The box office has finally started picking up a substantial pace as ‘Bade Miyan Chote Miyan vs Maidaan’ grabs the limelight. Both films are preparing for an Eid face-off after makers of the highly-anticipated actioner decided to push the release date by a day.
Bade Miyan Chote Miyan – starring Akshay Kumar, Prithviraj Sukumaran and Tiger Shroff in key roles – and Maidaan – based on the golden era of football (1952-62) and featuring Ajay Devgn in lead – have finally started seeing sizeable numbers on ticket booking platforms.
Industry tracker Sacnilk notes:
[as of 4:20 pm]
Bade Miyan Chote Miyan first day advance booking
– Hindi – 2D – 40168 tickets sold
– Hindi – 3D – 26989 tickets sold
– Hindi – IMAX 3D – 890 tickets sold
– Hindi – IMAX 2D – 0 tickets sold
– Tamil – 2D – 2486 tickets sold
– Telugu – 2D – 385 tickets sold
– Malayalam – 2D – 3 tickets sold
70921 tickets sold across India – 1.79 Cr rupees gross
Note: Considering block seats: 3.41 Cr rupees
Maidaan first day advance booking
Hindi – 2D – 22169 tickets sold
Hindi – IMAX 2D – 603 tickets sold
Hindi ICE – 34 tickets sold
22806 tickets sold across India – 52.58 Cr rupees gross
Note: Considering block seats: 1.47 Cr rupees
Unlike Bade Miyan Chote Miyan’s expected release in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada across 2D, 3D and IMAX formats, Maidaan is set to see only a Hindi release in 2D and IMAX formats, as already mentioned above.
The figures include tickets for paid previews too – to take place this evening, followed by a full-fledged release on Eid al-Fitr on Thursday. Though the number of tickets booked for first day for both the films have seen a rise, they are still lukewarm for the Eid holiday period.
The big-scale Bade Miyan Chote Miyan – an Ali Abbas Zafar directorial – a projected to mint 15 Cr rupees on Eid 2024, and Maidaan – helmed by Amit Sharma – could bring in 7 Cr rupees. The films shall then pretty much have an open run, with no big releases lined up the entire month.
Bade Miyan Chote Miyan vs Maidaan: Key insights
Bade Miyan Chote Miyan (2024)
Trailer:
Plot:
Bade Miyan Chote Miyan is based on an interesting plot of 2 elite soldiers teaming up to recover a stolen entity from a masked madman seeking to destroy the country. Can Bade Miyan and Chote Miyan safeguard the day, despite their contrasting personalities?
Directed by:
Ali Abbas Zafar
Produced by:
Pooja Entertainment
AAZ Films
Top cast:
Prithviraj Sukumaran
Tiger Shroff
Manushi Chhillar
Alaya F
Sonakshi Sinha
Ronit Roy
Maidaan (2024)
Trailer:
Plot:
It is a true story. This upcoming biographical sports drama is about Syed Abdul Rahim, a pioneering Indian national football team coach between 1952 and 1962 – the golden era of football in the country. Rahim is regarded as the architect of Indian football.
Directed by:
Amit Sharma
Produced by:
Zee Studios
Boney Kapoor
Arunava Joy Sengupta
Akash Chawla
Top cast:
Ajay Devgn
Priyamani
Gajraj Rao
Rudranil Ghosh
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