Brahmastra’s Success Leads To Postponement Of National Cinema Day? Multiplex Association Announces New Date

Ranbir
Kapoor-Alia
Bhatt’s
latest
release

Brahmastra
which
released
last
week,
has
set
the
cash
registers
ringing
and
brought
a
smile
on
the
face
of
theatre
owners
who
had
a
bleak
box
office
year
owing
to
very
few
films
hitting
the
bullseye.

Amid
this
fever,
the
National
Cinema
Day
which
was
earlier
scheduled
for
September
16,
has
now
been
pushed
ahead
to
September
23
and
it
is
being
speculated
that
the
roaring
success
of
Brahmastra
is
the
reason
behind
this
postponement.

For
the
unversed,
it
has
been
announced
that
on
National
Cinema
Day,
many
multiplex
chains
would
be
offering
movie
tickets
at
the
low
price
of
Rs
75.

The
Multiplex
Association
of
India
took
to
his
social
media
handle
to
share
the
change
in
the
date
of
National
Cinema
Day.

The
post
read,
“The
National
Cinema
Day
was
previously
announced
to
be
held
on
16th
September,
however,
on
request
from
various
stake
holders
and
in
order
to
maximize
participation,
it
would
now
be
held
on
23rd
September
#NationalCinemaDay2022
#Sep23.”

In
his
press
statement,
the
association
mentioned
that
more
than
4000
screens,
including
those
of
the
cinema
chains
PVR,
INOX,
Cinepolis,
Carnival,
MIRA,
Citypride,
ASIAN,
Mukta
A2,
Movie
Time,
Wave,
M2K
and
Delite
will
be
participating
in
this
unique
initiative.

The
statement
further
read,
“National
Cinema
Day
celebrates
the
successful
reopening
of
cinemas
and
is
a
‘thank
you’
to
the
moviegoers
who
made
this
happen.
National
Cinema
Day
is
also
an
invitation
to
those
moviegoers
who
haven’t
made
it
back
to
a
cinema
near
them,
yet.
India
has
a
thriving
domestic
film
industry
and
has
seen
one
of
the
sharpest
recoveries
in
the
film
exhibition
business,
globally.
Quarter
1,
FY’23
recorded
impressive
numbers
among
cinema
operators
on
the
back
of
global
and
local
tent
poles
that
resonated
with
the
Indian
audience.
The
quarter
was
marked
by
the
release
of
some
of
the
biggest
domestic
hits
like

KGF:
Chapter
2,

RRR,

Vikram,

Bhool
Bhulaiyaa
2
and
Hollywood
hits
such
as

Doctor
Strange
and

Top
Gun
Maverick.”

Speaking
about

Brahmastra,
the
Ranbir
Kapoor-Alia
Bhatt
starrer
minted
around
Rs
36
Crore
on
its
first
day
of
release,
making
it
the
biggest
Bollywood
opener
of
2022.