Published 16:40 IST, March 6th 2020
'Baaghi 3' suffers in Akshay Kumar & Salman Khan's box office 'war' ahead of Eid?
'Baaghi 3' suffered in Akshay Kumar & Salman Khan box office 'war' on Eid. Baaghi 3 won't be screened in 50-60 theatres as a chain refused to sign a contract.
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A massive clash is scheduled to take place at the box office with Akshay Kumar’s Laxmmi Bomb and Salman Khan’s Radhe: Your Most Wanted Bhai gearing up for an Eid release. While it is a given that the business between the two films will be divided, it seems that the jostle for screens has already started. And not just the two films, but another film is being dragged into the ‘war’, if reports are to be believed.
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Industry insiders claim that Baaghi 3 won’t be releasing in 50-60 theatres in Delhi-UP area, because a theatre chain refused to sign a contract to screen Laxmmi Bomb, also backed by the same production house, on Eid. A veteran trade analyst-critic Komal Nahta and some more names claimed that SS Exhibitors did not accede to Fox Star Studios’ offer that they will give them Baaghi 3 to screen, only if they promise to screen Laxmmi Bomb.
Here are the tweets
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When Akshay was asked about the clash with his Mujhse Shaadi Karogi co-star, he had stated that two films can easily release on a big date like Eid. Salman had stated that he hoped Laxmmi Bomb beats his Radhe: Your Most Wanted Bhai in collections. While the stars displayed a cordial stance on the clash, the ground reality seems to be different with the makers already allegedly trying to gain an edge over the other.
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While the Eid clash has time, Baaghi 3, starring Tiger Shroff, Shraddha Kapoor, Riteish Deshmukh, meanwhile had taken an impressive opening, if the occupancy in the initial shows are anything to go by. As per trade estimates, the action film is expected to collect around Rs 20 crore on day one. Baaghi 3 is directed by Ahmed Khan.
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Updated 16:40 IST, March 6th 2020