Two major releases- Salaar and Dunki—are about to hit theaters this weekend. One stars the Badshaah of Bollywood, Shah Rukh Khan, and the other is the Darling of Tollywood, Prabhas. The advance bookings of the films were released a few days ago, and the numbers indicate fans are showering their love on both movies.
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Salaar’s clash with Dunki
With 632687 tickets sold in 2537 shows, Salaar has earned over ₹14.07 crore in Telugu, while with 92338 tickets sold in 992 shows, Salaar has earned over ₹1.37 crore in Malayalam. With 45756 tickets sold throughout 849 showings, the Tamil film made ₹63 lakh. Kannada made ₹18.8 lakh with 10275 tickets sold in 103 shows.
The Hindi version of the film made 2.04 crores from 76188 tickets sold in 3134 shows. With 2774 tickets sold over 21 shows in Telugu, the film brought in ₹23 lakh, while with 135 seats sold over two shows in Hindi (IMAX), it brought in ₹79650. Based on stats, the movie has earned ₹18.54 crore after 860153 tickets were sold in 7638 showings.
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Prithviraj’s Reaction to the box office clash
Addressing the clash of the two prominent movies of the year- “It’s the holiday season and we are all movie lovers; we’re getting to see a Rajkumar Hirani-Shah Rukh Khan film and a Prashanth Neel-Prabhas film we should all be celebrating,” actor Prithviraj Sukumaran told news agency ANI. He further added ” I can’t wait to watch both movies on opening day.”
Salaar release withdrawn from South’s Multiplexes
Just 2 days before its release, a major development came regarding the release of Salaar- its production house – Hombale Productions withdrew the release from Inox PVR and Miraj Cinemas in the southern states over unfair trade of screening of SRK’s Dunki in the Northern belt. According to them, the agreement of getting 50-50 screening rights for the films was allegedly not being followed. “A lot of alleged back-and-push and manufactured rumors made single screens in North India favor showcasing ‘Dunki’ over ‘Salaar,'” a source says, “despite the consensus and agreement.”
Chakuve Gowda of Hombale Films stressed the importance of fairness in the industry and emphasized that they want the game to be fair. He stated that if exhibitors adjust the makers will release it in their outlets.
The CEO of Amit Sharma asserted that the decision of allotment of shows should be the exhibitor’s as they understand the pulse of the audience. They know viewers’ preferences and are best positioned to determine how films should be allocated. Dunki’s team expressed their view that they deserve priority as they were the first to announce. Dunki os distributed by Pen Marudhar and Salaar is distributed by Anil Thadani’s AA films.
About Dunki
Four buddies who want to travel to London, England are the subject of the story: Manu (Taapsee Panu), Buggu (Vikram Kochhar), Sukhi (Vicky Kaushal), and Balli (Anil Grover). They are assisted in arriving by Hardy (Shah Rukh Khan). Dia Mirza and Bomman Irani (Gulati) have supporting roles in the movie as well.
Produced by Rajkumar Hirani and Gauri Khan, it is presented by Red Chillies Entertainment and JIO Studios. Pritam provides the soundtrack. The film has a 120 crore budget in total.
About Salaar
The plot is about two childhood friends who turned rivals. Directed by Prashanth Neel the film stars- Prabhas (Deva) Shruthi Hassan (Aadhya) , and Prithviraj Sukumaram ( Vardha ) in the lead roles. Jagapathi Babu (Raja Mannar) and Tinnu Anand (Gaikwad) are the supporting leads.
It is presented by Hombale Films and the total budget of the movie is 270 crores. It is produced by Vijay Kirangandur.
