After doing a collection of comedy movies, Rajkummar Rao is venturing into the motion style with the Pulkit directed Maalik. The movie options him as a gangster and is slated to hit the large display on July 11, 2025. Maalik has been licensed A – Adults Solely by the Central Board of Movie Certification (CBFC) with an authorised run time of two hours and 32 minutes.
The movie is seeing an All-India launch by Pen Marudhar, and the distributor goes large for the Rajkummar Rao starrer, with a launch deliberate on about 1500 screens. The advance bookings for Maalik opened on Wednesday midday, and the response has been lukewarm. As on Thursday at 5.30 PM, Maalik has bought about 4000 tickets within the prime 3 nationwide chains – PVRInox and Cinepolis – and is headed for a end within the vary of 10,000 tickets.
Given the advance bookings, Maalik is seeking to open within the vary of Rs 2.75 crore to Rs 3.25 crore, although the movie might push itself to a barely increased quantity if the mass belts come on board in spot bookings. Because of the style, the Rajkummar Rao starrer does have a shot to document higher walk-ups and hit the Rs 3.50 crore mark on Friday. If the reviews from morning reveals aren’t encouraging, the primary day might be decrease than the projected vary too.
The movie is going through competitors from Superman, as additionally holdover movies like Metro In Dino, Jurassic World: Rebirth, and F1. Nonetheless, the style and audience is totally completely different, giving it a shot at getting an viewers on board if the viewers discuss lands in its favour. A low begin is probably going for Maalik, and it’s about how shut it may get to the Rs 4 crore mark on Friday, laying a platform for higher efficiency on Saturday and Sunday.
Sadly for Maalik, motion movies are often frontloaded and therefore, there’s loads for the movie to make up for within the opening weekend, because the destiny is now closely depending on the phrase of mouth. Keep tuned to Pinkvilla for extra updates!
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