DHOOM 3 REVIEWS & BO updates-CLOSED - Page 9

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• December 19th, 2013.

The response to the advance booking for Dhoom 3 has been phenomenal all over. The craze for the film in every circuit every centre across India, whether it is the single-screen dominated mass-centres or urban cities like Mumbai, Bangalore, New Delhi, Hyderabad.. is incomparable to any release of 2013.

Even though Friday is a working day, the earth shattering response to the advance booking - what with most morning shows already sold-out - has meant that the film has an outside chance of collecting more than Rs 30 crore on Day 1.

65-70% of tickets in the Delhi/NCR region have been sold in advance. Ticket sales in other cities like Pune, Gurgaon, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Mangalore, just to name a few..is about 10-20% higher than even a holiday release like Chennai Express. Even in South Indian cities like Chennai and Coimbatore, the advance is as good as the Rohit Shetty Eid entertainer. The response for the regional version of the film has been pretty solid too.

It has been wrongly reported by a section of the media that the ticket prices of Dhoom 3 have been hiked by 20-30%. The truth is, the average ticket price is about the same as Chennai Express, slightly higher at select premium multiplexes. Since Dhoom 3 will be the first Bollywood film to release in the IMAX format, ticket prices range from Rs 400 for the morning shows to as high as Rs 900 for the night shows. However, the IMAX release is very limited to make a huge difference to the overall collections of the film.

Overall, Dhoom 3 will be released on approx 4450 - 4500 screens (including all versions) across India, which is the widest for any film ever. Even with such a huge release and a non-holiday Friday, about 30% of all tickets (until Thursday evening) have been sold already!

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• December 19th, 2013.

Amidst reports of ticket prices being unreasonably hiked for Dhoom 3, Aamir Khan on Friday said that the audience will only be paying a premium if they want to enjoy the action adventure in the IMAX format.

Khan also said that the IMAX version of Dhoom 3 is only releasing in 4 theatres.

"There are a total four to five theatres of IMAX in India - two in Mumbai, one in Hyderabad and other one in Bangalore. The movie is coming in around 4,000 screens (Hindi version) across India, so apart from those four screens, the rest of the screens will have the same ticket price as of previous films."

"This is the first Indian film in IMAX and the ticket rates of IMAX is more than other tickets. If you want to see in IMAX the price will be as per IMAX standards," he added.

The IMAX tickets will be priced between Rs 400 to 600 for the morning shows and Rs 700 to 900 for the night shows.

Dhoom 3 releases in theatres tomorrow.