New Delhi: Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif’s 'Tiger 3' is all set to release on November 12 and the film’s advance booking started on Sunday. Going by the advance booking status, the YRF film is expected to do record-breaking performance at the box office. According to industry tracker Sacnilk, the film has already sold over 2 lakh and 27 thousand tickets and has earned Rs 6.48 crore from the sale of tickets across India.
Amid the major buzz around the film, 'Tiger 3' is set to have shows running 24x7 in theatres. Cinemas in Ahmedabad and the Middle East are the first ones to play the spy film round the clock.
The Cinestars Miniplex in Ahmedabad has decided to start screening the Salman Khan & Katrina Kaif starrer from 2 AM. However, theatres in the Middle East like Vox Cinemas in Mirdif, Dubai will play the film at 12.05 am & Nakheel Mall, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia will play Tiger 3 from 2 am respectively.
An insider reveals, “We will mostly see many theatres across the country playing ‘Tiger 3’ 24x7 from Monday 13 November, the big New Year holiday post Laxmi Puja. There is a strong demand from exhibitors from various parts of the country for this to happen because of the unprecedented buzz around the film.”
The source added, “Ahmedabad is the first city in India to start showing ‘Tiger 3’ round the clock. Middle East theatres are also doing it from Sunday onwards which is a holiday in that part of the world and Diwali has no bearing on their release strategy. YRF will see a surge of this demand from across the nation for ‘Tiger 3’ in the next few days. This is great for business and the industry because people want to see good cinema and ‘Tiger 3’ is a tentpole release of the year!”
‘Tiger 3’, directed by Maneesh Sharma, is a sequel to ‘Ek Tha Tiger’ and 'Tiger Zinda Hai'. The trailer showed Emraan as an antagonist and some intense action sequences. Katrina’s towel fight sequence at a hammam garnered a lot of attention.
The film also features Kumud Mishra, Revathi, Riddhi Dogra, and Anant Vidhaat.