Maidaan vs Bade Miyan Chote Miyan, Pushpa 2 vs Singham Again and more: 2024 box office clashes, and what to expect

Maidaan vs Bade Miyan Chote Miyan, Pushpa 2 vs Singham Again and more: 2024 box office clashes, and what to expect

The incredible box office resurgence of the previous year has raised expectations for 2024. In the next several months, a number of movies arc going to collide, making for an exciting slate. From Crakk – Jeetegaa toh Jiyegaa and Article 370 on February 23, Bade Miyan Chote Miyan (BMCM) and Maidaan on April 10 (Eid), Emergency and Chandu Champion on June 14 to Pushpa 2: The Rule and Singham Again on Independence Day— many clashes are lined up for the coming year. How is this likely to affect business? 

What do experts say?

While clashes are inevitable on festive weekends, trade expert and producer Girish Johar says he wasn’t “too happy about” the I-Day overlap between Allu Arjun’s Pushpa 2: The Rule and Ajay Devgn’s Singham Again. Since both are “commercial big-screen franchises”, he says the likelihood of them biting into each other’s business is high.

The dish is especially worrisome considering the impressive box-office performance of films from the South in the Hindi belt — the latest example being the Telugu film, HanuMan.

Despite clashes, the previous year’s experiences, such as Gadar 2 and OMG 2, demonstrated that a box-office battle doesn’t necessarily spell disaster.

Film exhibitor and distributor Sanjay Mehta points out, “Salaar: Part I and Dunki released together on Christmas. Everyone ran to watch Dunki because of Shah Rukh Khan’s previous two hits (Pathaan and Jawan). When the audience realised it isn’t at par, shows for Dunki were brought down in tier-2 and tier-3 cities and Salaar’s were increased.”