EXCLUSIVE: Booking for Sikandar FINALLY commences | Indian Movie News
The advance reserving for Sikandar started with full power on Tuesday, March 25. On March 19, it was introduced that Sikandar would even be launched within the IMAX screens. But the makers commenced bookings solely within the 2D screens, leaving many questioning if Salman Khan’s Eid entertainer can have a release in IMAX in any respect. Speculations went round that the movie can have a delayed release within the IMAX format. However, all rumours have been laid to relaxation at the moment.
Earlier within the day, the IMAX screens within the Southern cities of Bengaluru and Chennai threw open the advance reserving for Sikandar. However, Sikandar has been allotted solely two reveals in all of the cinemas in Bengaluru. The steadiness three reveals have been given to the Mohanlal-starrer L2 Empuraan. It is directed by Prithviraj Sukumaran and took a enormous opening throughout the nation and the world. In PVR VR Mall in Bengaluru and the 2 IMAX screens in Chennai, the Salman Khan-starrer can have one show whereas L2 Empuraan will probably be performed within the remaining reveals. There are distant probabilities of Sikandar getting a show within the IMAX in Kochi and Trivandrum as L2 Empuraan is performing traditionally within the home market of Kerala.
In Mumbai and different Hindi-speaking markets, Sikandar can have an edge. A clearer thought will emerge as soon as the advance reserving is open in these cities. The IMAX in Inox Jio World Plaza, BKC, Mumbai has already allotted 4 reveals to L2 Empuraan on Sunday, March 30, that’s, the day Sikandar releases. This leaves just one show for Sikandar. But as per commerce sources, that is an exception and the identical strategy may not be utilized in different theatres of the Northern belt.
Three-way conflict
Meanwhile, in an unprecedented transfer, a three-way conflict will happen in IMAX screens from subsequent Friday, April 4. A source instructed Bollywood Hungama, “Warner Bros will release A Minecraft Movie next week and unlike the other two films, it’s an IMAX 3D release. The studio and even the trade feels that it can attract viewers in IMAX as the film is based on a famous video game. The timing is also right as summer vacations have begun in many parts. Moreover, the casting of popular actor Jason Momoa will also help pull in the audience.”
The source continued, “It now remains to be seen how the shows are divided between Sikandar, L2 Empuraan and A Minecraft Movie from April 4. If both the Salman Khan-starrer and Mohanlal-starrer remain strong in the weekdays, their respective distributors can ask for same number of shows in Week 2 as Week 1. But on the other hand, Warner Bros will also not be ready to lose out on shows for A Minecraft Movie as the film is tailor-made for the IMAX format. A clearer picture will emerge by next Wednesday or Thursday.”
An industry insider commented, “IMAX usually avoids too many films at the same time and hence, the current scenario is probably a first for the Indian market. At one point, they used to not even allow two IMAX films at the same time. This is the reason why ’83 (2021) and Adipurush (2023) had to give up on the IMAX release to accommodate Spider-Man: No Way Home and The Flash respectively. Earlier this year, Captain America: Brave New World and Chhaava were released simultaneously but this was still a manageable situation as there were only two films. But next week, we’ll see for the first time three films, from different industries and catering to a diverse set of audience, vying for space in IMAX.”
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