Dunki vs Salaar & Guntur Kaaram vs HanuMan: The Ultimate Box Office Battle Breakdown

Dunki vs Salaar & Guntur Kaaram vs HanuMan: The Ultimate Box Office Battle Breakdown

Captain Miller Box Office Advance Booking

The action-packed film Captain Miller, starring Dhanush, Shiva Rajkumar, and Sundeep Kishan, is a Tamil movie released in Tamil, Hindi, and Kannada dubbed versions. The film’s advance bookings for all three languages have commenced, receiving a remarkable response. Captain Miller is set to release on January 12. Prior to its release, the film has achieved substantial earnings from advance bookings. Its all-India booking across three languages stands at ₹5 crore 78 lakh. Additionally, the film’s overseas market advance booking has garnered ₹3 crore 86 lakh. This brings Captain Miller’s first-day worldwide advance booking to ₹9 crore 64 lakh, indicating earnings in the range of nearly ₹10 crore from advance bookings alone.

HanuMan Film Advance Booking Report

Prasanth Varma’s Pan India film HanuMan, featuring Teja Sajja, has generated significant buzz, particularly among Hindi audiences. The film’s advance bookings in India have received a positive response. While the official release is scheduled for January 12, paid premier shows were held on January 11 in Telugu states, with shows completely sold out or housefull in many theaters. HanuMan’s all-India advance booking collection, encompassing Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada languages, including first-day bookings and paid premier shows, totals ₹4 crore 51 lakh. Furthermore, the film’s overseas advance booking stands at ₹2 crore 94 lakh. This results in a worldwide advance booking collection of ₹7 crore 45 lakh for HanuMan. The film is expected to face competition in Telugu states due to the release of Mahesh Babu’s Guntur Kaaram, potentially impacting screen availability, but it is anticipated to perform well in its Hindi version.

Guntur Kaaram Creates Advance Booking History

Superstar Mahesh Babu’s action-drama film Guntur Kaaram, directed by Trivikram Srinivas, has seen its hype and craze reach the next level, evident from its advance booking figures. The film, which is set to release on January 12, has made historic collections in advance bookings. Guntur Kaaram is releasing solely in the Telugu language. Its all-India Telugu advance booking has reached ₹26 crore 62 lakh. The overseas advance booking for the film is ₹6 crore 43 lakh. Consequently, Mahesh Babu’s Guntur Kaaram has secured a first-day worldwide advance booking collection of ₹33 crore 5 lakh. It is confirmed that the film’s first-day collection is projected to exceed at least ₹50-60 crore.

Dunki Box Office Performance Update

Shah Rukh Khan’s film Dunki, directed by Rajkumar Hirani and also starring Vicky Kaushal and Taapsee Pannu, has completed three weeks in cinemas and entered its fourth week. The film, which was released on December 21, had a budget of ₹120 crore and was released exclusively in Hindi. Dunki’s all-India net collection in the initial 20 days was ₹225 crore 28 lakh. On its 21st day, the film collected ₹2 crore 57 lakh net in India. For its 22nd day, Dunki is estimated to achieve an India net collection of approximately ₹2 crore 50 lakh, similar to the previous day. With these figures, Dunki’s all-India net collection within the first 22 days stands at ₹228 crore 45 lakh, with an India gross collection of ₹272 crore. The film has earned ₹189 crore from the overseas market. This brings Dunki’s worldwide collection for the first 22 days to ₹461 crore. Surpassing its budget significantly, the film has earned nearly four times its cost and has been declared a box office ‘superhit’.

Salar Film Completes Three Weeks at Box Office

Pan India superstar Prabhas’ film Salar, directed by Prashanth Neel and also starring Prithviraj Sukumaran, Jagapathi Babu, and Shruti Haasan, has completed three weeks in cinemas, marking 21 days since its release on December 22. The film generated strong collections across all five languages (Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada) worldwide during its first two weeks, though earnings declined in the third week. Salar’s all-India net collection over 17 days was ₹465 crore 22 lakh. On its 18th day, the film collected ₹3 crore 12 lakh. The 19th day saw collections of ₹2 crore 46 lakh, while the 20th day’s collection was ₹2 crore 34 lakh. On its 21st day, Salar is estimated to have an India net collection of ₹2 crore 20 lakh. This brings Salar’s all-India net collection over 21 days to ₹475 crore 34 lakh, with an India gross collection of ₹566 crore. The film has surpassed the ₹150 crore mark in the overseas market. Consequently, Salar’s worldwide box office collection for the initial three weeks totals ₹716 crore. The film is expected to see a significant reduction in screen count from January 12 due to new releases in both Telugu cinema and Hindi.