India, Dec. 2 -- Director Maruthi's horror comedy film, The Raja Saab, starring Prabhas, will be released in theatres on January 9, with paid premieres in the US a day before. When advance booking for the film was opened on Tuesday for limited screens, many took to the internet to complain about how the tickets were priced higher than those for James Cameron's Avatar: Fire and Ash, which will be released on December 19.

The X (formerly Twitter) handle of Venky Box Office announced the ticket prices for the premieres of The Raja Saab as soon as they went live. They wrote, "XD D-Box - $38 ( Rs.3417), Special Premium Formats - $35 ( Rs.3147), Standard D-Box - $33 ( Rs.2967), XD / Other PLF - $30 ( Rs.2698), Standard - $25 ( Rs.2248)."

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