Allu Arjun and Rashmika Mandanna’s Pushpa 2: The Rule has trumped Prabhas-starrer Kalki 2898 AD in advance booking for Day 1, earning over Rs 80 crore in India and more than Rs 100 crore gross globally in pre-sales, according to industry data-tracking platform Sacnilk.
Kalki 2898 AD, the biggest box office opener of the year 2024, raked in Rs 62 crores gross in India through advance bookings for Day 1, according to Sacnilk.
At the time this report was filed on Wednesday, West Bengal had sold tickets worth over Rs 2 crore, according to Sacnilk.
Telangana leads the charge in pre-sales with tickets worth over Rs 19 crore sold. Andhra Pradesh follows close behind with tickets worth over Rs 16 crore sold. As per the latest trade reports, Maharashtra has generated a revenue of over Rs 7 crore, while Delhi has generated a revenue of over Rs 3 crore in pre-sales.
In Kolkata, ticket prices on BookMyShow range from Rs 70 to over Rs 1,500.
Over 1 million tickets for the film have been sold on BookMyShow across India, the platform announced on X on Monday.
With this, Pushpa 2 has become the fastest film to sell 1 million tickets on BookMyShow, Ashish Saksena, COO – Cinemas, BookMyShow, said in a statement. Pushpa 2 will reportedly have the highest ticket prices for any Telugu film after the Andhra Pradesh government announced a special ticket price hike ahead of its December 5 release.
According to a Sacnilk report, Pushpa 2 has already become Allu Arjun's biggest domestic and worldwide opener based on pre-sales alone. The actor's previous biggest starter was the original 2021 film, Pushpa - The Rise, which opened with approximately Rs 64 crores gross worldwide, including around Rs 53 crore in India.
While Allu is set to reprise his role as the titular character Pushpa Raj in the upcoming Sukumar directorial, Rashmika and Fahadh Faasil will also return as Srivalli and SP Bhanwar Singh Shekhawat, respectively. The trailer, dropped on November 17, promises an epic showdown between Pushpa and SP Shekhawat. The video also teases Pushpa and Srivalli’s on-screen chemistry and Sreeleela’s much-talked-about dance number Kissik.
Pushpa 2 has received a U/A certificate from the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC).
As per BookMyShow, the film has a three-hour-20-minute runtime.
The music for Pushpa 2: The Rule has been scored by Devi Sri Prasad, while Miroslaw Kuba Brozek has handled the cinematography.
