‘Fighter’ Advance Booking: Will Hrithik Roshan, Deepika Padukone-Starrer Collect More Than ‘Pathaan’ On Day 1?
Hrithik Roshan, Deepika Padukone, and Anil Kapoor-starrer ‘Fighter’, directed by Siddharth Anand, will be releasing in cinemas on January 25.
Hrithik Roshan, Anil Kapoor and Deepika Padukone-starrer ‘Fighter’, directed by Siddharth Anand of ‘War’ and ‘Pathaan’ fame, will be releasing in cinemas on Thursday, January 25. The new Hindi film, which also stars Karan Singh Grover, Akshay Oberoi and Sanjeeda Shaikh, is highly anticipated as fans can’t wait to see their favourite stars in an aerial actioner. The advance booking opened for the upcoming Bollywood movie on January 20, and the response has been decent so far.
As per industry tracker Sacnilk, ‘Fighter’ has managed to sell more than 1.5 lakh tickets for the opening day so far, grossing Rs 5.29 crore.
The breakdown includes 67,498 tickets for the 2D Hindi version, 89,709 tickets for the 3D version, 7,600 tickets for IMAX 3D action, and 2,557 tickets for the 4DX 3D experience.
The bulk of the booking for the opening day has been reported in Maharashtra, followed by Delhi, Karnataka and Telangana.
Earlier, Ranbir Kapoor-fronted 'Animal' directed by Sandeep Reddy Vanga, had opened to a collection of Rs 63.8 crore, out of which, 54.75 crore came through the Hindi version.
Talking about last year's 'Tiger 3', starring Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif and Emraan Hashmi, the film released on Diwali day, and it opened to a collection of Rs 44.5 crore in India, across all languages.
Speaking of Siddharth Anand's last release ‘Pathaan’, which starred Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone and John Abraham, it had opened to a collection of Rs 57 crore in India, when it released on January 25, 2023.
For the unversed, 'Fighter' is reportedly based on the 2019 Pulwama attack and how India responded in the aftermath of the incident.
'Fighter' is the third collaboration between Hrithik and Siddharth Anand after 'Bang Bang' and 'War'. The movie is also the third collaboration between Deepika and Siddharth after 'Bachna Ae Haseeno' and 'Pathaan'.
Earlier, Siddharth Anand admitted that the success of 'Pathaan', starring Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone and John Abraham, has set the bar too high for him and he is indeed feeling the "pressure of the expectations" from his audience.
"I would lie if I told you that I’m not feeling the pressure of the expectations that people have of me and my films post Pathaan. I feel it every moment but I need to isolate myself and understand that each film has its own journey," he said while talking to News18.
“I don’t expect that this time around. With Pathaan, it just happened. I got blessed with it. Pathaan was blessed and special. But I don’t want Fighter to be compared to anything. I didn’t want Pathaan to be compared to War either. I want Fighter to chart its own world because it’s its own film," he added.
