When Jailer 2 hit the screens on October 15, the theater stalls were already packed, leaving Ranabaali’s opening day to look like a quiet side street.
Sacnilk’s latest scrape shows a bright spot in Telangana with Rs 1.17 crore in Hyderabad alone, but Karnataka’s 27.26 lakh and Tamil Nadu’s 3.79 lakh hint at a tepid start.
An anonymous trade insider told NDTV that the low pre‑sales mean audiences are waiting for word‑of‑mouth buzz.
Vijay Deverakonda, after a flurry of tweets, promised a ‘bloody comeback’ and even penned a letter to critics, staking his claim that Ranabaali will be a landmark.
The Twitterverse is buzzing, with memes about Chiranjeevi’s Bhola Shankar falling short in 2023, and many wondering if Ranabaali will mirror that fate.
All eyes now on Friday; if the film fails to ignite the emotional resonance of the famine setting, it might be a tough sell against the Rajinikanth juggernaut.