Overview

• Koimoi reported that by 2 pm IST on Oct. 16, Indian pre-sales topped 95,000 tickets for roughly ₹1.58 crore, with the Tamil version leading and the Telugu dub adding early traction.
• A trade source cited by Hindustan Times put U.S. advance sales at $59,000, with the Telugu version ($32,000) outpacing the original Tamil ($27,000) in early bookings.
• Republic World, citing Sacnilk, said total pre-sales had reached about ₹2.26 crore with more than 1.24 lakh tickets in Tamil Nadu and over 13,500 in the Telugu states, figures that remain preliminary.
• At a Hyderabad event, a staged hair-pull to recreate a film moment drew mixed reactions online, while Pradeep also recounted a photoshoot kick from co-star Mamitha Baiju that he said broke his phone.
• The film opens Oct. 17 against Dhruv Vikram’s Bison and Harish Kalyan’s Diesel, with industry chatter suggesting a double-digit day-one in India if momentum holds.