Overview

• Industry tracker Sacnilk reports roughly Rs 11–12 crore in advance bookings excluding block seats and about Rs 19–20 crore including block seats, with more than 400,000 tickets sold for day one.
• Pre-sales are led by the Kannada version, with trackers citing around 2 lakh tickets there, while the Hindi version has sold roughly 50,000–57,000 tickets; Malayalam is notably strong relative to its show count.
• Trade coverage says early pre-sales have outpaced titles like They Call Him OG and War 2 on some metrics, though they trail benchmarks such as KGF: Chapter 2 and the year’s Hindi hit Chhaava.
• Promotions saw turbulence as the Chennai event was canceled after a tragic stampede in Karur, and Rishab Shetty responded to a Hyderabad language backlash by stressing respect for Telugu audiences.
• The prequel, mounted on an estimated ~Rs 125 crore budget with large-scale action sequences, opens worldwide on October 2 in multiple languages, and early preview reactions range from high praise for visuals to sharp criticism of content.