Maidaan Vs Bade Miyan Chote Miyan Box Office Prediction: Advance Bookings, Excitement Relatively Low

It's that time of year again when big stars treat ir fans with Eidi -- ir much-anticipated films. This Eid, we will see one of biggest box office clashes between two OG stars Akshay Kumar and Ajay Devgn. While Ajay Devgn is all set to return to big screen for second time this year after his recent hit Shaitaan starring R Mhavan and Jyotika in le roles, Akshay Kumar will be giving his first release of year, which is very unlikely of actor.

On April 11, Ajay Devgn's Maidaan -- a biopic on legendary football coach Syed Abdul Rahim -- will finally hit atres after its announcement in 2019 and multiple delays after that. On same day, Akshay Kumar will return in his action avatar alongside Tiger Shroff in Ali Abbas Zafar's Be Miyan Chote Miyan. With paid-preview having alrey started for both films on April 10, will Ajay Devgn's Shaitaan popularity and Akshay Kumar's return to big screen after a gap of six months (which is surprising) help m mint huge numbers at box office?  Here's what vance bookings and box office predictions by tre analysts for films' opening day look like.

vance bookings are extremely low for both films

vance bookings as well as excitement for both Be Miyan Chote Miyan and Maidaan are extremely low, according to Producer and Film Tre Analyst Girish Johar. He said, "Excitement level for both films are not great and vance bookings are also less. However, I am really hoping that given star power of both actors, ir films do well at box office after good word-of-mouth and walk-in tickets."

Girish gave examples of films like Vikrant Massey starrer 12th Fail (2023) and Yami Gautam's film Article 370 (2024). He said a lot of times such films earn well eventually despite not showing strong vance bookings.

Anor Film Tre Analyst Atul Mohan also h a similar opinion. He said, "vance to kuch hua nahi. All depends on spot booking tomorrow."

According to BookMyShow statistics, vance bookings for previously released films Crew and Swatantrya Veer Savarkar are much better than Be Miyan Chote Miyan. According to app, in last 24 hours, Kareena Kapoor and Tabu starrer is leing vance bookings with 37.38K tickets sold. Second in list is Randeep Hooda starrer Swatantrya Veer Savarkar with 16.54K tickets.

On or hand, Be Miyan Chote Miyan has sold 10.8K tickets, and Maidaan just 7.05K tickets, according to BookMyShow.

How much will BMCM, Maidaan earn at box office on its opening day?

Despite low excitement and vance bookings, Girish Johar predicts that Ajay Devgn starrer will earn somewhere around ₹10 crore to ₹12 crore. Whereas, he believes that Akshay Kumar's action film will open to at least ₹15 crore on its first day.

He said, "A lot depends on walk-in tickets business. Maidaan is a niche film, a tier-one film. Whereas, Be Miyan Chote Miyan is more of a mass film, which will have comparatively a wider audience. Maidaan might open to ₹10-12 crores, while BMCM is expected to mint somewhere around ₹15 crore on its day 1."

Girish Johar believes with both films releasing on a Thursday (April 11) followed by a big holiday on Eid (Friday) and an extended weekend after that, Maidaan and Be Miyan Chote Miyan have potential to earn well if content is liked by people. cherry on cake for both films is that re are no or big movies lined up for near future, providing a bigger window for Ajay Devgn and Akshay Kumar starrer flicks.

Now everything depends on kind of content actors have to offer through ir films. Maidaan, directed Amit Sharma, also stars Priyamani and Gajraj Rao in le roles. Be Miyan Chote Miyan will star actors Akshay Kumar, Tiger Shroff, Prithviraj Sukumaran, Alaya F, and Manushi Chhillar among ors.