BookMyShow sells 5 million tickets for Padmaavat, contributes 60% of opening weekend collection

BookMyShow said that it alone has sold close-to 5 million tickets for Padmaavat since the release of the film on January 26, 2018. The Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh, Shahid Kapoor starrer enjoyed a two-week clear run at the box office, though a few cities were not part of the release.

BookMyShow contributed over 60% of Padmaavat’s opening weekend collection – a staggering contribution for a blockbuster release, achieving over Rs.100 crore collection on BookMyShow. The Sanjay Leela Bhansali magnum opus sold tickets across 340 cities and towns and was released in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu, in 2D, 3D and IMAX. The film’s first ticket was booked from Jharsuguda in Odisha, while maximum number of tickets for Padmaavat were sold in Mumbai, followed by Delhi, Hyderabad and Bengaluru.

Padmaavat, which was clearly the movie of the month for the Indian film industry, contributed to over 35% of the total movie ticket sales on BookMyShow in the month.

Marzdi Kalianiwala, Vice-President – Marketing and Business Intelligence, BookMyShow, said, “Padmaavat has definitely given the movies business a great start this year. BookMyShow sold over 500 tickets a minute, making our contribution as high as over 60% to the film’s opening weekend collection. With some exciting releases lined up, we do expect February to be a good month for the movies business.”

In 2017, close-to 1,500 films were listed on BookMyShow. For mega blockbusters like Baahubali 2, BookMyShow alone sold over 16 million tickets.