On December 13, Bollywood Hungama reported that Avatar: Fire And Ash had sold 30,500 tickets in the national chains, as of 3:00 pm on December 12. 24,000 tickets were sold in PVR Inox properties, while Cinepolis sold 6,500 tickets. In this article, we now bring to you an update about the ticket sales of the biggest Hollywood film of the year.
As of December 15 evening, nearly 70,000 tickets have been sold in the three national chains. With the film releasing three days from now, the number will increase with each passing hour. Even the non-national chains have now come on board gradually.
That’s not all. Earlier, only the special formats like IMAX, 4DX etc. were getting maximum patronage. But now, the tickets in normal screens as well as the dubbed versions are finding preference. The bulk of the tickets are still being sold in the South, but as it happens with big Hollywood films, the whole country will come in its support close to the release or after the release.
Looking at the advance trend, trade sources confirm that Avatar: Fire And Ash will be able to sell more than 2 lakh tickets for its opening day. The earlier film in this series, Avatar: The Way Of Water (2022), had sold a huge 3.25 lakh tickets for its opening day in advance. This number seems out of reach as of now.
Nevertheless, Avatar: Fire And Ash is set for the biggest Hollywood opening of the year, of Rs. 30 crores plus. Hence, it would be the biggest international opener of the year in the country, beating Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (Rs. 18.89 crores), The Conjuring: Last Rites (Rs. 16.90 crores) and Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba – Infinity Castle (Rs. 11.30 crores).
Directed by blockbuster filmmaker James Cameron, Avatar: Fire And Ash releases in cinemas on December 19.
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