Maidaan box office collection day 5: Despite positive reviews, Ajay Devgn’s sports drama performs worse than his recent duds on first Monday

Despite a similar dip in collections, Maidaan’s competitor, the actioner Bade Miyan Chote Miyan, outperformed the sports drama, securing a nett collection of Rs 2.5 crore in the domestic market during the day.

On Monday, Maidaan achieved an overall occupancy rate of just 9.99 per cent in the Hindi market. The morning shows began with a meagre 6.65 per cent occupancy, which rose to 9.92 per cent during the afternoon, 11.10 per cent during the evening screenings, and peaked at 12.28 per cent at night.

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It’s worth mentioning that this marks the poorest performance for an Ajay Devgn film on its first Monday in recent memory. Despite receiving less favourable reviews than Maidaan, his films Shaitaan (Rs 7.25 crore), Bholaa (Rs 4.5 crore), Drishyam 2 (Rs 11.87 crore), Thank God (Rs 1.6 crore) and Runway (Rs 2.42 crore) all fared better.

In her review of Maidaan, The Indian Express’ Shubhra Gupta wrote, “Ajay Devgn plays Syed Abdul Rahim with a patent sincerity and only a hint of the slo-mo swagger. His rag-tag team has the kind of composition so syncretic that it makes you ache with nostalgia.”