Dunki advance booking exceeds Salaar, earns ₹7.4 cr opening day collection

Dunki vs Salaar: The clash between Shah Rukh Khan's third most-awaited film of the year and Prabhas' dark dystopian drama is going to be epic, to say the least. The advance booking status of both films remains strong. While Dunki has earned ₹7.36 crore opening day collection, Salaar: Part 1- Ceasefire is at ₹6 crore for all languages, as per reports on Sacnilk.com. Dunki releases in theatres on December 21 and will be followed by Salaar on December 22. Also read: Here's how Shah Rukh Khan, Vicky Kaushal discussed Katrina Kaif on Dunki sets: ‘Agar shaadi nahi ki hoti toh main…’

Dunki and Salaar advance booking status

It's Shah Rukh Khan's Dunki vs Prabhas' Salaar this weekend.

According to a report on the portal, 2,51,146 tickets have been sold for 9,658 shows across India for Dunki. This amounts to ₹7.36 crore for the film which is only released in one language, Hindi.

As per another report on the portal, Salaar: Part 1- Ceasefire stands at a total of ₹5.99 crore for the opening day as 2,46,772 tickets have been sold for 4,338 shows across India. This includes ₹1.11 crore from 35,946 tickets for Hindi shows and ₹3.5 crore from 1,29,010 tickets for Telugu shows. The film is releasing in Kannada, Tamil and Malayalam as well and the advance booking for these languages is slowly picking up. The tickets worth ₹12 lakh for Tamil shows, ₹9.9 lakh for Kannada and ₹98 lakh for Malayalam shows have already been sold.