Salaar vs. Dunki: Prabhas Trails as SRK Dominates Advance Box Office with 150,000 Tickets Sold

Salaar vs Dunki advance box office: Prabhas trails as SRK's film dominates, selling 150,000 tickets. Bollywood-Tollywood clash heats up!

Written by: Shivani Kumari

Edited by: Krutarth Ghosalkar

Last Updated: December 18, 2023

Summary: Salaar, starring Prabhas vs. Shah Rukh Khan's Dunki, is on pre-sale. The Prashant Neel directorial has collected Rs 3.58 crore through pre-orders, taking the SRK film's total to Rs 4.46 crore.

Telugu actor Prabhas is all set to dazzle the silver screen with his upcoming film 'Salaar: Cease Fire, Part 1' which is scheduled to release on December 22nd. According to industry researcher Saknilk, Salaar has already generated a staggering Rs 3.58 crore in revenue through pre-orders and sales of over 150,000 tickets. In the Hindi-speaking world, Salaar has received over 18,000 pre-orders.

However, the film faces stiff competition from Shah Rukh Khan's much-anticipated film Dunki, which is scheduled to release on December 21. The competition is evident in the pre-bookings, with the SRK lead actress leading the way with pre-bookings worth Rs 4.46 crore. Advance sales for both works began on December 15th. Shah Rukh Khan's recent success with Jawan and Pattern gives Dunki an edge and makes him a formidable competitor to Prabhas's Salaar.

Read: Shah Rukh Khan’s ‘Dunki’ Potentially Rescheduled To Avoid Box Office Showdown With Prabhas’ ‘Salaar’

Directed by Prashan Sunil and produced by Vijay His Kiragandur under the banner of Hombale Films, 'Salaar' has an excellent cast, including Prabhas Raju Uppalapati, Shruti Haasan, and Madhu Guruswamy. He plays an important role. Earlier, Salaar producer Vijay Kirgandur spoke about the conflict with Dhanki in an interview with Bollywood Hungama. Mr. Vijay said the team does not want things to get "ugly" and is actively working with exhibitors and deale

"For solo releases, occupancy is usually around 60–70%. Some screens are given to Aquaman, but between Salaar and Dunki, the best-case scenario is 50–50 screens. We are hopeful of getting. In such a scenario, if we can achieve 90–100% occupancy, it will be a good outcome for both films," he said.

'Salaar: Part 1: Ceasefire' starring Prabhas will finally be released in theaters on December 22nd. The film will be released around the same time as Shah Rukh Khan's Dunki, which will be released in theaters on December 21st. The two films will face stiff competition at the box office.

The makers of both films have already started pre-sales overseas, but advance ticket sales for both films have not yet started in Japan.

According to Box Office Worldwide, Rajkumar Hirani's drama "Dunki" has grossed $566,000 as of Tuesday afternoon, including $185,000 in North America, $68k in the UK and between $8,000 and $120,000 in Australia. According to a report in the Times of India, the film sold about 5,400 tickets in 915 screenings at 320 locations in the United States.

Boman Irani, Vicky Kaushal, Taapsee Pannu, and others will also be seen in Dunki. The main character played by Shah Rukh and his three friends who want to travel to a distant country in search of better employment opportunities.

Meanwhile, Salaar will be released in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, and Hindi. The journey time is 2 hours and 55 minutes. Shruti Haasan, Jagapati Babu, Eshwari Rao, Suriya Reddy and others are playing the lead roles in the film.