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The much-awaited Bollywood film 'Animal' collected Rs 9.75 crore in advance bookings on Monday, November 27. So far, a total of 3,34,173 tickets have been sold across 7,200 shows in India, according to Indian film trade portal Sacnilk.
For Hindi 2D shows, as many as 2,73,425 tickets have been booked in advance, while for Telugu 2D shows, 58,465 tickets were booked, followed by 1,504 tickets for Kannada shows and 779 tickets for Tamil shows.
National Capital Region, or NCR (2.14 crore), Hyderabad (1.12 crore), Mumbai (84.96 lakh), Bengaluru (80.02 lakh), Kolkata (25.97 lakh), Jaipur (18.31 lakh) and Chandigarh (14.9 lakh) are the regions reported by Scannelik that contributed to the film's significant advance bookings throughout India.
On day one, superstar Ranbir Kapoor minted INR 6.95 crore in advance ticket sales after the advance booking for the film began. A total of 2,28,275 across all three languages were booked on Sunday.
The film is expected to gross Rs 50 crore on its opening day, according to a Sacnilk report. The Central Board of Film Certification has awarded Animal an 'A' rating (CBFC).
Apart from Ranbir Kapoor, Animal also features Anil Kapoor, Bobby Deol, and Rashmika Mandanna in pivotal roles. The film revolves around the turbulent relationship between Ranbir's Arjun Singh, and his father, Balbir Singh, played by Anil Kapoor. Rashmika Mandanna plays Ranbir's love interest, while Bobby Deol plays the chief antagonist in the film.
The film is produced by T-Series' Bhushan Kumar and Krishan Kumar, Murad Khetani's Cine1 Studios and Pranay Reddy Vanga's Bhadrakali Pictures. The film is set to release in theaters on December 1 in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam languages.
Ranbir made his debut with 2007's "Saawariya" and is regarded as one of the most talented actors of his generation also known for films like 'Barfi!' "Rockstar", "Wake Up Sid", "Raajneeti" and "Yeh Jawaani Hai".
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