Well, folks, if you thought the monsoon was causing havoc, wait until you hear about the box office storm that’s brewing for Akshay Kumar’s latest flick, *Sarfira*. Day 2 of advance bookings, and guess what? Only 1800 tickets sold across the big three: PVR, Inox, and Cinepolis. Yes, you read that right. *Sarfira* is giving a whole new meaning to “slow and steady” but is nowhere close to winning any race.
Directed by Sudha Kongara, *Sarfira* is battling it out with *Selfiee* and *Mission Raniganj* in the pre-sales arena. Spoiler alert: it’s losing. In case you missed the memo, *Mission Raniganj* managed to sell 6,600 tickets, and *Selfiee* hit 8,200 across the same national chains. Sarfira? Not even close.
And just when you thought it couldn’t get any worse, let me remind you of *Ishq Vishk*. Yes, that old-timer sold 12,000 tickets. And *Chandu Champion*, featuring Kartik Aaryan, sold ten times more than *Sarfira* just three weeks ago. It’s like watching a tortoise in a race against hares, except this tortoise forgot to wake up.
Despite some *positive internal reports* (whatever those are), the low advance sales paired with high production costs spell trouble. It’s a rare sight to see a top superstar’s movie hit such low numbers right out of the gate. The ripples of this disaster could shake the entire industry.
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