Doctor Strange is the second-best performing foreign film in terms of advance bookings for day one behind Spider-Man: No Way Home. The film has reportedly earned ₹10 crore through ticket sales in its first 20 days. The Tom Holland-starrer had raked in ₹8.5 crore in pre-bookings for its release day.
The film is being viewed by many as a sort of sequel to Spider-Man: No Way Home. Many industry insiders are projecting it to have a lifetime earning of over ₹100 crore in India. The advance booking for the film opened a full 30 days before the film’s release.
Doctor Strange 2 has given promising signs by getting good early business from tier 2 centres too. In a statement, Rajender Singh Jyala, Chief Programming Officer at INOX Leisure, said, “Metro cities have always been the Marvel fanatics but this time with Doctor Strange what surprises us”.
There are chances of several actors making cameos as variants of existing characters or returning to play fan favourite roles from other franchises. Directed by Sam Raimi, the film is part of Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Phase 4.
