Welcome To The Jungle Advance Booking: Akshay's Film Sees Slow Response; Earns Half Of Bhooth Bangla Presales?

Welcome To The Jungle Advance Booking Collection Day 1: Akshay Kumar's comedy slate continues to draw attention, with Welcome To The Jungle emerging as one of his most watched upcoming films. The Ahmed Khan directorial is an action-adventure comedy and brings together one of the busiest ensemble casts in recent Hindi cinema. Alongside Akshay, the film features Suniel Shetty, Disha Patani, Jacqueline Fernandez, Raveena Tandon, Lara Dutta, Arshad Warsi, Tusshar Kapoor, Shreyas Talpade, Aftab Shivdasani, Jackie Shroff, Paresh Rawal etc. The cast size has added to the buzz around the project and high expectations have been pinned for the film.

To note, Welcome To The Jungle is the third film in the popular Welcome franchise, following the 2007 hit Welcome and its 2015 sequel Welcome Back. Interestingly, Welcome To The Jungle marks Akshay and Paresh's second release of the year after Bhooth Bangla and both the actors are finally returning to the Welcome franchise after a decade. Interestingly, the makers had begun the advance booking of the movie earlier this week and it witnessed a slow response.

Welcome To The Jungle Advance Booking Collection Day 1

According to a report published in Sacnilk, Welcome To The Jungle earned Rs 1.5cr until 8pm with the sale of 69 thousand tickets.

Welcome To The Jungle Fails To Beat Bhooth Bangla Advance Booking Collection

Interestingly, with a presales collection of Rs 1.5cr, Welcome to the Jungle has earned half of the advance booking collection of Bhooth Bangla which happens to be Rs 3.32cr. To note, Welcome To the Jungle is expected to touch Rs 2cr from its presales.

Meanwhile, Akshay recently spoke about his thoughts on retirement during the trailer launch and stated, "I do feel like retiring sometimes; this thought comes to me at 4 am when I wake up. But in five seconds, I remember I have to be on a shoot, where 300 people are waiting for me. Then I tell myself I will think about retirement the next day; 36 years have passed doing this. If I retire, what will happen. I will become an electrician, dog walker, gardener, etc. So I feel it's better if I go to work and not retire. I try to spend time with family. After one day, they asked me when will I return to work. I find the word retire very wrong. A person should retire five seconds before dying. If you want a long life, keep working".