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High hopes were pinned on this year’s Eid releases, but none of the films raked in good moolah at the Indian box office. We witnessed two big films, Akshay Kumar-Tiger Shroff’s Bade Miyan Chote Miyan and Ajay Devgn’s Maidaan, clashing during the Eid festive season, and both biggies tanked miserably. There was a scope for Ajay’s film to work at ticket windows, but it failed to capitalize on the positivity around it.
Directed by Amit Sharma, the biographical sports drama was released in theatres on 10 April 2024. Based on the life of legendary Indian football coach Syed Abdul Rahim, the biggie opened to mostly positive reviews from critics. Even the ticket-buying audience gave it a thumbs-up. Unfortunately, this favorable response didn’t translate to numbers at ticket windows, and the film turned out to be a major failure.
Maidaan was an underperformer right from the opening day. It started its journey by earning just 7.25 crores (including paid previews). During the extended opening weekend of 4 days, the film earned just 19.55 crores. In the first extended week of 8 days, it amassed 25.45 crores. It did show some momentum after the opening week, but it was not of much use as the lifetime total went up to just 53 crores.
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