# Toxic advance bookings cross Rs 10 crore, 2.5 lakh tickets sold 2026-08-21T23:55:48+00:00 | Entertainment | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets Yash and Kiara Advani's film Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups has sold over 2.5 lakh tickets in advance bookings across India, collecting approximately Rs 11 crore before its release, according to early estimates from Sacnilk as reported by Times Now. The film, directed by Geethu Mohandas, has sold 45,000 tickets in the top national chains PVR Inox and Cinepolis for its opening day, five days before release, Pinkvilla reports. The language-wise breakdown shows Kannada leading with 1,53,092 tickets and Rs 7.21 crore, followed by Hindi with 98,907 tickets and Rs 3.71 crore. Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam account for smaller numbers. The film is set for a global release across around 12,000 screens, though the final count is yet to be confirmed. Times Now notes that advance bookings opened nearly a week ahead of the release, and the film's teaser and trailer have generated both buzz and criticism over its portrayal of women. Toxic is an A-rated actioner set in Goa between the 1940s and 1970s, telling the story of a gangster named Raya. ## Indian Opinion Analysis Both sources report strong advance bookings for Toxic, but Pinkvilla focuses narrowly on Hindi chain sales of 45,000 tickets, while Times Now gives the fuller all-India picture of 2.5 lakh tickets and Rs 10.94 crore across languages. Times Now also flags the criticism over the film's portrayal of women, which Pinkvilla omits entirely. The coverage is essentially neutral, with both outlets reporting figures from the same source, Sacnilk. The key number to watch is the final opening-day collection once the film releases in five days. ## Coverage Coverage: 2 sources, 2 neutral - pinkvilla.com (neutral report) Reports only Hindi chain advance sales, omitting all-India total and controversy - timesnownews.com (neutral report) Reports all-India advance booking figures and mentions portrayal-of-women backlash This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above. Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources. Last updated 2026-08-22T02:35:43+00:00. Tags: Cinepolis, Geethu Mohandas, Kiara Advani, PVR INOX, Toxic, Yash Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/toxic-hindi-advance-booking-crosses-45000-tickets-before-release/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/toxic-hindi-advance-booking-crosses-45000-tickets-before-release/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/