K.G.F: Chapter 2 Is the Highest-Selling, Most-Watched Movie in 2022, According to BookMyShow

K.G.F: Chapter 2 surpassed Baahubali 2: The Conclusion’s five-year-long record, to emerge on top with 17.7 million tickets sold on BookMyShow.

Written by Rahul Chettiyar, Edited by Akhil Arora, David Delima | Updated: 19 December 2022 06:00 IST

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K.G.F: Chapter 2

Highlights

Numbers were gathered between Jan 1 to Dec 5, 2022
On release day, April 14, K.G.F: Chapter 2 sold 2.14 million tickets
It continued to sell 34 percent of overall tickets for weekends

K.G.F: Chapter 2 — Prashanth Neel's sequel to the period thriller — was among the highest-selling and most-watched movies in 2022. As per BookMyShow's “Best of 2022” report, on release day — April 14 — the movie managed to sell 2.14 million tickets, with further collections coming in the following weekends. The Kannada-language film sold 34 percent of overall tickets in the weekends of 2022, surpassing S.S. Rajamouli's Baahubali 2: The Conclusion, to emerge as the best-selling film on the platform, with a whopping 17.7 million tickets sold.

According to BookMyShow, K.G.F: Chapter 2 also topped the charts for the highest number of advance bookings, succeeded by the likes of RRR, Ponniyin Selvan: I, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, and oddly enough, Idris Elba-led Beast — not the Tamil-language film of the same name, starring Vijay.

The BookMyShow statistics also mention a 116 percent increase in audiences wanting an “immersive cinematic experience” over regular screens. This naturally refers to 3D, IMAX 2D, IMAX 3D, and 4DX formats, which were also heavily promoted during Avatar's re-release, back in September. The IMAX and 4DX formats are mostly popular with Hollywood films, with Indian titles making a small percentage of the total.

Going by the data collected from the period of January 1 to December 5, BookMyShow Stream — the company's video-on-demand platform — recorded 1.11 lakh hours of viewing in 2022. The year also saw 200 films getting added to the streaming platform, which 93 percent of the Indian audience devoured. The remaining seven percent, however, opted to buy those films for viewing at their leisure. While there are no explicit figures, the company notes that Spider-Man: No Way Home, The Spacewalker, and the 2020-released documentary centring on the assassination of Kim Jong-nam, Assassins, were the “highest viewed” films on BMS Stream. The Marvel Cinematic Universe entry in the list also has an extended version up for streaming or purchasing, which includes some content that was cut from the theatrical version.

2022 also welcomed some Oscar-nominated movies onto BookMyShow Stream, with Will smith-led King Richard, Denis Villeneuve's Dune, Kristen Stewart's Spencer, and Parallel Mothers starring Penélope Cruz among the key highlights.

The BookMyShow report also mentions that 8 million audience members stepped out for on-ground live entertainment, across 19,000 plus events — a positive development, after having endured the COVID-19 lockdowns across 2020 and 2021.

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K.G.F: Chapter 2

Release Date 14 April 2022
Language Kannada
Genre Action, Crime, Drama
Cast
Yash, Anmol Vijay, Sanjay Dutt, Srinidhi Shetty, Raveena Tandon, Prak, Achyuth Kumar, Malavika Avin, Rao Ramesh, T. S. Nagabharana, Archana Jois, B.S. Avin, Ramachandra Raju, B. Suresha, Sharik Khan
Director
Prashanth Neel
Producer
Vijay Kiragandur

RRR

Release Date 25 March 2022
Language Telugu
Genre Action, Drama, History
Cast
N. T. Rama Rao Jr., Ram Charan, Ajay Devgn, Alia Bhatt, Spandan Chaturvedi, Olivia Morris, Samuthirakani, Alison Doody, Ray Stevenson, Shriya Saran
Director
S. S. Rajamouli
Producer
D. V. Danayya

Ponniyin Selvan: I

Release Date 30 September 2022
Language Tamil
Genre Action, Drama, History
Cast
Vikram, Jayam Ravi, Karthi, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Jayaram, Trisha Krishnan, Sobhita Dhulipala, Aishwarya Lekshmi, Vikram Prabhu, Ashwin Kakumanu, R. Sarathkumar, R. Parthiban, Prabhu, Prakash Raj, Rahman
Director
Mani Ratnam
Producer
Mani Ratnam, Allirajah Subaskaran

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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

Release Date 6 May 2022
Language English
Genre Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Superhero
Cast
Benedict Cumberbatch, Elizabeth Olsen, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Benedict Wong, Xochitl Gomez, Michael Stuhlbarg, Rachel McAdams, Patrick Stewart, Hayley Atwell, Lashana Lynch, Anson Mount, John Krasinski, Julian Hilliard, Jett Klyne, Charlize Theron, Bruce Campbell
Director
Sam Raimi
Producer
Kevin Feige

Beast

Release Date 2 September 2022
Language English
Genre Adventure, Drama, Horror
Cast
Idris Elba, Iyana Halley, Leah Sava Jeffries, Sharlto Copley, Riley Keough, Melanie Jarnson, Damon Burtley, Amara Miller, Robby MacIsaac, Billy Gallagher
Director
Baltasar Kormákur
Producer
James Lopez, Will Packer, Jaime Primak Sullivan

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Spider-Man: No Way Home

Release Date 16 December 2021
Language English
Genre Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Superhero
Cast
Tom Holland, Zendaya, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jacob Batalon, Jon Favreau, Jamie Foxx, Willem Dafoe, Alfred Molina, Benedict Wong, Tony Revolori, Marisa Tomei, Andrew Garfield, Tobey Maguire
Director
Jon Watts
Producer
Kevin Feige, Amy Pascal

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