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Indians love Christopher Nolan‘s films. Over the years, Nolan’s film has gained a huge market base in the country. While Tenet failed to impress the audience here, his previous ventures Inception and Interstellar turned out to be blockbusters in India. Looks like Oppenheimer is another hit in the making as almost all shows including the early morning and late night shows of Oppenheimer have been sold out in major cities like Chennai, Bengaluru, Delhi, and Mumbai.
According to reports, about 3 lakhs tickets have been already sold for the film across the country on BookMyShow. Fans are buying tickets even for 12 am and 4 am shows. It is also reported that the costliest ticket for the film was Rs 2,450. A look at the Bookmyshow website, reveals that Imax tickets for the film are sold for a whopping Rs 1500 and Rs 2000 per ticket. Ticker prices in Delhi and Mumbai are higher in comparison to cities like Chennai and Hyderabad. In Delhi, even tickets for 2D shows are sold at Rs 2000 each.
Ashish Saksena, COO of BookMyShow, said, “Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer has started off on a very impressive note in India, as advance sales for the film in IMAX screens opened up much earlier than usual, therefore naturally taking the lead in sales. The film has crossed over 300,000 tickets in advance sales on BookMyShow since tickets went live three weeks ago. Since Oppenheimer will be the only release on IMAX screens this week, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Delhi-NCR and Chennai are in the lead for most ticket sales on our platform. Hopping aboard the Nolan Express, a whopping 42% of tickets booked on BookMyShow have been for immersive cinematic formats specifically the IMAX format, with cinephiles gunning for the best theatre experience for a striking movie such as Oppenheimer.”
On the other hand, Barbie, to be released on the same day as Nolan’s film, also has a huge number of takers. According to the official figures, about 54000 tickets have been sold for the film in BookMyShow. “On BookMyShow, we have observed 8% of transactors for Oppenheimer also having booked tickets for Barbie, with a large chunk opting to watch both films on the same day! In fact, we have also witnessed 22% of transactors for Oppenheimer having watched Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (MI 7) just recently, further reiterating a strong audience following for quality Hollywood spectacles on the silver screen,” Saksena further added.
Oppenheimer, starring Cillian Murphy in the titular role, is a biographical film about the theoretical physicist, who was behind the invention of the atomic bomb as part of the Manhattan Project, which changed the course of history forever.
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