The pairing of Priyadarshan and Akshay Kumar is coming back on the big screen after 14 years with the horror-comedy film ‘Bhoot Bangla’. Fans were eagerly waiting for this much awaited union of both. ‘Bhoot Bangla’ has also received positive response in advance booking and paid preview shows held on Friday, 16th April. Looking at this, it seems that this film can have the biggest opening of Bollywood this year after ‘Dhurandhar 2’ and can also give tough competition to many top horror-comedy films. Let us know here with how many crores can one open an account on the first day?

Advance booking and paid preview shows collection of ‘Bhoot Bangla’
Advance booking of ‘Bhoot Bangla’ started earlier this week and the film gained good momentum through pre-sales. Horror-comedy films usually do not take such huge advance bookings, but still on the strength of Akshay Kumar’s star power, ‘Bhoot Bangla’ sold 1.3 lakh tickets in the pre-sale on its first day.

• According to the report of SACNILC, ‘Bhoot Bangla’ earned Rs 3.32 crore from advance booking on the first day. In such a situation, the film can open in double digits on the first day.
• The film has also got the benefit of paid preview. Let us tell you that the paid previews of the film started on Thursday, April 16 at 9 pm, which was a day before the release of the film.
• Despite being a limited show, Bhoot Bangla performed brilliantly on Thursday and collected a net collection of Rs 3.50 crore from paid previews, much more than expected.

‘‘Bhoot Bungalow’ With how many crores can it be opened?
The collection of advance booking and paid preview shows of ‘Bhoot Bangla’ is good. Now looking at these, it is expected that ‘Bhoot Bangla’ can make a strong start at the box office. Trade analysts estimate that the film can open its account in India with a net collection of Rs 12-14 crore on the first day. If we also add the earnings from paid previews, then the opening of Bhoot Bangla can reach Rs 15-17 crores. This is the second biggest opening of a Bollywood film this year. Earlier, Dhurandhar 2 had made a record breaking opening of Rs 145 crore last month.

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‘‘Bhoot Bungalow’ Records of these horror comedy films can be broken
Let us tell you that ‘Bhoot Bangla’ can occupy the fourth position in the list of top 10 horror comedy films. It can beat horror comedy films like ‘Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2’ (Rs 14.50 crore), ‘Stree’ (Rs 8 crore) and ‘Bhediya’ (Rs 10 crore). However, it will not be able to beat Maddock Films’ ‘Stree 2’ (Rs 55 crore) and ‘Thama’ (Rs 24 crore) and ‘Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3’ (Rs 35 crore).

After a huge gap of almost 14 years, famous director-actor duo Priyadarshan and Akshay Kumar are coming together once again. Actually, this pair is once again preparing to create a stir at the box office with a horror comedy film ‘Bhoot Bangla’. There is a lot of buzz about this film and the makers have finally released the tremendous trailer of the much awaited ‘Bhoot Bangla’ on Monday, 6th April.

‘Bhoot Bangla’ trailer released

There was suspense on the trailer of ‘Bhoot Bangla’ for many days. Initially, it was to be released on 27th March and later it was extended to 30th March, but the trailer did not come on both the dates, due to which the excitement of the fans had also increased. Finally the makers have released it today and it looks quite fun.

Let us tell you that earlier the teaser had introduced the audience to the strange world and characters of the film, but the trailer has shown the story of ‘Bhoot Bangla’ in more depth.

After watching the trailer, memories of Bhool Bhulaiyaa have become vivid. Akshay Kumar is once again seen in his comic style. His chemistry with Vamika Gabbi is also looking very good in the trailer. Rajpal Yadav and Paresh Rawal have also given double dose of comedy. Overall, the trailer of ‘Bhoot Bangla’ is quite explosive, which makes it clear that this film of Akshay Kumar will be full of humor, chaos and horror elements. This is an area where Akshay Kumar has previously got success in Bhool Bhulaiyaa. The story of Vadhusur will be shown in the trailer. The excitement of the fans has increased after watching the trailer of the film. After watching the trailer of ‘Bhoot Bangla’, fans are no longer able to wait for the release of this film.

Watch the trailer here…

‘Bhoot Bangla’ star cast
Akshay Kumar’s film Bhoot Bangla has a team of many stars and powerful actors, which includes names like Tabu, Paresh Rawal, Rajpal Yadav, Late Asrani, Vamika Gabbi and Mithila Palkar.

When will ‘Bhoot Bangla’ be released?
The film was initially scheduled to hit the theaters on April 10, but was later postponed due to the ongoing wave of Dhurandhar 2. Now adding to the excitement, the makers have organized paid preview shows on 16th April from 9:00 pm onwards.

Akshay Kumar himself has announced this by posting. The actor has written in the post, “The evening will fall and the door will open, everyone will get a double dose of fun and horror on the evening of 16th. Bhoot Bangla paid preview will start in theaters from 16th April 2026, 9 pm.”

Enter the evening and the door will open, everyone will get a double dose of fun and horror on the evening of 16th. #BhoothBanglaTrailer drops today!#BhoothBanglapaid previews begin in theaters 16th April 2026, 9 PM onwards pic.twitter.com/A5GPtzIbBA

— Akshay Kumar (@akshaykumar) April 6, 2026