Overview
- I’m Game opened in theatres on September 3 with Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and Kannada prints but exhibitors and social posts reported delayed or faulty content delivery that caused shows with no sound, frozen frames and cancelled screenings.
- Early viewers on X praised the film’s first half, the fantasy elements, the interval block and Dulquer Salmaan’s performance while critics and fans singled out Jakes Bejoy’s score as a highlight.
- Advance booking figures have been mixed and inconsistent across trade reports, with one early story putting worldwide pre‑sales near ₹2.5 crore and later reports from the same outlet citing about ₹4.69 crore worldwide and ₹1.98 crore in Kerala.
- The release is framed as a high‑stakes Malayalam homecoming for Dulquer Salmaan after uneven recent theatrical runs and a 2024 pan‑India success, so opening momentum is seen as crucial to restoring his box‑office traction.
- Exhibitors warn that unresolved DCP or digital delivery failures can suppress opening‑day revenue and damage word‑of‑mouth, so trade attention will focus on how quickly the makers restore missing language versions and resume scheduled shows.