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Akshay Kumar and Tiger Shroff’s action film Bade Miyan Chote Miyan has seen the least action at the box office after its released on Eid, April 11. The big budget film, directed by Ali Abbas Zafar, has been on a downward spiral in recent days, and fell below the Rs 2 crore mark for the first time in its run on day eight of release.
Early estimates by industry tracker Sacnilk suggest that the film earned Rs 1.60 crore nett on Thursday (April 18) taking its nett total to Rs 50.15 crore. The film has been mounted on an estimated budget of Rs 350 crore, which it is unlikely to recover theatrically.
Bade Miyan Chote Miyan has also been witnessing decreasing footfalls. On Thursday, the film’s Hindi version witnessed an overall occupancy of 8.34 percent. In Mumbai, where there were 383 shows, the occupancy stood at 10 percent. In Delhi and NCR, with 500 shows, the occupancy was 8.25 percent. The highest occupancy, 15 percent, was recorded in Jaipur where there were only 79 shows. Occupancy details of the film’s Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Tamil versions are unavailable.
Despite its poor performance at the box office, Bade Miyan Chote Miyan is expected to see a boost in ticket sales on Cinema Lovers Day on Friday (April 19) with tickets being sold for Rs 99 at several multiplexes all around the country. However, it’ll face a stiff competition from new releases this week: Dibakar Banerjee’s Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2 and the Vidya Baland and Pratik Gandhi’s romcom Do Aur Do Pyaar. The film also stars Ileana D’Cruz and Sendhil Ramamurthy. Earlier, the makers had also introduced a buy one get one offer but it failed to attract the audiences.
Bade Miyan Chote Miyan, also starring Prithviraj Sukumaran, Sonakshi Sinha, Manushi Chhillar and Alaya F, clashed with Ajay Devgn’s sports biopic Maidaan, which opened to positive reviews by film critics. However, even Maidaan has had a pretty weak run at the box office.
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