Salaar Box Office Scam Exposed? Makers Of Prabhas' Film Accused Of Faking Box Office Numbers
The makers of Prabhas starrer Salaar have been accused of faking box office numbers. The early morning shows that are booked either don't exist or are corporate bookings.
While Prabhas' last few releases have been duds, Shah Rukh Khan made a roaring comeback with two blockbuster hits this year. Everyone expected when superstar's film Dunki would clash with Prabhas' Salaar, the former might win the box office race. However, what happened was the opposite. Did the makers of Salaar fake box office collection?
Salaar Box Office Scam
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As #Salaarboxofficescam trends on X, the makers of the Prashanth Neel directorial have been accused of manipulating box office numbers. Apparently, they added an extra Rs 100 crores to their total opening day collection.
Expose
¡ª ????ty (@SRKs_Jawan) December 27, 2023
Guard says- Bhaiji, koi show nahi hai subah 9 baje se pehle,
Kal bhi 3-4 GYM wale bacche dekh ke gaye the.
Big scam is going on#SalaarBoxOfficescam pic.twitter.com/irhvHAp3c6
This was highlighted after several social media users saw that the 6 am and 7 am shows of the movie were sold out on Book My Show while the prime-time shows are empty. Some of the people also pointed out how these shows were empty - there was no one in the cinema hall/auditorium during these shows.
The Video Posted By The Account Is Now Deleted #Prabhas and His PR Team is Making People Delete Videos Which Exposed #SalaarBoxOfficeScam And It's Corporate Bookings. Shame on Prabhas and Makers Of Salaar pic.twitter.com/0yyBpeuHmt
¡ª S. ? (@Isubhamdm) December 26, 2023
An X user claimed that the cinema hall in Buxar, Bihar which is houseful was actually shut six years ago.
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Some others alleged it was a case of money laundering.
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"Malls are closed at 6 am and Open only after 8 am but all shows are sold out before 8 am," a Twitter user wrote sharing a video proving the same.
"Everyone on YouTube is aware of the morning show scam of Salaar but trade analysts have no spine to report this robbery," wrote another user.
"BookMyShow showed all morning shows housefull but in reality malls were closed during showtime," wrote a user.
Corporate Bookings for Salaar
Are most of the show houseful because of corporate bookings?
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Has the production company Hombale Films deleted all social media posts regarding the Salaar Box Office Collection?
While a lot of social media users have also claimed that the production house has deleted the posts about the film's box office collection, the reality is that the page never posted this. The BO numbers were posted by the film's X handle.
¡®Hombale Films¡¯ didn¡¯t post any Collections Update regarding the #Salaar movie on their official production page.
¡ª CineCorn.Com By YoungMantra (@cinecorndotcom) December 26, 2023
They have posted the numbers on @SalaarTheSaga page only.
The news circulating about @HombaleFilms deleting the collections posts is absolutely untrue.
Don¡¯t¡ https://t.co/nHbTmhFJbg pic.twitter.com/5t89X8JAdE
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