Vicky Kaushal’s Chhaava is seemingly becoming one of the biggest releases of 2025 given its hype and pre-booking sales. With over 5k tickets selling per hour on average on BookMyShow, the film is heading for a huge release on Valentine’s Day.
The pre-booking numbers have already crossed a total of 1 Lakh tickets on national chains. According to BookMyShow’s official numbers, the film has reportedly crossed over 3 Lakh tickets in bookings.
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The number is huge and as things stand, the film aims to become Vicky Kaushal’s biggest career opener so far. The film has already surpassed the pre-sales of Gully Boy, which had record pre-booking sales during Valentine’s Day before.
While the numbers are astounding, many trade analysts and users are having difficulty believing these numbers. Several users think that these numbers are based on corporate bookings which further fool the audience.
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To prove their point, they bring up the case of how one cinema is being sold out for all the shows and another one is being empty making no sense. Filmmakers are hijacking pre-booking sales on major cinema outlets and further displaying fake numbers to increase the hype for their films.
As many analysts also state that fooling and deceiving the audiences are making box office reporting miserable, it is disappointing to see such practice becoming common even in bookings.
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While Vicky Kaushal’s Chhaava is certainly generating a lot of hype in Maharashtra, no one can guess if the numbers portrayed are fake or not. It ultimately depends on 14th February as Chhaava makes its grand entry to the cinemas looking to bolster the box office.
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