Sky Force Box Office Day 1: Akshay's Action Drama’s BMS Pre Sales Surpasses His Last 5 Releases On Opening Day

Sky Force Box Office Day 1: Akshay Kumar, who has given us several iconic patriotic films like Airlift, Kesari, Gold, etc, is now making headlines for his recent release. We are talking about Sky Force which is an action drama based on a true story. Featuring Akshay in the role of an Indian Air Force Officer, Sky Force is helmed by Abhishek Anil Kapur and Sandeep Kewlani. The movie also stars Sara Ali Khan and Nimrat Kaur along with marking Veer Pahariya's big Bollywood debut.

To note, Sky Force is based on India's retaliatory attack on the Sargodha airbase of Pakistan in the Indo-Pakistani air war of 1965 which happened to be India's first airstrike. The trailer and the stellar cast have got everyone eagerly waiting for Sky Force and the audience couldn't keep calm. In fact, as the makers had initiated the advance booking of Sky Force, the action drama has received a phenomenal response in terms of pre-sales

Sky Force BMS Pre-Sales For Day 1

According to a report published in Koimoi, Sky Force has sold around 150K tickets on Book My Show (BMS) for the opening day. This isn't all. As per Sacnilk, Sky Force even made a collection of Rs 3.78 crores from the advance booking for day 1.

Sky Force Surpasses Akshay Kumar's Last 5 Theatrical Releases

To note, with the sale of 150K tickets for opening day, Sky Force has managed to surpass the BMS pre-sales of Akshay's last five directorials - OMG 2 (90K), Bade Miyan Chote Miyan (65K), Khel Khel Mein (29K), Mission Raniganj (11K) and Sarfira (10K). It will be interesting to see if Sky Force can beat the these films in terms of opening day collection.

Meanwhile talking about Sky Force, Akshay told HT City, "Everyone declared him (Sqd. Ldr. A.B. Devaiah) a traitor and 23 saal tak kisi ko nahi pata tha that actually he was a hero. The character I play, Wing Commander K.O. Ahuja, based on Group Captain O.P Taneja, is senior to the character Veer plays in the film - T. Vijaya, based on Sqd. Ldr. Devaiah. Aap log vishwas karenge ki 23 saal baad inke parivar ko sarkaar ne maha vir chakra diya? The whole film is not only about war, it is also about what happens to the family and the children left behind".