Maidaan Box Office: Ajay Devgn starrer shows good growth on Saturday

Even though there are close to 10 films currently playing, be it the latest releases, or the holdover ones, both from Bollywood as well as Hollywood, it is Maidaan which has managed maximum collections on Saturday. Not that it is much as the collections needed to be far-far bigger, and that too for last 10 days for the film to succeed, it’s still some sort of a respite that it is at least finding an audience for itself, which is waking up to the word of mouth.

The Ajay Devgn starrer brought in Rs. 2.83 crores* on Saturday and that’s more than Rs. 1 crore ahead of what the film had brought on Friday. This is a good jump from relative standpoint though when it comes to absolute numbers, it needs to keep collecting on the same lines not just on Sunday but from Monday onwards as well. If by some miracle it tops the Rs. 2 crores mark on Monday, then that would be some sort of a win because the film can’t afford to get back in that Rs. 1-1.50 crores range again.

This is a film which has its merits and deserves to be a winner all the way. Hence, it’s heartbreaking that the collections are nowhere close to what they should be. Still, it’s hanging in there at least and has now netted Rs. 32.64 crores*. The way the film is currently going, it will cross Rs. 40 crores by the close of second week and post that it would be interesting to see if similar kind of collections keep coming in the third week as well, hence promising a run of sorts.

*Estimates. Final numbers awaited

Note: All collections as per production and distribution sources