The Christmas holiday weekend is up for a clash of the titans at the Indian box office as Shah Rukh Khan’s comedy-drama Dunki and Prabhas’ crime-thriller Salaar arrive in the theatres just a day apart from each other. While Dunki releases on December 21, Salaar will hit the theatres on December 22. The advance ticket sales for both films began recently, and the audience is showing immense interest in both.
However, the first preference of the moviegoers seems to be Salaar as it has left behind SRK’s Dunki. The Prashanth Neel helmed drama has already done a business of Rs 12.67 crore with the sale of 5,77,406 tickets for 6439 shows across the country. Dunki has so far managed to sell 3,60,508 tickets for 12608 shows and has earned Rs 10.26 crore. Dunki outperformed Salaar until Tuesday, but the tables turned within a matter of a day.
The moviegoers in the Telugu-speaking belt of the country are most excited about Salaar as the Telugu version of the film has earned Rs 8.78 crore from the sale of 3,82,617 tickets. The Hindi version of the film follows with Rs 1.74 crore coming from the region. Malayalam-speaking states are showing an upward trend in the sale of tickets for Salaar. 8,72,77 tickets have been sold for 978 shows bringing in Rs 1.2 crore.
Shah Rukh Khan, who has already given two hits during the year with Pathaan and Jawan, still has got the cinephiles excited for his film. People in Maharashtra are most excited to watch Dunki as their share to the total earnings of the film on Day 1 stands to be Rs 1.81 crore so far, followed by Delhi (Rs 1.55 crore) and West Bengal (Rs 1.22 crore). If SRK would strike a hattrick of hits on Thursday, it would be known soon.
Meanwhile, the Dunki team has told the distributors that they don’t want to share the screen with Salaar and want all four shows for themselves. And, if they won’t be given all four shows, they don’t want any.
Dunki, unlike the previous two Shah Rukh Khan films Pathaan and Jawan, won’t release in dubbed languages. Salaar will have a pan-India opening in Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada and Malayalam.
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Dunki vs Salaar advance box office collection Day 1: Prabhas’ film races past Shah Rukh Khan’s comedy drama by Rs 2.4 crore – The Indian Express
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