Yesterday, Bollywood Hungama reported that the much-awaited Hollywood musical, Michael, had sold 78,000 tickets for the opening weekend and paid previews, indicating a promising start for the film in India. In lower than 24 hours, the momentum has grown even stronger.
EXCLUSIVE: Michael crosses 1 lakh ticket sales mark for opening weekend; paid previews set to open at Rs. 1 cr plus; Hyderabad’s Prasads and ALLU Cinemas in overdrive
Bollywood Hungama has now learned that Michael has crossed the numerous 1 lakh ticket sales mark for the weekend and paid previews, underlining the tremendous excitement surrounding the Michael Jackson biopic. As per the most recent trends, the film has sold around 28,500 tickets for the paid previews alone, with the gross collection for these shows standing at a powerful Rs. 97 lakhs gross. Consequently, the paid preview collections are actually expected to go past the Rs. 1 crore nett mark since spot booking may also happen today for the paid previews.
Meanwhile, the overall ticket sales for the weekend and paid previews have reached 1.13 lakh tickets, amounting to a powerful Rs. 4.30 crore gross and counting. Certainly one of the largest highlights of the advance booking is the exceptional response in Hyderabad. The long-lasting Prasads multiplex alone has sold 7,300 tickets for the weekend, which is a rare number for only one cinema. Adding to the surprise, Allu Arjun’s standalone property, ALLU Cinemas, has sold 6,500 tickets, a figure that’s higher than the combined advances in properties run by exhibition chains akin to MovieTime, Asian Cinemas and MovieMax.
The one factor that would have played spoilsport was the impact of the negative reviews from the West. Nonetheless, that hasn’t dampened the thrill one bit, as tickets proceed to be sold with each passing hour. The special screening of Michael, held yesterday in Mumbai’s IMAX Wadala, received an amazing response. Actually, probably the most common query asked by those stepping out of the screening was how the reviews within the West might be so harsh. Word concerning the overwhelmingly positive response on the screening has spread quickly, and the initial reviews emerging locally have further indicated that the aam junta is more likely to embrace the film with open arms once it releases.
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