Significant portions of the nation are experiencing heavy rains as a result of the cloudy skies. However, because advance bookings for Akshay Kumar’s next movie Sarfira haven’t improved much by Day 2, a metaphorical storm is also brewing over the film’s box office prospects. Just 1800 tickets for Sarfira had been sold as of Thursday at noon across the top 3 national chains, PVR, Inox, and Cinepolis. https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/box-office-special-features/sarfira-advance-booking-update-akshay-kumar-film-sells-1800-tickets-across-national-multiplex-chains-day-1-sends-shockwave-industry/
In the pre-sales, the Sudha Kongara-directed movie is currently up against Selfiee and Mission Raniganj; by Thursday night, it might potentially be the least successful of the three. For those who don’t know, Selfiee sold 8,200 tickets throughout these top 3 multiplexes, and Mission Raniganj sold 6,600 seats in national chains.https://24indiannews.com/karan-johar-shared-https-24indiannews-comp96/
Pre-sale numbers for Sarfira are especially concerning as they are significantly lower than those of Ishq Vishk, which sold 12,000 tickets through national chains. Sarfira’s bookings are a tenth of those of Chandu Champion, a genre film with Kartik Aaryan that was released three weeks ago.
This dreary advance booking performance virtually gives away the film’s ending before it even starts by hinting at a sad beginning. These poor advance sales, compounded by expensive production costs, mean that the movie has an uphill battle ahead of it, despite encouraging internal reports. A movie starring a major celebrity rarely opens at such low numbers, therefore this start could have a negative impact on the Indian film industry.