
Nani's The Paradise Outsells Peddi In Day 1 Advance Tickets
The Telugu action thriller's 9.78 lakh tickets make it 2026's second-biggest Tollywood advance, though early reviews suggest a rockier weekend ahead.
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Opening weekends, footfalls, budget maths and the numbers behind the noise.

The Telugu action thriller's 9.78 lakh tickets make it 2026's second-biggest Tollywood advance, though early reviews suggest a rockier weekend ahead.

Mirzapur The Movie added Rs 1.44 crore on Day 21, pushing its India total to roughly Rs 207.69 crore, even as weekday collections keep cooling in its third week of release.

Daayra's Day 6 collection of Rs 0.37 crore pushed its total past Rs 5 crore, but the weekday slide continues. Meanwhile Hanuman Ansh, 48 days in, sits just Rs 20.67 crore short of Rs 300 crore.

Kunal Kemmu and Preity Zinta's Vibe added ₹1 crore on Day 6, taking its India net to ₹10.45 crore and worldwide gross to ₹14.43 crore, per Sacnilk figures reported by Free Press Journal.

PVR INOX's Kamal Gianchandani dismisses fears of a screen-sharing crunch this December, when Avengers: Doomsday, Dune: Part Three, Jumanji: Open World and King all clash for audiences.

Nani's The Paradise released Thursday on strong advance bookings, but Koimoi's review flags a chaotic second half, poor sound mixing and a script that loses the plot entirely.

Nani’s latest film, The Paradise, opened to packed theatres despite its three‑hour runtime, delivering a high‑octane first half that reminded viewers of KGF while critics noted its overwhelming volume.

Godzilla Minus Zero, the 39th franchise entry, opens in November 2026 with an R rating. To claim the North American R‑rated crown, it must pull in over $636.75 million—a steep hurdle for a foreign‑language monster film.

Advance bookings for The Vvaan have already hit 8,000 tickets, driven largely by Bihar’s single‑screen venues where Chhath‑themed buzz is pushing the film ahead of traditional metros.

Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil opened on September 18 and has already raked in $113.7 million worldwide, topping the domestic box office and edging close to the franchise’s top‑five grossers, according to Box Office Mojo data.

Advance bookings for The Vvaan show a solid start, with more than 13,000 tickets sold and collections crossing ₹33 lakh before the film even hits theatres on September 25.

Avengers: Endgame’s re‑release has generated Rs 8 crore in advance bookings across India, selling roughly 200,000 tickets so far, and could set a new re‑release opening‑day record if full‑screen availability boosts sales.

Advance bookings show Nani’s The Paradise edging close to a ₹50 crore pre‑release total, while Tamil hit Mandaadi aims for the ₹100 crore milestone and Resident Evil’s Indian run steadies around ₹15 crore.

Nani’s upcoming film ‘The Paradise’ has amassed $1.11 million from North American pre‑sales, breaking his own records and positioning the movie to enter Tollywood’s elite list of top‑grossing premieres abroad.

‘Vibe’, starring Kunal Kemmu and Preity Zinta, posted a modest rise on its fifth day, reaching a net of 9.5 crore in India, yet its hefty 35‑40 crore budget keeps it in the red.

Avengers: Endgame Encore has finished its five‑day pre‑sale window in China, pulling in $2.2 million. Analysts say a front‑loaded opening could push it past Avatar’s re‑release record, though slowed booking may curb ambitions.

Mirzapur: The Movie posted a 20 per cent spike on its third Tuesday, pushing its 19-day nett total to Rs 213.50 crore. Trade trackers now expect the film to wrap around Rs 225 crore.

Nani's The Paradise has sold 7.71 lakh tickets worth Rs 16.42 crore gross in day-one advance bookings, running on 7,214 shows nationwide, ahead of its September 24 release across India.

Mirzapur The Movie added Rs 2.01 crore on Tuesday to cross Rs 206 crore in its third week, while Resident Evil bounced back with a 15.49% jump to inch toward the Rs 12 crore mark.

Soori's Mandaadi has crossed Rs 100 crore worldwide and now sits ahead of nearly every Suriya and Dhanush film in Tamil Nadu, with only Karuppu and Raayan still out of reach.

Daayra's Tuesday collection matched Monday's Rs 50 lakh instead of climbing, leaving the Meghna Gulzar film's five-day domestic net at Rs 5.50 crore against a reported Rs 50-60 crore budget.

Vibe's box office run hit a wall on Monday with a 64% drop, then clawed back 15.56% on Tuesday to cross Rs 8.5 crore. The film needs Rs 0.41 crore more to touch Rs 9 crore.

Hanuman Ansh added Rs 4.64 crore on Day 47 to near the Rs 300 crore mark, while Daayra inched to Rs 4.69 crore after a rough transition from weekend to weekdays.

Ranbir Kapoor’s upcoming film Ramayana, directed by Nitesh Tiwari, is set to open on Diwali with a goal of surpassing 40.35 crore, a move that could dethrone Salman Khan’s long‑standing dominance in the festival’s biggest opening day list.

Hanuman Ansh, made on a reported budget of just Rs 2-3 crore, has crossed Rs 350 crore worldwide by its 47th day and overtaken Yash's big-budget Toxic in total collections, per trade estimates.

Resident Evil topped India's weekend box office over Meghna Gulzar's Daayra and Kunal Kemmu's Vibe, while Haiwaan flopped hard and Hanuman Ansh crossed Mirzapur's total collections.

Nani’s upcoming period action ‘The Paradise’ has amassed 400,000 tickets on BookMyShow, overtaking previous records and entering Tollywood’s top‑ten pre‑sale chart ahead of its September 24 launch.

Ekta Kapoor’s Vvan, starring Sidharth Malhotra and Tamannaah Bhatia, hits theatres on September 25. Trade trackers say a 7.5‑crore opening would rank it among the star’s biggest first‑day takings.

Soori's sailing drama Mandaadi has crossed its budget and turned a profit twelve days in, with trade trackers giving slightly different numbers but agreeing it's headed toward a 100 crore domestic hit.

Kareena Kapoor Khan and Prithviraj Sukumaran's Daayra collapsed on its first Monday, dropping 74.3 percent to Rs 45 lakh net, leaving its reported Rs 55 crore budget far out of reach so far.