Devara Set for Rs 100 Crore Worldwide Opening: Advance Booking and Box Office Predictions
Devara is the grand return of Telugu superstar Jr NTR, who was last seen with the film Baahubali. He has finally come back to the silver screen and that too in a massive solo release after six years. Brought to the audience by Kortala Siva, the venture features much pomp and show. Trade reports say that Devara will break all existing records regarding global box office collections and estimates it to have a global opening of more than Rs 100 crore. Therefore, Jr NTR is going to be one of those rare Telugu films stars, like Prabhas. Such huge filmmakers are very few in number.
Craze for Advance Bookings: Ticket Sales Skyrockets
Devara had already sold around 10.74 lakh tickets in India as of 10 am on Thursday, September 26, raking in an impressive Rs 27.52 crore in gross earnings for its first day at the domestic box office. These figures have not accounted for block seats. With block seats, the total for first-day collection in India would stand at Rs 42.63 crore, pointing to the enormous excitement among the audience about the film’s release.
Advance booking trends of Devara have been quite positive, especially in the Telugu-speaking regions. In the Telugu market, 10.19 lakh tickets are sold for an amount of Rs 26.49 crore in gross earnings, not to mention block seats. With just a few days to the release, the pre-sales business of the film is all set to reach Rs 50 crore gross globally on the opening day.
Devara: A Global Box Office Monolith
The film has elicited enough enthusiasm outside India also. Pre-sales at the box office worldwide have set to put up figures of Rs 50 crore gross in India and around Rs 42 crore gross overseas by the time of release. This would make for an awesome advance booking record that would fetch Devara a record opening day, with total earnings ready to touch Rs 100 crore mark globally.
Adding a breath of fresh air to this was Jr NTR’s burgeoning popularity in India and aboard after the massive blockbuster RRR. Wide releases are planned both at home and abroad, and Devara is going to be one of the biggest releases of the year, thereby cementing Jr NTR as one of the top stars of Telugu cinema.
Jr NTR’s Biggest Solo Opener: Record Breaking
With Devara, Jr NTR is going to cross all the opening-day box office figures of his previous solo outings. Now, the actor’s previous highest solo opener at the box office was Aravindha Sametha, which collected Rs 58 crore gross worldwide on its opening day. Devara has already surpassed that with business from advance sales, and it’s clear that this film is going to break new ground for the actor with its collections at the box office.
The traction the film has gained ahead of its release is phenomenal with fans rushing to book their tickets for what promises to be a high-octane action-packed entertainer. According to trade experts, if word-of-mouth about the film happens to be good after its release, it may even have a longer run in theatres and even take away the cake from the bigger releases like Stree 2 in northern markets.
Wide Release in Hindi Market
Wide release in the Hindi market is one of the main reasons Devara will break the record. As RRR has won some ground for Jr NTR after the success, Devara would well cash in on the popularity in the north. Unlike several recent South Indian releases, including Thalapathy Vijay’s The Greatest of All Time, which ran into distribution and exhibitor resistance after its early OTT release window, the makers of Devara have gone for an extended 50-day theatrical window.
This will provide enough scope for Hindi-speaking audiences to see Jr NTR on the big screen, with all the ingredients that will strengthen its box office prospects. In light of the demand for the film and also the increased window that it is going to get, trade analysts are optimistic that Devara could have a smooth run across multiple regions of India if it gets good words.
Going Up Against Other Big Releases
Despite all the bigger releases that will arrive within the weeks, it is at least likely that Devara could stand up thanks to Jr NTR’s star power and appeal of the film to the various markets. The film, if well-appreciated both by critics as well as audiences, might just be able to overtake some of its counterparts and go on to become one of the highest-grossing Telugu films of the year.
The massive marketing campaign, coupled with advance bookings running into millions of tickets, have already done the groundwork to ensure dramatic openings. The din and hum created about the movie in the run-up to its opening will propel Devara towards sure shot box office excesses, say the industry gurus.
Conclusion: A Blockbuster in the Making
This film happens to be one of the largest solo box office success films for Jr. NTR, in terms of the cast, plot, and high-octane action scenes. The advance booking numbers have already placed the film in a record-breaking mode, and opening in more than Rs 100 crore worldwide is expected.
But beyond this numbers game, it’s going to be a watch at the box office. Whether the film delivers on its promise of being a crowd pleaser, whether Jr NTR was going to emerge as one of the giants in Indian cinema once again, or if the film itself was going to carve out a place for itself among the biggest Telugu blockbusters of all time-the wait would be on.
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