Updated 31 October 2024 at 12:54 IST
Bhool Bhulaiyaa Advance Booking Report: Kartik Aaryan’s horror comedy has secured 40 per cent of screens in INOX and Cinepolis theatres. With this, the makers announced the full-fledged advance bookings and this should have spiked the opening day collection. But to makers disappointed it witnessed a slight growth.
Anees Bazmee’s directorial has so far earned ₹7.48 crore by selling 244127 tickets. The movie has 8805 shows in India, per Sacnilk. The city-wise advance bookings chart is topped by Delhi-NCR with ₹1.58 crore, followed by Mumbai with ₹1.28 crore. As a day is left for the movie to hit the theatres, the numbers are expected to go up.
The movie has been banned by the government of Saudi Arabia over homosexuality references. Kartik’s character Rooh Baba has references of homosexuality, per a report in Pinkvilla. This will affect the overseas business of the movie.
Umair Sanshu watched Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 at a censor screening and shared his review of the film on X. He seemed disappointed by Kartik's performance but was impressed by the duo of Madhuri and Vidya, which he called "paisa vasool". His overall verdict of the film was average. "#BhoolBhulaiyaa 3 itself is a forced film. There isn't anything new in the premise to explore and that too with the same main lead.#VidyaBalan & #MadhuriDixit Combo only Paisa Vasool. #KartikAaryan is so irritating. He is Worst Choice for series. Average (sic)," he shared on X.
Apart from Kartik, the movie also stars Vidya Balan, Madhuri Dixit, Rajpal Yadav and Triptii Dimri in pivotal roles.
Published 31 October 2024 at 12:42 IST