India, Dec. 2 -- The advance booking for Ranveer Singh's Dhurandhar opened on Monday, four days ahead of release. The much-anticipated film from Aditya Dhar has started pre-sales on a promising note, but that is slightly buoyed by the high ticket price across the nation. The tickets for Dhurandhar carry the so-called 'blockbuster surcharge', which exhibitors and cinema chains put on 'in-demand' films to maximise profits. This has seen tickets for premium shows in the metros surge to over Rs.2000.

So far, advance booking for Dhurandhar has opened in just under 3000 shows across India. The average ticket price for the film in the regular version is Rs.307 for Friday, and higher for Sunday. In contrast, the average ticket price of Tere Ishk...