The reunion of Ajay Devgn and Rakul Preet Singh on the Bhushan Kumar and Luv Ranjan produced De De Pyaar De 2 is all set to release tomorrow, and if the advance booking trends are anything to go by, the film will be relying strongly on the walk-in audience. As on Thursday at 5.30 PM, the romantic comedy has sold 16,000 tickets across the top 3 national chains - PVRInox and Cinepolis - and is looking at a final in zone of 30,000 tickets by mid-night. The advances opened on Tuesday morning, and the film has managed to sell 16,000 tickets since then.
The advances will be lower than films like Jolly LLB 3 and Son of Sardar 2, more in the range of Param Sundari. The rom-com genre has it tough in the post-pandemic world, and De De Pyaar De 2 will be fighting these limitations. However, the De De Pyaar De franchise has the entertainment quotient to attract footfalls beyond the advance ticketing, and the first day of the film is expected to be around the Rs. 7 crore mark, after which it will rely on strong word of mouth to result in a jump in business over the weekend.
With a strong entertainment factor in the offing, DDPD 2 will be looking to show a big jump in business on Saturday and also get families on board on Sunday.