Prabha’s Adipurush is heading for a strong opening. As the latest advance booking numbers suggest the movie has garnered more than 4.7 lakh tickets sale for its weekend shows. According, trade analyst Taran Adarsh predicted a ‘box office tsunami loading’ for the Prabhas and Kriti Sanon-starrer as he tweeted the numbers.
Interestingly, Prabhas will play the role of Raghav, Kriti will play the role of Janaki and Saif will play Lankesh in the film. Creator Om said that the reason he has named Prabhas’ character Raghav is to ensure that the character is approachable and more human in audiences’ eyes. Om believes that using the name Ram would put the character on a pedestal.
Adipurush will be arriving in theatres on June 16.On Thursday, Taran posted in his social media about the Prabhas film, “Adipurush advance booking status at national chains [PVR and INOX] update till Thursday, 11 am… Note: Hindi and Telugu versions… Total tickets sold for weekend 1 [PVR and INOX ]: 4,79,811. Note: Cinepolis ticket sales are awaited. BO (box office) Tsunami loading (fire emojis).”
Additionally he shared Adipurush tickets breakup, he tweeted, “Friday…PVR 1,26,050, INOX 96,502, total 2,22,552. Saturday… PVR 83,596, INOX 55,438, total 1,39,034. Sunday… PVR 69,279, INOX 48,946, total 1,18,225.”
Taran commented the film’s box office collection would be ‘massive’, not only in single-screen theatres and multiplexes in north, but also in the south, specially in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, where Prabhas has a huge fan base.
He tweeted, “Adipurush revenue from non-national chains as well as mass venues [multiplexes as well as single screens] will be MASSIVE… Also, south India [Telangana and Andhra Pradesh specifically] will be humongous.”
Adipurush box office day 1 will be the most watched spectacle
The Om Raut film is anticipated to gain ₹40 to ₹50 crore on day one of its release. Producer and film business expert Girish Johar says, “The audience has given a thumbs up to the new and revised trailer. The Prabhas starrer is based on our legendary epic Ramayan. It is a family outing, I am expecting a huge opening that may be ranging between ₹45 and 50 crore (or perhaps more) for all languages combined. He added”
The film is a mythological drama based on the iconic Ramayana. It features Prabhas as Raghava and Kriti Sanon as Janaki. Adipurush also features Saif Ali Khan as the antagonist Ravana. Sunny Singh as Lakshmana, Devdatta Nage as Bajrang, Vatsal Sheth as Meghanadha will also feature in the film along with Sonal Chauhan and Trupti Toradmal.
Adipurush is backed by Bhushan Kumar and directed by Om Raut. It is a multi-lingual film and will be released in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada languages.