Maidaan box office collection day 1: Ajay Devgn delivers his weakest opening since Runway 34 as sports drama hopes to capitalise on positive buzz | Bollywood News

The opening day determine of Maidaan, together with paid previews, is sort of 50 p.c lower than that of Ajay’s previous couple of releases. Whereas his supernatural thriller Shaitaan, which was launched final month, opened prime Rs 14.75, his Drishyam 2 had clocked in Rs 15.38 cr on day one. Even his actioner Bholaa, which was launched in March final yr, noticed a gap of Rs 11.20 cr. The one different movie that opened to worse numbers than Maidaan was his 2022 Eid launch Runway 34, which did Rs 3 cr.

The Amit Ravindernath Sharma directorial has now set itself up for a fairytale comeback, with Saturday and Sunday being essential for the film. Maidaan has to now hit double digits within the subsequent two days to point out an upward pattern on the field workplace, which might give a sign if the viewers has accepted the movie.

It’s going to additionally should battle it out on the field workplace with the opposite Eid launch, Bade Miyan Chote Miyan, starring Akshay Kumar and Tiger hroff. The Ali Abbas Zafar actioner additionally took a low begin regardless of being launched on the large Eid vacation and picked up Rs 15.50 cr. Each movies now have to carry sturdy and register strong features for any likelihood of a turnaround, particularly contemplating that they weren’t made frugally.

Whereas the finances of Bade Miyan Chote Miyan is reportedly round Rs 350 cr, commerce circles have additionally famous how the touchdown value of Maidaan–after years of delay–quantities to Rs 250 cr. The low opening of each the movies makes it an uphill activity for them to come back wherever near their reported finances, a minimum of as of now.