The two big Eid releases Maidaan and Bade Miyan Chote Miyan have not opened well considering its a huge holiday for Eid. The numbers may look okay by the end of the day but that would be if they were non holiday releases and not released on one of the biggest days of the year for box office collections.

The films have been in rough waters as soon as it emerged that Eid would be a day later which meant a change of plans for the films. Maidaan released on the original date with paid previews and collected around 2-2.25 crore nett. It remains to be seen where the film goes on the first day as the holiday will help.

Bade Miyan Chote Miyan released today after many change of plans in the last few days but the film has not opened anything like a big film for the wider audience should. Its better than what the advances suggested as there were single digit numbers going around due to very dull advances. There will be many analysis out there to why such a big film is not getting the opening it should but primarily it boils down to why its made and that is the rebate from UK.

These sort of films are not going to set the box office on fire though some may do well at a level but here its one of the biggest films of the year so the business has to be much higher than that level.

The film could have some numbers due to the Eid period but it remains to be seen if this can translate into anything sustantial. The best news for the film will be Gulf where it looks to be crossing $300k and maybe towards $400k and the biggest opening for an Akshay Kumar starrer.

The UK could also have seen good numbers but a 15 certificate has meant lesser numbers. Both markets are very good on Eid which was on Wednesday in these places.  Gulf could give overseas a better picture if it can collect till Sunday. 

Its a dull Eid for the film industry but hope will remain until the verdicts come out. If none of these films sustain its going to be a horrible 2 months at the box office and will be like like pack your bags and come back in June post the elections..