Come Diwali, two of the biggest franchises, Bhool Bhulaiyaa and Singham, are going to lock horns at the ticket window with their third installments Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 and Singham Againboth releasing on 1st November. Both films have put together a stellar starcast from Karthik Aryan, Triptych Winter, Vidya Balan and Madhuri said-Nene being part of Bhool Bhuliaayaa and Ajay Devgn, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Arjun Kapoor Salman Khan, Akshay KumarTiger Shroff and Deepika Padukone being part of Singham.
With both films releasing on the huge occasion of Diwali, they are currently locked in a huge tussle over screen sharing. The Karthik Aryan starrer is being distributed by Anil Thadani, who probably is the biggest distributor in the country, while the makers Ajay and Kareena’s film have joined hands with PVR-Inox, who holds the most number of multiplex screens in North India. With no parties willing to budge, despite the film only being 4 days away, the advance booking of the film has not yet begun on a full scale.
However, in few centers, the advance booking has opened, and there, Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 has taken the lead. As per Track BO till Sunday night, Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 has sold over 17000 tickets from its 1018 shows, collecting about Rs 47 lakh, while Singham Again has sold 712 tickets from 100 shows, and collected Rs 1.3 lakh till now. However, one can only clearly gauge the difference between the numbers of shows later, as multiplex booking is yet to be opened.
Both films have a very good acceptance amongst the audience, and sources reveal that by Monday night or Tuesday morning , advance booking for the films should begin on full scale.