Mirzapur The Movie Advance Booking Collection Day 1: The popular crime thriller franchise Mirzapur is moving from streaming to cinemas, giving one of India’s most-watched crime franchises a new theatrical chapter and the excitement about the same is palpable. The film, announced as Mirzapur: The Movie, is expected to bring back the violent power play of Purvanchal with familiar faces including Pankaj Tripathi, Ali Fazal and Divyenndu.
The movie is being positioned as an extension of the world built across the Prime Video series, where Kaleen Bhaiya, Guddu Pandit and Munna became breakout pop-culture names. Directed by Gurmeet Singh, Mirzapur the movie features Pankaj Tripathi, Ali Fazal, Divyenndu, Shweta Tripathi, Shriya Pilgaonkar, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, etc reprising their respective roles while Jitendra Kumar has stepped into Vikrant Massey’s shows to play the role of Bablu Pandit. Set to hit the screens on September 4, Mirzapur The Movie has managed to create a massive buzz in the town. This is evident with the phenomenal response to the advance booking.
Mirzapur The Movie Advance Booking Collection Day 1
According to a report published in Sacnilk, Mirzapur The Movie has earned Rs 6.78cr gross from advance booking with the sale of 2.4 lakh tickets. To note, the collection with block seats happens to be Rs 10.13cr.
Mirzapur The Movie Beat OMG 2 Advance Booking Collection
With a collection of Rs 6.78cr, Mirzapur The Movie has managed to beat the advance booking collection of Pankaj Tripathi starrer OMG 2 which was Rs 3.3cr. In fact, given the stupendous response to advance booking speculations are rife that it might outside Hanuman Ansh post release at the box office. For the uninitiated, Hanuman Ansh has emerged as a sleeper hit which has crossed Rs 85.97cr gross so far at the box office. It will be interesting to see if Mirzapur The Movie will beat the collection Hanuman Ansh during the opening weekend.
Meanwhile, talking about Mirzapur The Movie, Pankaj Tripathi spoke about playing Kaleen Bhaiya onscreen for years and told Filmfare, “Even though the character started back in 2018, every single day on set feels new to me. We know his traits, his behaviour, but we have to recreate all of it fresh, in the present moment, whatever we achieved in the past is just memory now. That standard actor’s fear never goes away, no matter how many seasons pass. Will today go well? That question is always sitting there with me”.
