HIT 3: Nani's Film Unleashes Rampage In Ticket Sales Post Release; 2.72 Lakh Sold In 24 Hrs With Mixed Reviews

HIT 3 Pre-sales Create A Record On Day 2: Nani and Srinidhi Shetty's latest crime thriller HIT: The Third Case, written and directed by Sailesh Kolanu unleashed a euphoric vibe at the box office counters. Upon its hyped and grand theatrical debut on May 1 worldwide, Nani's film touched new records in advance sales, release day gross, and USA box office. HIT 3 is now the highest-grosser for Nani after 'Dasara' and is the fastest $ 1.1 Million grosser in the USA. The movie's Nizam collection of day 1 fetched Rs 4.30 Crore in share and the India box office (all languages) is Rs 19 Crore. Overall, Nani's 'HITverse' sequel made Rs 43 Crore worldwide on its release day, officially.

After Nani's HIT 3 was released in competition with Suriya-Karthik Subbaraj's 'Retro,' the movie earned largely positive reviews from the actor's fans, who were bowled over by his sensational makeover for the role of Arjun Sarkaar. From his guy-next-door image to the ruthless and violent cop, Nani has come a long way and took the mass action image seriously of late. Apart from Nani, who single-handedly shouldered the responsibility of HIT 3, which he produced on a budget of Rs 65 Crore, other aspects drew criticism from reviewers and regular movie buffs. Director Sailesh Kolanu's lack of gripping screenplay to a routine story impacted the experience for some.

HIT 3 Day 2 Advance Bookings: On FIREEE..

Despite mixed reviews, Nani's HIT 3 is experience massive surge in bookings through ticketing sites as well as ticket windows at the theatres. After the movie's release and on its day 2 at the theatres, HIT 3 sold over 12,000 tickets every hour, which is a testimony to the craze the movie has. It also talks about the crowd-pulling capacity of Nani. In 24 hours, HIT 3 sold as many as 2.25 lakh tickets, which is a record.

HIT 3 Synopsis

HIT: The Third Case follows a new challenge, a new criminal, and other gruesome killings, featuring Arjun Sarkar as the protagonist. Known for being ruthless and having a rogue attitude, this IPS officer carries a headstrong will when he gets transferred to Visakhapatnam from Jammu and Kashmir. The movie has another sequel and will include actors from all languages to keep the HIT verse running.

HIT 3 Cast & Crew

The crime-thriller stars Nani as Arjun Sarkar IPS, SP of HIT, Srinidhi Shetty as Mrudula, Surya Srinivas as Ravi IPS, Adil Pala as Zubair Ahmed Khan, Rao Ramesh as DGP Nageswara Rao, Adarsh Balakrishna as Raghu, Brahmaji as R. Shinde, Ravi Mariya as Jairam, and Maganti Srinath as Abhilash among others in key roles.

Written and directed by Sailesh Kolanu, the movie has its entire music and background score composed by Mickey J. Meyer. Karthika Srinivas handled the editing and Sanu John Varghese cranked the camera. Prashanti Tipirneni and Nani bankrolled the project under the Wall Poster Cinema banner.