Kalki 2898 AD tickets being sold for Rs 2000 in Mumbai, Rs 1800 in Delhi, Rs 500 in Hyderabad; Prabhas’ film aims for Rs 50 cr in advance sales

Also read – PVR’s Ajay Bijli on families spending Rs 10,000 to watch Pathaan on opening day: ‘India is a disparate market…’

The Andhra Pradesh government has temporarily allowed ticket price inflation as it qualifies as a ‘super high budget film’, and requires government support to recover costs. Unlike most regions across the country, Andhra Pradesh regulates ticket prices. It has now allowed a Rs 75 hike per ticket in single screens, and a Rs 125 hike per ticket in multiplexes. On the ticketing platform BookMyShow, the most expensive tickets for Kalki 2898 AD in the city of Hyderabad are being sold for Rs 505 before taxes. Last year, tickets for Shah Rukh Khan’s Pathaan were being sold for as high as Rs 2200 in some Delhi locations.

Ticket prices in Hyderabad are drastically lower than ticket prices observed in Delhi and Mumbai. On BookMyShow, one ticket for a 3D screening at PVR Director’s Cut, in Gurugram’s Ambience Mall, is going for Rs 1850 before taxes on Saturday evening. At Delhi’s Epicuria in Nehru Place, one ticket for the 3D screening is going for Rs 1670 on Saturday, while PVR Select CityWalk is selling tickets for Rs 1700. The most expensive 2D tickets on Saturday in Delhi are going for Rs 800. This is an approximately 2X increase on regular ticket prices for opening weekend shows.

In Mumbai, the most expensive ticket for Kalki that an audience member can buy is for Rs 2000 before taxes, at PVR’s special drive-in venue of the Jio World Drive. An INOX venue at Worli is selling 3D tickets for Rs 1760 on Saturday evening. Recliner seats at the PVR Phoenix Palladium in Lower Parel are going for Rs 1330. In India, the Andhra Pradesh and Telangana regions alone have contributed to over Rs 27 crore in advance sales, despite significantly cheaper ticket prices.

In a recent interview with Film Companion, PVR INOX managing director Ajay Bijli dismissed the ‘perception’ that expensive ticket prices are driving audiences away. “Content is causing variability. I have kept everything constant. Variability is caused by content, not ticket pricing,” he said. Also starring Amitabh Bachchan, Deepika Padukone, Kamal Haasan, Disha Patani and others, Kalki 2898 AD is scheduled to release on June 27 in Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam, Kannada, and Tamil, in multiple formats including IMAX.

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