Pushpa 2 The Rule created a massive buzz before its release and is likely to reap benefits after the movie's release on Thursday, December 5. Allu Arjun's action drama has earned an estimated ₹100 crore in advance booking, according to koimoi.com.
With this achievement, Pushpa 2 has joined the elite club of movies, which earned ₹100 crore on the first day. So far, Baahubali 2, RRR, KGF Chapter 2, Leo, and Kalki 2898 AD achieved this milestone.
Pushpa 2 The Rule advance booking numbers look very promising, indicating the Allu Arjun's movie is set to be a mega blockbuster. The movie crossed ₹100 crore gross collection in day 1 advance booking, reported Koimoi, citing world box Office data. In India, the movie has sold ₹73 crore gross tickets. The movie has sold ₹35 crore tickets (gross) in the United States. The movie booking has surpassed ₹125 crore (gross), including blocked seats, according to Koimoi as of 6:30 pm Wednesday.
Pushpa 2: The Rule sold approximately 31,76,479 tickets in India for its first-day shows. With this, the movie's total collection stood at ₹91.24 crore without blocked seats, according to Sacnilk. After including blocked seats, Pushpa 2 advance booking collection for day 1 stood at ₹105.67 crore.
The action drama set another record after it surpassed KGF 2, Baahubali 2, and Kalki 2898 AD and became the fastest movie to sell 1 million tickets on BookMyShow.
Social media users have already started sharing their experience of watching Pushpa 2 The Rule. Many of them praised Allu Arjun's performance, whereas, several others complained about weak writing.
“#Pushpa2 has great first half with right mix of entertainment and elevations. But the 2nd half is not as great with b2b action blocks and songs dominating the writing. AA’s another sensational performance, the movie is worth watch for him,” shared an X user.
“A decent one time watch film with good first half and good 1hr into 2nd half but goes flat in last 30 mins and ends with a unnecessary cliffhanger [sic],” read another post on X.
“allu's career best perfo .. man literally gave it all for this film.- 1st half screenplay, interval. As always BGM different level [sic].”
In a major boost to Pushpa 2 The Rule's collection, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana governments approved the movie makers request to raise Pushpa 2 ticket prices in the two states. In Andhra Pradesh, Pushpa 2 premier shows and other shows for the first 13 days will be sold at higher prices, according to a report in India Today.
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