Kanguva Advance Booking: Suriya Film Mints ₹13 Crore Within Hours, Corporate Bookings Scam Suspected

Kanguva Advance Bookings: The full-fledged bookings of Suriya, Disha Patani , and Bobby Deol's starrer Kanguva opened on Wednesday, a day before the film's release on November 14. The pan-India project is made on an estimated budget of ₹350 crore, and after initial hiccups, the advance sales seem to have picked up pace since today morning. According to Cine Trak, the film has grossed ₹13 crore and counting worldwide for day 1 in advance bookings.Kanguva poster featuring Suriya and Bobby Deol | Image: XThis indicates that a healthy box office start is on the cards. However, with sales picking up pace, many suspect that the makers are inflating the figures, as has been the case with some Bollywood and South releases in the recent past.Kanguva collects over ₹7 crore at the domestic box officeReportedly, Kanguva has minted ₹7.50 crore at the domestic box office through advance sales for its opening day. In Tamil Nadu, the advance bookings have crossed the ₹4.50 crore mark, with more shows being added to its kitty as time passes. In Telugu states, the collection stands over ₹1.30 crore, with many screens left to open the bookings.Cutouts of Suriya installed outside cinema halls in Tamil Nadu | Image: XAccording to Cine Trak, in Tamil Nadu alone, 470 shows have sold over 2.2 lakh tickets from 204 tracked cinemas. With more screens getting added, another surge in the pre-sales in the coming hours is expected. Kanguva will cross the final advance collection of Dhanush starrer Raayan and Chiyaan Vikram's Thangalaan soon and will be targeting the final advance of Indian 2 by EOD today.Top advances for Tamil movies this yearAdvance sales of Tamil movies this year are led by Thalapathy Vijay's GOAT, followed by Rajinikanth's Vettiyan and Sivakarthikeyan and Sai Pallavi's Amaran. On social media, many seem to be hinting that makers of Suriya's Kanguva are indulging in corporate booking to inflate box office figures.

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Kanguva Advance Booking: Suriya Film Mints ₹13 Crore Within Hours, Corporate Bookings Scam Suspected

Advance sales of Tamil movies this year are led by Thalapathy Vijay's GOAT, followed by Rajinikanth's Vettiyan and Sivakarthikeyan and Sai Pallavi's Amaran.

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