Shah Rukh Khan‘s action-thriller Pathaan is off to a great start as advance booking opened on Thursday. The film has already sold 1.17 lakh tickets across three national cinema chains. However, advance bookings will begin properly from today (20 January), one week ahead of the film’s release in theatres.
Taking to Instagram, SRK shared an announcement video for the same and wrote, "Advance bookings are open, milne zaroor aana (do come to meet) on 25th Jan."
Here, take a look:
In addition, trade analyst Taran Adarsh reported that the film is creating a frenzy at the box-office. He stated, "#Pathaan *advance booking* status at *national chains*… Update till Thursday, 11.30 pm… #PVR: 51,000 #INOX: 38,500 #Cinepolis: 27,500 Total tickets sold: 1,17,000 #BO Tsunami loading NOTE: Full-fledged advance booking will start tomorrow."
The spy-thriller also stars Deepika Padukone and John Abraham. The film is all set to release on 25 January 2023.
Pathaan will mark the official comeback of SRK on the silver screen after a gap of five years. The actor was last seen in filmmaker Aanand L Rai's Zero alongside Katrina Kaif and Anushka Sharma. He is also working on projects called Dunki and Jawan.
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