3 min learnNew DelhiAug 22, 2026 12:30 PM IST
The advance bookings for Yash’s Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown Ups are off to a flying start ever since the makers opened ticket sales on Friday, August 21. In a day’s time, the movie has recorded an advance reserving assortment of Rs 11.92 crore, with Rs 7.6 crore coming in solely from Karnataka. After together with blocked seats, the movie’s Day 1 advance reserving gross stands at Rs 19.66 crore. The movie, which is scheduled to launch in a number of languages on August 26, will mark Yash’s return to the massive display screen after practically 4 years.
In accordance with trade tracker Sacnilk, Poisonous has bought 2,72,420 tickets throughout 9,071 exhibits via its Day 1 advance bookings. Apparently, the thrill across the movie just isn’t restricted to Karnataka, with states reminiscent of Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat and Odisha additionally witnessing a number of fast-filling exhibits.
In accordance with BookMyShow, a majority of the Kannada exhibits in Bengaluru for the discharge date are nearly full, whereas the Hindi model can also be filling up quick. An identical pattern is being witnessed in Kerala and Delhi-NCR. Nevertheless, ticket bookings for Chennai will not be out there on the app but. This might be as a result of a phased rollout, with regional hubs reminiscent of Chennai typically updating their ticketing portals barely later.
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On Friday, simply hours after advance bookings went dwell, the movie had earned Rs 4.10 crore from 4,886 exhibits after promoting 84,915 tickets, excluding blocked seats. Together with blocked seats, the advance reserving gross stood at Rs 9.19 crore.
First introduced in December 2023, Poisonous took practically three years to finish and is lastly set to hit theatres after a number of delays. The movie was initially scheduled to launch on March 19 alongside Aditya Dhar’s Dhurandhar: The Revenge. Nevertheless, the makers introduced on Holi that the discharge could be pushed to June, citing the prevailing struggle scenario. The movie was later postponed once more to August.
Directed by Geetu Mohandas, Poisonous additionally stars Nayanthara, Kiara Advani, Tara Sutaria and Rukmini Vasanth in key roles. The movie was shot concurrently in Kannada and English.
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Poisonous can be competing with Yash’s earlier launch, KGF Chapter 2, which opened to Rs 134.49 crore gross on its first day. It stays to be seen whether or not Poisonous can surpass that determine and emerge as Yash’s largest opener so far. Its competitors can even come from A-rated movies reminiscent of Dhurandhar and Animal, which opened at Rs 28 crore India web and Rs 76.10 crore, respectively. In the meantime, Dhurandhar: The Revenge had an enormous opening of Rs 102 crore.
