Exclusive/ Will Animal success be a roadblock for Salaar? Here's what trade experts have to say

upcoming box office clash between Animal and Sam Bahur on December 1, has generated a lot of curiosity. For next 3 weeks, after se two big films release re is no major title lined up - which allows both Sam Bahur and Animal an uninterrupted run at box office. However, much against popular perception, Animal’s genre might impact its business in more ways than one. And not just its own, of coming big releases too.

'Audience will think twice before watching Salaar right after Animal'

Tre analyst Sumit Kel feels that if a film like Animal, which is action and crime-driven and largely caters to male audience, gets good word of mouth, it might make things difficult for Prabhas-starrer Salaar, which releases on December 22.

“Salaar belongs to same genre as Animal. So if Animal ends up garnering very good WOM, its target audience would think twice before watching a film like Salaar in same month.” Kel ded that this might turn ir attention towards or big film release that week which is lighter in tone and is a family drama - Dunki.

At same time, tre analyst Ramesh Bala believes that a big release like Salaar might eat into Animal’s business only in its 3rd week when audiences would be inclined to watch ir favourite movies multiple times. “With Salaar releasing on December 22, some fans of action movies would rar wait and spend ir money on watching Salaar for first time inste of watching Animal again,” Ramesh Bala ded.

'Audience will choose between Animal and Salaar'

Meanwhile, talking about Salaar box office potential, Sumit Kel also noted that Prabhas starrer might take a Rs 15-20 crore opening in Hindi alone, overall garnering Rs 60-70 crore nett in all languages.

However, he ded, “Noways, if audience accepts a film, it runs for 5 weeks. So after a point, even after Salaar releases, people will choose a film between Animal and Salaar. So things will turn around only if Salaar gets really good word of mouth, or has a Yash cameo as rumours have been going about Salaar being part of KGF universe.”