Dunki vs Salaar advance box office collection Day 1: Prabhas’ film races past Shah Rukh Khan’s comedy drama by Rs 2.4 crore

The moviegoers in the Telugu-speaking belt of the country are most excited about Salaar as the Telugu version of the film has earned Rs 8.78 crore from the sale of 3,82,617 tickets. The Hindi version of the film follows with Rs 1.74 crore coming from the region. Malayalam-speaking states are showing an upward trend in the sale of tickets for Salaar. 8,72,77 tickets have been sold for 978 shows bringing in Rs 1.2 crore.

Shah Rukh Khan, who has already given two hits during the year with Pathaan and Jawan, still has got the cinephiles excited for his film. People in Maharashtra are most excited to watch Dunki as their share to the total earnings of the film on Day 1 stands to be Rs 1.81 crore so far, followed by Delhi (Rs 1.55 crore) and West Bengal (Rs 1.22 crore). If SRK would strike a hattrick of hits on Thursday, it would be known soon.

Meanwhile, the Dunki team has told the distributors that they don’t want to share the screen with Salaar and want all four shows for themselves. And, if they won’t be given all four shows, they don’t want any.

Dunki, unlike the previous two Shah Rukh Khan films Pathaan and Jawan, won’t release in dubbed languages. Salaar will have a pan-India opening in Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada and Malayalam.