Mumbai: Hrithik Roshan-Katrina Kaif starrer ‘Bang Bang’ is going to hit more than 4500 screens worldwide, thereby making it the widest release ever for a Bollywood film. The Siddharth Anand-directed action-thriller is hitting theatres this Friday along with Vishal Bhardwaj’s ‘Haider’.
“Bang Bang is going to be huge. There is an incredible anticipation for the movie and the advance bookings across all PVR screens are really good. Certainly the hottest film of 2014; we are expecting a massive day one and the five day holiday weekend should result in record breaking numbers,†Gautam Dutta, COO, PVR Cinemas, said in a statement.
Ashish Saksena, COO, Big Cinemas says the movie looks to be the biggest film of the year, both in terms of its look as well as the timing of the release.
“With an extended five day weekend, we have opened the advances and the response has been more than terrific — both off the counters as well as in terms of block bookings from corporates. We expect this to become the biggest film of the year looking at the audience response,†Saksena said.
Vijay Singh, CEO, Fox Star Studios (the producer), added, “On October 2, ‘Bang Bang’ will see the widest release ever for a Bollywood film across the world. Over 4500 screens, across 50 countries, with record breaking no of screens in the USA, the UK and the Middle East.â€Â