After three seasons spanning almost seven years, the phenomenon that is Mirzapur is coming to the big screen. The film adaptation of the popular web series is said to be an origin story that runs parallel to the show’s first season, bringing back many beloved characters and introducing new ones. The buzz for the theatrical release is immense, particularly in India’s non-metro centres, giving Mirzapur: The Movie a chance to register one of Bollywood’s biggest openings of 2026.
Advance bookings for Mirzapur opened a few days before the scheduled release and have picked up pace as the release date draws closer. By 10 AM on Thursday, Sept 3, a day before the film’s release, it had sold around 1.4 lakh tickets, grossing Rs 4 crore for its opening day. Almost all of these earnings are from the Hindi version. The film is also releasing with a Telugu dub, but that version has sold merely 372 tickets in 15 screens so far, according to Sacnilk. On the ticketing platform BookMyShow, Mirzapur is selling over 2.5K tickets per hour as of Sept 3 morning.
The figures are not groundbreaking but solid enough for a film with no stars, primarily catering to tier-2 and tier-3 centres. Such films, which appeal more to non-metro audiences, tend to see more growth in spot bookings than in advances. That is why the trade remains bullish on Mirzapur The Movie’s opening-day prospects.
Mirzapur movie was expected to open well ever since its first teaser was released earlier this year. But the buzz has only been increasing. Last week, most trade experts were estimating an Rs 18-20 crore start for the film, but now most are revising their estimates upwards. Mirzapur The Movie is now expected to open north of Rs 22 crore, with many even predicting it to touch the Rs 25 crore net mark domestically on its first day. If it does manage that, it will be the biggest non-star-led release for a Hindi film ever.
Normally, a Rs 25+ crore opening in Hindi is the domain of the A-listers or select pan-India stars. Very few actors, apart from the three Khans, Akshay Kumar, and Hrithik Roshan, have managed this consistently. Mirzapur will put the likes of Pankaj Tripathi, Ali Fazal, and Divyenndu in this league. If the film does manage to earn Rs 25 crore on its opening day, it will outgross recent sleeper hits such as Saiyaara ( Rs 22 crore) and Awarapan 2 ( Rs 21.50 crore).
Source: HT
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