Yes, booking is paying the full ticket price which doesn't mean that the person(s) also goe(s) to watch the movie (which frequently is with the so-called 'block booking', which also is labeled as corporate booking).
It gives the impression that the movie earns a lot through a high boxoffice number although the factual attendance in the respective theatres doesn't correspond to the number of the booked tickets.
That - e.g. - had been done with Salar where at least six (verified) theatres had been block-booked (= paid) for the morning shows without a factual screening (as nobody was attending).
So, verifying booked theatres through Internet doesn't make sense...one has to verify the attendance in the theatres (=tickets controlled at the entrance). Therefore producers' numbers can differ from 'real' numbers by many crores as the income through paid tickets is higher than audience's attendance.
That - among others - is a reason why I don't give so much importance to the boxoffice numbers even though I post them.
Just to add...I like Sacnilk because they refer to the attendance... their numbers are estimates until they got verified.
Edited by Clochette - 2 months ago
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