'Tenet' most watched film in India post lockdown

The Christopher Nolandirected Tenet starring Robert Pattinson John David Washington and Dimple Kapadia has emerged as the most watched film in India post lockdownAccording to ShowOffTheYear2020 report by BookMyShow cinemas have sold an estimated seven lakh tickets since reopening after the Covidinduced lockdownThere has been a steady increase in screens across cinemas panIndia with 2800 screens operational at the moment Tenet remains the mostwatched film having sold three lakh tickets The data is for sales from October 16 to December 18Second to Tenet in the Top Watched Movies Post Lockdown list by ticket sales is Biskoth Tamil followed by Irandam Kuththu Tamil Suraj Pe Mangal Bhari Hindi and Dracula Sir BengaliDracula Sir was the first new film to release post the lockdown during Dussehra The top cities for films post lockdown are Kolkata Chennai Bengaluru Hyderabad Mumbai and NCRIn terms of the inhome virtual entertainment 233219 consumers registered and bought tickets to watch virtual events Sports cricket Music shows Workshops Performances acts such as circus Comedy and Online Games emerged as the Most Popular Genres The data is from April 1 till December 18Mumba topped Indias Most Entertained Virtually list followed by Bengaluru DelhiNCR Pune Hyderabad Chennai Kolkata Ahmedabad Jaipur and LucknwDua Lips virtual ig Studio 2054 topped the International Game Changers Best Performing Virtually It was followed by One World Together Global Citizen Sunburn The Buckleys Taylor Castro and Willie GomezTalking of prelockdown times in 2020 Tanhaji The Unsung Warrior was the top film It is followed by Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo Telugu Sarileru Neekevvaru Telugu Darbar Tamil Bheeshma Telugu Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan Hindi Baaghi 3 Hindi Street Dancer 3 Hindi Anjaam Pathiraa Malayalam and 1917 EnglishSome of the Top Performing Artistes included Ajay Devgn Saif Ali Khan Tabu Allu Arjun and Mahesh Babu Telugu films grew 215 per cent in the JanuaryMarch 2020 period when compared to the same quarter in 2019 growing the most amongst regional cinemaThe top Watched genres remained action historicals and drama BookMyShow sold 21 million film tickets for a single day on January 12 the highest ever soldBaaghi 3 was the last film in theatres with 35 per cent watching the movie before the curtains were temporarily brought down on theatres in India The prelockdown days data is from December 1 019 till March 2020While a complete return to outofhome entertainment will probably take a few more months we foresee the future of entertainment to remain strong as people love to socialise and get out However we think there is an opportunity for a hybrid model where both outofhome and a live experiene onground may coexist said Ashish Hemrajani from BookMyShowKeep scrolling to read more newsCatch up on all the latest entertainment news and gossip here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps MidDay is now on Telegram Click here to join our channel middayinfomedialtd and stay updated with the latest newsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever