Amid much buzz and excitement, the advance bookings for Yash’s highly anticipated film, Toxic: A Fairytale For Grown-Ups, began on Friday morning, August 21, about five days before the film’s release on August 26. Mounted on a massive scale and billed as a pan-India entertainer, the Geetu Mohandas-directed film is already off to a flying start. It’s advance booking numbers in the first 48 hours have already set new records, challenging several all-time records in Indian cinema.
Toxic advance booking collection
Advance bookings for Toxic opened at around 6 AM on Friday, August 21. As soon as the booking opened, an immediate rush for tickets was seen on all major online ticketing platforms with ticket prices soaring to thousands of rupees. According to a Hindustan Times report, by Sunday morning, the film had been selling 10k tickets per hour on BookMyShow.
Likewise, Toxic crossed Rs 18 crore in advance bookings in just 48 hours. By Sunday morning, the multi-starrer had sold over 4.7 lakh tickets across India across all languages. This included a staggering Rs 10 crore gross from the original Kannada version alone.
The Hindi dub performed better than expected by the industry. By Sunday morning, the Hindi version of Toxic was already beating industry forecasts, grossing Rs 8 crore in advance bookings for day 1 alone.
Toxic has sold close to 2.5 lakh tickets across India in advance bookings in its first 24 hours. This happens to be among the best in Indian cinema history, surpassing blockbusters such as Shah Rukh Khan’s Jawan (1.5 lakh), Ranveer Singh’s Dhurandhar 2 (1.3 lakh), and Ranbir Kapoor’s Animal (55k). Meanwhile, the Hindi version of Toxic alone beat Animal, with 60,000 tickets sold in 24 hours.
About Toxic
Toxic is helmed by Geetu Mohandas. Alongside Yash, it also stars Nayanthara, Kiara Advani, Huma Qureshi, Rukmini Vasanth, and Tara Sutaria in the lead roles. The film is set to arrive in theatres on August 26.
Toxic has been making headlines for a long time over its steamy, intimate scenes and sequences that seemingly show women in a not-so-favourable light. Nevertheless, the film was cleared by the CBFC with no cuts and an A-rating.
Toxic: Yash-starrer storms past Rs 18 crore in 48 hours in advance bookings
