New Delhi: Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer The film, starring Cillian Murphy in the lead role, started the pre-bookings early and has garnered a strong response. Ramesh Bala, a prominent film trade analyst tweeted that Oppenheimer has already sold over 3,00,000 tickets in advance on BookMyShow in India. “About 42 per cent of these tickets are for #IMAX,” Bala said in a post on Twitter.
Oppenheimer is eyeing a massive first-day collection in India. Its tickets worth Rs 2450 (without taxes) are already sold out. The pricey tickets are for IMAX screens at PVR ICON: Phoenix Palladium, Lower Parel in Mumbai for 7 pm and night 10 pm shows on the movie’s opening day – July 21. The show also offers tickets at Rs 1,800 and the tickets for the same are also almost sold out. Reportedly, the IMAX shows begin as early as 12:01 am in Mumbai and the seats for the same are almost sold out. Many IMAX theatres in Mumbai are also offering early morning shows like 3:00 and 3:30 am, 7:30 and 8:00 am, which are going houseful.
In North America, as per the prior agreement, Mission Impossible 7 will be replaced by Oppenheimer in all IMAX screens after 9 days. It will play exclusively for 3 weeks starting July 21st.