Dunki Advance Booking: Shah Rukh Khan’s movie mints over ₹15 crore
Dunki Advance Booking: Shah Rukh Khan’s next movie Dunki, directed by Rajkumar Hirani, has witnessed a spectacular start with its advance bookings. For Day 1, it has signalled a strong performance at the Indian Box Office. The movie will be released on December 21.
As per the latest data, "Dunki" has sold a total of 2,55,796 tickets across India, accumulating a significant gross of ₹7.46 crore on its opening day. Maharashtra is leading the first-day advance booking at ₹1.32 crore. Delhi and West Bengal follow with ₹1.18 crore and ₹99.13 lakh respectively.
Among major cities, Hyderabad and Kolkata reported high occupancy rates of 26%, contributing ₹83.95 lakh and ₹74.45 lakh. In contrast, cities like Pune and Surat reported lower occupancy and revenue, with Pune at 7% occupancy and Surat at 3%. The National Capital Region (NCR) had 1,039 shows, the most across all listed regions, indicating a high level of interest.
"Dunki" has outpaced "Salaar" in overseas advance bookings, as per Movie Hub, reaching $915,000 ( ₹7.6 crore) in just five days without premiere shows. It is projected to surpass $1.5 million ( ₹12.5 crore) by December 20, it added. So, the total advance booking number for Dunki stands at over ₹15 crore.
North America leads with $375,000 ( ₹3.1 crore), followed by AUS/NZ at $154,000 ( ₹1.2 crore), the Gulf with $137,000 ( ₹1.1 crore), the UK at $102,000 ( ₹84 lakh), Europe with $95,000 ( ₹78 lakh) and the rest of the world with $52,000 ( ₹43 lakh), Movie Hub posted from its official X (formerly Twitter) handle. Dunki has tall standards to surpass. Shah Rukh Khan has turned out to be a messiah for Bollywood.
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