Drishyam, Sept. 30 -- The Conclusion has sold about 3.58 lakh tickets in advance across 8,988 shows in 1,286 cinemas and 378 cities. Day-one advance stands at Rs 13.54 crore gross, with the first four days past Rs 25 crore. It opens Friday.
The numbers
Maharashtra leads on Rs 4.4 crore, Delhi on Rs 3.13 crore, Gujarat on Rs 92.67 lakh.
Trade is now projecting a day one of not less than Rs 50 crore and an opening weekend of Rs 110 to 120 crore.
378 cities is the figure to notice
Not the rupee total. The spread.
A Hindi thriller selling advance tickets in 378 cities, two days out, means the demand is not concentrated in eight metros. That is the profile of a franchise that has become genuinely national rather than urban-multiplex, and i...