BookMyShow clocked 2.9 million sales over the four-day Diwali weekend, thanks to the blockbuster movie releases after lockdown restrictions were eased this year, the online ticketing site has said.
Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, the site also recorded the highest number of sales on a single day, with 0.91 million tickets on November 5. Here are the highlights of the trends released for the period from January 1 to December 10, 2021:
Festive Fuel
- Diwali weekend saw 35% of total sales from Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bengaluru and NCR.
- Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai, NCR and Vizag contributed to 51% of total sales on Dussehra