Friday, 18th December 10:50 PM IST
DILWALE Beats BAJIRAO MASTANI With Distinct LeadToday the judgement day is here and much awaited clash took place at box office. ''Dilwale'' and ''Bajirao Mastani'' have created buzz before release. Both films have some USPs and both have very different type of treatment and audience.
''Dilwale'' has opened in approximate 3200 screens which is almost 35% less than ''PK'' or PRDP. On top of that, today was working day and there was no holiday edge. Still film has opened to phenomenal response all over with 70% occupancy. Film was solid in East, North and South as expected.
But the real surprise is Maharashtra and Gujrat where it was supposed to have tough competition from ''Bajirao Mastani''. In these areas too ''Dilwale'' is leading with some margin at the moment. Multiplexes as well as single screens are looking good all over.On the other hand, ''Bajirao Mastani'' suffered in north, east and south. CP and Mumbai managed to save the day for the film.
Both films suffered due to protests in different part of country though business loss was not big but perception wise its a loss and sorry state of affairs for cinema.
As per early trends, ''Dilwale'' should collect in excess of 20-21 cr nett today which is equal to 30 cr plus if we take out clash factor and it is exactly what we predicted in morning. ''Dhoom 3'' had highest non holiday opening of 34 cr nett to see things in right perspective. ''Bajirao Mastani'' should collect close to 11 cr nett on day one but it has chances of growth over next two days.
