Bollywood is not having a good time for the last two years. While all the film industries have managed to bounce back after being hit by corona pandemic, Bollywood is still struggling to deliver big hits. Leave aside the hits, big movies and stars have not been able to get the openings at the box office in a considerable range.
Bollywood is ready to catch a glimpse of a box office clash between Akshay Kumar’s Ram Setu and Ajay Devgn’s Thank God. With things not going well for the Hindi releases, many thought the decision of clashing big films wasn’t a wise one. But now, as the competition is unavoidable, let’s see how both the films are serving in booking at the box office this week.
The advance booking for both films started on this thursday with good enough shows. But shockingly, there is no buildup for both films. In the past, Diwali clashes have always been draws for the audience, trade circles, and industry people.
But now, despite only a few days left for the two movies release, there’s no excitement as such and the same is reflected in the audience response via ticket booking sites.
Ram Setu and Thank God, both are showing dull responses so far in all major cities. Ram Sethu, the Akshay Kumar starrer is showing one or two fast-filling shows at a few places but all other shows are empty. Ajay Devgn and Sidharth Malhotra’s film Thank God is also getting a very poor response.
At this point, both Thank God and Ram Setu are tracking for a box office opening of below double digits, which would be very disappointing.
According to the trade analysts, the pre-Diwali period doesn’t always show a clear view of where a movie is directed, and considering that both films release on the biggest holiday of the year for the box office, spot bookings could boost the films to get good numbers if the talk is good for the movies, so let’s wish that both these movies would become hit and make the festival of Diwali a grand success for Bollywood.
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