Bumper advance booking of Jr NTR’s ‘Devra’, 3 days left! ‘Stree 2’s reign in danger

The countdown has begun for Jr NTR, Janhvi Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan’s action-drama ‘Devra Part-1’. Originally made in Telugu, this pan India film is releasing in theatres on Friday, 27 September 2024. The advance booking of the film has started and is in full swing. While the first day advance booking has seen a 47% increase in the last 24 hours, there are still three days left. It looks like ‘Devra’ is going to be the biggest solo opening of Jr NTR’s career. Jr NTR is returning to the screen after two years of the blockbuster RRR released in 2022. Interestingly, this is the actor’s first solo hero film after six years of ‘Aravinda Sametha’ released in 2018. There is no doubt that Jr NTR’s popularity is skyrocketing after RRR. Now his/her fan following is not only in Telugu but also in Hindi and at the global level. Its effect is also visible in the pre-sales of ‘Devra’, where till Tuesday morning, the gross advance booking for this film has been more than 30 crores worldwide.

2 lakh tickets of ‘Devra’ sold out in 24 hours

Advance booking of ‘Devra’, directed by Koratala Siva, started in India on Monday. According to the report of sacnilk, more than 2.17 lakh tickets have been sold till Tuesday morning. Out of these, the maximum 2.16 lakh tickets have been sold for the Telugu version. While the film has earned Rs 5.28 crore from this. While there are still three more days left for advance booking.

Bookings worth around 10 crores till Tuesday afternoon

The report says that the total opening day pre-sales in the domestic market till 12 noon on Tuesday is around Rs 10 crore. Block seats are also counted in this. Obviously, the bumper opening of ‘Devra’ will have a direct impact on ‘Stree 2’ which has been earning well at the box office for 40 days.

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58 crores is Jr NTR’s biggest opening till date

Looking at the pre-sales trends of ‘Devra’ in India and abroad, it is being said that this will be Jr NTR’s biggest solo opener at the box office worldwide. Earlier, ‘Aravinda Sametha’ released in 2018 is his/her biggest solo opening-day grosser, which grossed 58 crores worldwide on the first day.

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‘Devra’ can earn 100 crores worldwide on the first day

Trade experts estimate that ‘Devra’ can gross 5 million dollars (Rs 42 crores) on the first day in foreign countries. While in India, it can do a business of more than Rs 50 crores including Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada and Malayalam. That is, if everything goes well, ‘Devra’ has the potential to do a business of 100 crores worldwide on the opening day. If this happens, then after Prabhas, Jr NTR will be the second Telugu actor whose film will do a business of more than 100 crores on the first day.