When the horror and comedy genres are combined, Hindi film does well. At the box office, movies like Stree (2018) and Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 (2022) caused a storm. Bhediya, a horror comedy starring Kriti Sanon and Varun Dhawan, is scheduled to premiere today.
One of the most anticipated movies of the year, Amar Kaushik’s film has been making headlines since 2021. The arrival of the horror comedy has been keenly anticipated by the audience. It’s interesting that the movie is up against the popular Drishyam, which is almost at the $100 million mark.
In the domestic market, Bhediya, which reportedly cost 60 crores to produce, is anticipated to take up between 2500 and 3000 screens. Advance reservations have already started for the performance, and it appears that reservations are slowly increasing as the release date approaches.
The censor board recently granted the Varun Dhawan-starring film a UA certificate with a permitted runtime of 2 hours, 36 minutes, or 156 minutes. Let’s examine occupancy in big cities now.
According to Bhediya, the city (Mumbai) currently has a 9–11% rate. The number of viewers watching shows has barely increased from yesterday. As the release date approached, it is now anticipated to increase. The Varun Dhawan-starring show’s occupancy has slightly increased since yesterday. Eight to ten percent of the performances are currently houseful, and about half are filling up quickly. Even though there aren’t many Bhediya performances scheduled for this area, close to 25–30% of them have already been reserved, and it appears like they may even sell out. Only 4-6 percent of the horror comedy’s scheduled performances in the city have been reserved. Around 10–12% of the concerts in Bengaluru are nearly packed. Bhediya appears to be doing well in Hyderabad, a different southern city. Nearly 14–16% of performances fill up quickly. In Kolkata, Bhediya appears to be underachieving significantly. Only about 6-8 percent of concerts, according to advance reservations, appear to be nearly full. Even if the pre-sales have not received a solid initial reaction, it is anticipated that on-the-spot bookings could increase ticket sales.
The horror comedy is probably going to have made between two and three crores on opening day based on the advance bookings recorded in these major cities. After months of anticipation, the movie will finally be released on November 25 in Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu.
