Ajay Devgn, Akshaye Khanna, and Tabu Starr Drishyam 2 Box Office Preview: Runtime, Screen Count, and Opening Day
Drishyam 2 starring Ajay Devgn needs to aim for a double-digit start at the Indian box office and then increase on Saturday and Sunday to pack a punch during the opening weekend.
The follow-up to the 2015 thriller Drishyam, starring Ajay Devgn, Tabu, and Akshaye Khanna, is scheduled to hit theatres on November 18.
The central board of film certification gave the Abhishek Pathak-directed movie a U/A certification; the authorized running time was 2 hours and 22 minutes (142 minutes).
It is getting a reasonably wide distribution, with the majority of the country’s multiplexes hosting screenings.
Screen count and advance tickets for Drishyam 2
The early trends indicate that Drishyam 2 will be released on 3300 screens (about 2300 properties), though this number may rise if more theatres sign up to screen the movie in advance.
Although the most crucial two days will be Wednesday and Thursday, full-fledged pre-bookings began on Sunday morning, and the movie has since seen constant movement.
The movie had sold 39,000 tickets as of Wednesday morning in the three national chains, PVR, Inox, and Cinepolis.
This is one of the largest advances a movie has racked up in the post-pandemic era. In order to put things into context, Drishyam may have easily topped that number by Tuesday night for Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2, which had sold about 33,000 tickets in the three chains by Wednesday noon.
The opening day expectation
The ultimate advance for Drishyam 2 should be in the range of 70,000 to 80,000 tickets across the three chains, which is excellent for a movie of this type.
The franchise element has benefited the movie because audiences in the metropolises actually liked the first installment’s material.
The picture will aim for a double-digit plus opening if the trailer’s success is any indication. Drishyam 2 may approach the Rs. 12 crore mark if the movie’s reviews are favorable, but all of these numbers will be greatly influenced by the day-of walk-in audience.
The Drishyam 2 campaign adopted the more is less philosophy, and the marketing team placed a lot of stock in the popularity of the trailer and the value of the brand.
Although we are anticipating a double-digit start, it will be intriguing to watch how the movie performs on the first day.
