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Dilwale box office collections vs Bajirao Mastani: On Friday, Shah Rukh Khan starrer Dilwale was released alongside Bajirao Mastani that has a cast consisting of Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone and Priyanka Chopra. While the clash between the two films was a much talked about topic, both did all right at the box office, but nothing exceptional, simply because they cut into each other's earnings. While Dilwale box office collections on day 1 were logged at Rs 21 crore, Bajirao Mastani collections managed about half of that at Rs 12.80 crore – both in terms of India collections. After days 2 and 3 takes are added up, Dilwale had Rs 65.09 crore in the bag in domestic market and Rs 89.11 crore overall. Bajirao Mastani take was way lesser at Rs 46.77 crore India total and an overall tally of Rs 61.17 crore – that is the opening weekend score. SRK is ahead by a mile and likely to take that huge lead into the week. (Bollywood Hungama)
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Dilwale box office collections vs 'Bajirao Mastani: So, what are the reasons behind Shah Rukh Khan's strong earnings lead? Well, for starters, Shah Rukh Khan starrer has grabbed more screen space on release date; reports indicate that the divide between both also consists of multiplexes for 'Dilwale' and single screens for 'Bajirao'. When two big films clash, box office collections also depend on the number screens a film manages to lock in its kitty. Check out how this clash played out in 10 points:
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1. Dilwale box office collections vs 'Bajirao Mastani: Eros International, which released "Bajrangi Bhaijaan" this Eid, had apparently laid down a pre-condition before single screen theatres owners that if they wanted to exhibit the Salman Khan starrer, then they have to showcase "Bajirao Mastani" too on its release. This face-off comes after the incident in 2012, when Eros was at the receiving end with Ajay Devgn starrer 'Son of Sardaar' losing out to 'Jab Tak Hai Jaan' in terms of screen count.
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2. Dilwale box office collections vs 'Bajirao Mastani: Shah Rukh Khan's production house Red Chillies Entertainment is distributing "Dilwale". This is the first film it is independently releasing and hence has to compete with veteran players in the field and it is not taking any backward steps indicating it is willing to sacrifice earnings to build muscle in teh industry and indicate its staying power.
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3. Dilwale box office collections vs 'Bajirao Mastani: PVR Pictures is also one of the distributors of the Rohit Shetty film and there was a buzz that 'Dilwale' intended to take over most screens in the multiplex's chains across the country as compared to 'Bajirao Mastani'. Online ticket bookings for the films also suggest a lead for 'Dilwale' in multiplexes.
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4. Dilwale box office collections vs 'Bajirao Mastani: When quizzed, PVR boss Ajay Bijli chose to play safe and said that both 'Bajirao' as well as 'Dilwale' are big films for them and there wouldn't be much difference in the screen space shared between the two.
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From this analysis, the recent release Bajirao Mastani featuring Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone and Priyanka Chopra ranks third overtaking Aamir Khan’s PK, Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, Krrish 3, Barfi and others. On the other hand, the Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Varun Dhawan and Kriti Sanon starrer Dilwale that featured massive opening day collections ranks 26th on the list. <br><b>Check out entire list:</b><a href="https://www.financialexpress.com/article/lifestyle/showbiz/bajirao-mastani-box-office-collections-at-rs-167-10-cr-beat-aamir-khans-pk-shah-rukh-khans-dilwale-others/192814/">From 3 Idiots, Bajirao Mastani, Dilwale to Ek Tha Tiger box office collections</a></br> (Courtesy: Eros)
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6. Dilwale box office collections vs 'Bajirao Mastani: The ticket prices at single screen theatres are as low as approximately Rs 50-60 and high as Rs 300. While in multiplexes the rates would be starting from Rs 150-200 to Rs 500-800. "Inox always does price its tickets as per the paying propensity of its guests. We don't intend to increase our tickets than the rates we follow for big releases as these," Singh said.
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8. Dilwale box office collections vs 'Bajirao Mastani: Inox currently operates 102 multiplexes and 402 screens in 55 cities making it a pan-Indian multiplex chain. PVR has 490 screens across India.
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9. Dilwale box office collections vs 'Bajirao Mastani: In Mumbai, at most of the single screen theatres, it was not clear till almost the very last moment which film will open on Friday. There are approximately 70 single screen theatres in the city. "At Gaiety cinema, we would be putting up "Dilwale" while at Galaxy "Bajirao Mastani" will open. At Gemini cinema both "Dilwale" and "Bajirao Mastani" will have shows one after the other. But I am yet to know which film will be there at Maratha Mandir (cinema)," Manoj Desai, exhibitor and owner of G7 Cinemas said. "Both the films have got good advance bookings. The bookings are done till Tuesday," Desai said.
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10. Dilwale box office collections vs 'Bajirao Mastani: Another single screen theatre owner on condition of anonymity said, "Due to this battle of screens and also due to the deal during 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan' we are suffering. We hope the matter gets resolved and we are able to make money as our business mostly depends on big films."
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