Advance booking for the upcoming Ranbir Kapoor film, Animal, opened for the public over the weekend and within no time, it set a new benchmark. Despite expensive ticket prices, people are showing interest in watching the crime drama directed by Sandeep Reddy Vanga. There were reports that almost 10,000 tickets were being sold per hour when the advance booking window opened. 

Now, according to renowned trade analyst Taran Adarsh`s latest tweet, Animal has sold 1 lac tickets already. The data was for the first day of the film`s release. His tweet read, "#Xclusiv… #Animal advance booking status at *national chains*… Note: [Friday] Day 1 tickets sold…#PVRInox: 81,000 #Cinepolis: 19,000 Total: 1,00,000 tickets sold."