Akshay Kumar and Tiger Shroff’s action-thriller ‘Bade Miyan Chote Miyan’ is expected to get a good opening at the box office. As per early estimates, the film has already sold over 43,000 tickets for the opening day, April 11. Ajay Devgn’s ‘Maidaan’, which releases on the same day, is failing to keep up as it has only sold around 16,000 tickets so far for the first day.
At the time of writing this article, an industry tracker reported that ‘Bade Miyan Chote Miyan’ sold 43,867 tickets, earning Rs 2.53 crore (including block seats). As per trade experts, the film, directed by Ali Abbas Zafar, is expected to be one of the box office winners this year. Taran Adarsh predicted that the film would earn around Rs 25 crore on the opening day.
‘Bade Miyan Chote Miyan’ will release in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada in 3D and IMAX. It also stars Sonakshi Sinha and Alaya F in pivotal roles.
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Whereas, ‘Maidaan’, a sports biopic, starring Devgn in the lead role, has only sold 17,113 tickets so far for day one, earning Rs 1.25 crore (including block seats). A Pinkvilla report suggested that the film will earn around Rs 7 crore on the opening day, including the collection of paid previews on April 10.
Though the film is trailing behind ‘Bade Miyan Chote Miyan’, it has received a good response from film critics. IndiaToday.in gave the film a 4-star rating.
Directed by Amit Ravindernath Sharma, the film has Devgn playing football coach Syed Abdul Rahim. It focuses on the golden era of Indian football spanning between 1952 and 1962. The official synopsis of the film reads, “The true story of an unknown hero who created history and records for India such that even 60 years later, we are not able to match upto those accomplishments in the most played sport in the world, football”.
‘Maidaan’ and ‘Bade Miyan Chote Miyan’ don’t have any competition in sight for the rest of the month as no major Bollywood film is scheduled to release in April. Now, how they fare at the box office remains to be seen.
