Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari Day 1 Advance Booking Update: Stagnant Trends Continue, Kantara Clash & Weak Buzz Hurt Varun Dhawan Starrer
Varun Dhawan and Janhvi Kapoor’s Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari entered Gandhi Jayanti week with hopes of leveraging the festive window, but advance bookings remain worryingly stagnant even after the late-night 11:10 PM update. Despite being positioned as a clean family entertainer, the film hasn’t caught fire in ticket sales and continues to trail far behind expectations.
🔥 Advance Booking Numbers (PVR-INOX, Day 1 as of Sept 29 11:10 PM )
- Mumbai – ~1482 admits across 110+ shows (premium multiplexes hold, but large majority nearly empty)
- Delhi NCR (Delhi + Gurugram) – ~1300 admits across 140+ shows (minor growth, still tepid)
- Dehradun – ~432 admits from 17 shows (steady, but flat)
- Chandigarh – ~405admits from just 6 shows (continues to be a bright spot)
Pune – ~561 admits across 58+ shows (no pickup)
📊 Total so far: ~7.3K–7.4K admits (hardly any growth, just ~1.8K tickets added in 24 hours)
🎯 Occupancy: ~4.7% (creeping up from 3–4%, but still very low for a holiday release)
🚩 Odd-Even Booking Pattern Exposed
What’s striking is the uneven booking pattern. While a few premium multiplexes in metros are showing movement, dozens of regular evening and night shows remain untouched. In contrast, smaller centers like Dehradun and Chandigarh are punching above their weight, drawing more admits than bigger cities like Pune or Gurugram. This fragmented demand has raised eyebrows in trade circles, pointing towards weak buzz and lack of genuine excitement for the film.
⚔️ Kantara Clash & Content Woes
The Kantara: Chapter 1 juggernaut is clearly eating into SSKTK’s space. While Rishab Shetty’s film is exploding across South India and building momentum in Hindi belts too, SSKTK is struggling to stand out. The clash has only magnified its own shortcomings a trailer that failed to click, absence of chartbuster music, and no strong hook to generate conversations.
🔮 Outlook
With less than 48 hours before release, projections remain muted. Unless Gandhi Jayanti holiday walk-ins surprise, Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari risks opening at just ₹8–10 Cr nett on Day 1, which would be a major setback for a Varun Dhawan festive release. In contrast, Kantara is tracking for ₹70+ Cr, underlining the wide gap between the two films.
✅ Verdict
Advance bookings remain dull and stagnant. A tough clash, weak pre-release assets, and erratic booking trends suggest that Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari may enter release day as one of the weakest Gandhi Jayanti openers in recent memory.
📢 Disclaimer
The box office figures are compiled from various sources and our own research. The figures can be approximate and CineInfinity does not make any claims about the authenticity of the data. However, they are adequately indicative of the box office performance of the film(s).
