New Delhi: Ranbir Kapoor, Bobby Deol, Anil Kapoor and Rashmika Mandanna’s film ‘Animal’ has created a lot of buzz ever since its trailer was released recently. The film, which is all set to release on December 1, opened its advance booking on Saturday and according to reports the film has already collected Rs 6.4 crore from ticket sales.
According to industry tracker Sacnilk, the film has sold a total of 2,09,986 tickets for 6,036 shows till now and earned Rs 6.42 crore in the domestic market. The Hindi version sold 1,76,192 tickets, collecting Rs 5.87 crore, the Telugu version sold 33,453 tickets (Rs 54 lakh). Among all the regions, Delhi and Telangana have made the most substantial contributions to the advance bookings of the film, recording Rs 1.51 crore and Rs 1.23 crore, respectively.
According to Sacnilk’s prediction, the film can become Ranbir Kapoor’s biggest opener and can collect Rs 50 crore on day one beating Ranbir’s Sanju, which is his highest opener at Rs 34.75 crore nett.
Trade analyst Taran Adarsh also posted the ticket sales of national multiplex chains. He wrote, “#Xclusiv… #Animal advance booking status at *national chains*… Note: [Friday] Day 1 tickets sold… #PVRInox: 97,000 #Cinepolis: 22,500 Total: 1,19,500 tickets sold. #Miraj: 10,000+ / 3 pm #MovieMax: 4,100 / 3.15 pm #AnimalTheFilm.”
'Animal' will clash with Vicky Kaushal's film 'Sam Bahadur', which is directed by Meghna Gulzar. The biographical war drama on the life of India’s first Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw is far behind the Ranbir starter in advance booking and has sold only 15000 tickets so far.
Talking about the film, Ranbir had said: “This movie is basically about an obsessive love. No kind of obsession is ever healthy and this is what it is about. The character is just someone who is deeply obsessed with his father’s love, he craves for it. There are also childhood scars which shape him, later turning him into what he is.”
The film is directed by Sandeep Reddy Vanga.