{"id":589713,"date":"2026-04-17T12:12:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T12:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/589713\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T12:12:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T12:12:11","slug":"with-246-jump-akshay-kumar-starrer-registers-3rd-highest-pre-sales-of-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/589713\/","title":{"rendered":"With 246% Jump, Akshay Kumar Starrer Registers 3rd Highest Pre-Sales Of 2026!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1273546 koimoi-featured-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/bhooth-bangla-box-office-day-1-advance-booking-02.jpg\" alt=\"Bhooth Bangla Box Office Day 1 Advance Booking\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\"  \/>Bhooth Bangla Box Office Day 1 Advance Booking Final Update!(Photo Credit \u2013Balaji Motion Pictures)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Priyadarshan\u2019s directorial Bhooth Bangla is currently the talk of the town. The fantasy horror-comedy has created the expected hype, registering an impressive advance booking for day 1. It has also entered Akshay Kumar\u2019s top 10 post-COVID pre-sales, surpassing Jolly LLB 3 and many others. Scroll below for the box office update!<\/p>\n<p>Bhooth Bangla Box Office Day 1 Advance Booking<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to Sacnilk, Bhooth Bangla recorded advance booking worth 3.32 crore gross (excluding blocked seats) for day 1 in India. As early reviews came in, the positive word of mouth played its magic, leading to a 246% jump in the final 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Around 1.29 lakh tickets were booked across the nation. Paresh Rawal and Rajpal Yadav\u2019s co-starrer has been allotted a total of 12.7K shows, giving it an edge over Dhurandhar 2. Maharashtra surpassed Delhi to become the best-performing market with pre-sales of 72.84 lakh. The other key-performing circuits were Gujarat, Karnataka, and West Bengal.<\/p>\n<p>Bhooth Bangla vs Akshay Kumar\u2019s top 10 post-COVID pre-sales<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There is no significant competition at the box office, apart from Dhurandhar 2. There\u2019s ample space for coexistence, and so far, Priyadarshan\u2019s film is living up upto expectations. The fantasy horror-comedy has surpassed Bachchhan Paandey, Ram Setu, and Raksha Bandhan to score Akshay Kumar\u2019s 7th highest advance booking at the post-COVID box office. It pushed Kesari Chapter 2 (1.84 crore) out of the top 10.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Check out Akshay Kumar\u2019s top 10 advance bookings for the opening day at the post-COVID box office (gross excluding blocked seats):<\/p>\n<p>Housefull 5: 8.02 crore<br \/>\nSooryavanshi: 5.35 crore<br \/>\nBade Miyan Chote Miyan: 4.85 crore<br \/>\nSamrat Prithviraj: 4.68 crore<br \/>\nSky Force: 3.82 crore<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.koimoi.com\/box-office\/housefull-5-box-office-collection-day-9-surpasses-omg-2-to-become-akshay-kumars-7th-highest-grosser\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">OMG 2<\/a>: 3.50 crore<br \/>\nBhooth Bangla: 3.32 crore<br \/>\nBachchhan Paandey: 3.19 crore<br \/>\nRam Setu: 2.32 crore<br \/>\nRaksha Bandhan: 1.93 crore<\/p>\n<p>Where does it stand among 2026 Bollywood releases?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bhooth Bangla also registered 3rd highest advance booking for a Bollywood film in 2026. It was predicted to surpass <a href=\"https:\/\/www.koimoi.com\/television\/mardaani-3-ott-verdict-rani-mukerji-takes-only-10-days-to-enter-top-5-most-viewed-netflix-films-of-2026-in-india\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mardaani 3<\/a>, but Wamiqa Gabbi co-starrer also left behind Shahid Kapoor\u2019s O\u2019Romeo.<\/p>\n<p>Take a look at the top 5 advance booking sales of 2026 in Bollywood:<\/p>\n<p>Dhurandhar 2: 53 crore<br \/>\nBorder 2: 12.5 crore<br \/>\nBhooth Bangla: 3.32 crore<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.koimoi.com\/box-office\/oromeo-worldwide-box-office-closing-collection-shahid-kapoor-starrer-concludes-its-run-below-125-crore\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">O\u2019Romeo<\/a>: 3.07 crore<br \/>\nMardaani 3: 1.16 crore<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stay tuned to Koimoi for more\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.koimoi.com\/category\/box-office\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">box office updates<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Must Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.koimoi.com\/box-office\/dhurandhar-2-worldwide-box-office-day-28-crosses-1750-crore-milestone-ranveer-singh-starrer-inches-closer-to-baahubali-2\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dhurandhar 2 Worldwide Box Office Day 28: Crosses 1750 Crore Milestone, Ranveer Singh Starrer Inches Closer To Baahubali 2<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Follow Us: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/koimoidotcom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/koimoi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Instagram<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Koimoi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Twitter<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/Koimoi4Bollywood\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">YouTube<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/s\/CBIwo7yAqUE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Google News<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                                            <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bhooth Bangla Box Office Day 1 Advance Booking Final Update!(Photo Credit \u2013Balaji Motion Pictures) Priyadarshan\u2019s directorial Bhooth Bangla&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":589714,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[88,206],"class_list":["post-589713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=589713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589713\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/589714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=589713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=589713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=589713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}