hindi (IMAX 2D): 600

Total Shows: 6,964

It is evident that Salaar has managed to beat Dunki in advance booking just a day before the latter's release. Meanwhile, talking about the clash, Salaar producer Vijay Kirangdur told Bollywood Hungama, "We don't want things to be ugly. We are already having meetings with the exhibitors and distributors. When we have a solo release, the occupancy generally will be around 60-70 percent. Some screens will go to 'Aquaman', but between Salaar and 'Dunki', we hope to get 50-50 screens in the best scenario. In such a scenario, if an occupancy of 90-100 percent is achieved, it'll be a good result for both films".