India, June 3 -- Buchi Babu Sana's sports drama Peddi, starring Ram Charan and Janhvi Kapoor in lead roles, will premiere on June 3 and release in theatres on June 4. Even as full-fledged bookings in Telangana were rolled out at the last minute on Wednesday, the film has grossed $1.2 million in pre-sales in the US. However, at the time of writing, the film is trailing behind Ram's previous film, Shankar's Game Changer.

Peddi is Ram's next film after the 2025 debacle, Shankar's Game Changer. That film, starring Kiara Advani in the lead role, had also registered a gross of Rs.26.8 crore in India alone during advance bookings. Game Changer registered a day 1 opening of Rs.51 crore net and Rs.61.09 crore gross in India. Bringing in Rs.19 cro...