New Delhi: Ranbir Kapoor, Rashmika Mandanna, Bobby Deol and Anil Kapoor strarrer 'Animal' is creating a rampage at the box office. As 'Animal' releases to grand openings across India, an enthusiastic fan audience has certainly contributed to the hype around the film which will also reflect in the opening day collections at the box office. As per industry tracker site Sacnilk.com, 'Animal' is likely to have a global opening of more than Rs. 100 cr.
The Sandeep Reddy Vanga film has already recorded one of the biggest pre-sales in the history of Hindi films.
'Animal' sold some 5 lakh tickets prior to release day, finishing at spot 5 on the all-time list of biggest openers after ‘Baahubali 2', 'Jawan', 'Pathaan', and 'KGF: Chapter 2'.
Ranbir Kapoor's previous film 'Brahmastra' collected Rs, 36 cr in India on day one of release. Earlier, 'Sanju' collected Rs. 34 cr on opening day and went on to become his biggest hit, grossing some Rs. 600 cr worldwide.
Film critic and trade analyst Traan Adarsh also shared news about Aniamal's early estimates report at the box office.
Taking to his official Twitter handle, Taran Adarsh wrote, "From urban centres to mass pockets, from multiplexes to single screens, from Tier-1 to Tier-2 and Tier-3 centres, from East to West and from North to South, it’s Animal mania all across."
Sandeep Reddy Vanga had spoken to iDreamMedia in an interview and shared that 'Animal' is tracking to generate Rs. 50 cr from just the Hindi language collections at the box office and gross nearly Rs. 350 cr worldwide in the opening weekend.
'Animal' comes five years after 'Kabir Singh', which marked Sandeep Reddy Vanga's Bollywood directorial feature. A remake of his Telugu film 'Arju Reddy', 'Kabir Singh grossed Rs. 400 cr worldwide and divided audiences as far as reviews for the film was concerned.
At the time, when controversy and charges of 'toxic masculinity' and 'violence glorification' were flying high, Vanga promised to make an even more violent film than before.