SZP's bookings surge past 10,000 tickets in last 1 hour

Aamir Khan’s much-anticipated affectional play Sitaare Zameen Par had a measured commencement astatine the container bureau this morning, but is present showing encouraging signs of picking up gait arsenic the time progresses.

The film, which released contiguous (June 20), had astir of its shows scheduled to statesman station 10 am, resulting successful a comparatively dilatory beforehand booking fig successful the aboriginal hours. However, arsenic per BookMyShow data, the past 1 hr unsocial has seen a surge of implicit 10,000 tickets booked for the film, indicating increasing assemblage interest.As of 1 p.m. today, Sitaare Zameen Par has managed to cod Rs 1.68 crore successful India. Its beforehand booking anterior to merchandise stood astatine Rs 3.31 crore from 115,344 tickets sold crossed 9,542 shows nationwide.

With artifact seats included, the full pre-release booking worth climbed to Rs 6.88 crore, giving the movie a respectable commencement contempt the constricted aboriginal greeting amusement count.The film’s superior concern is coming from the Hindi belt, with Rs 3.19 crore gross generated done 103,884 tickets successful the Hindi 2D format alone. Its beingness successful determination languages similar Tamil and Telugu is constricted but notable, particularly with 9,309 tickets sold for the Telugu version.

In contrast, Kuberaa — starring Dhanush, Nagarjuna, and Rashmika Mandanna — has had a overmuch stronger opening astatine the Indian container office, earning Rs 3.58 crore till 1 p.m. connected its merchandise day. Made connected a reported fund of Rs 120 crore, Kuberaa has been consistently drafting successful crowds, with beforehand bookings and aboriginal amusement numbers reflecting dependable footfalls.While Sitaare Zameen Par had a slower commencement owed to its amusement timings and the genre’s typically selective assemblage appeal, the day and evening shows are expected to execute better, particularly with the crisp spike successful last-hour summons bookings hinting astatine affirmative connection of rima and increasing curiosity.If the existent booking momentum sustains done the evening and weekend, Sitaare Zameen Par could good find its footing astatine the container office, balancing retired its day-one numbers with a dependable pickup successful collections.The movie has a prima studded premiere past nighttime which was attended by Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Rekha, Vicky Kaushal and galore more.