Diwali in 2025 has turned out be pretty good with both films looking to collect around 475 crore nett between which has never been collected before on Diwali. These numbers can actually be called good but there is feeding involved (corporate booking as per industry / media) so the numbers are inflated and its the case for both films. This feeding is never as much the industry thinks but generally in the industry things get multiplied which sort of leaves a stigma on all the films which have gone this way and the list has many films post pandemic.
Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 is the winner of the clash as at the end its going to be doing more business in India and its a far smaller film than Singham Again. The profits are huge for the film with the film being 100 crore in the plus for the makers. The Diwali factor has worked well for the film in a clash and its probably the right decision to come on Diwali even with a clash as when you go through how the film has performed in the circuits its UNLIKELY the number would have been higher outside Diwali on a solo date. No doubt if it was a solo date on Diwali then the business would have been better.
Eventually the film is the second biggest HIT for films coming from the Hindi film industry so far this year and that is a very good result but the film is not as big as HIT as the previous installment which released in 2022 and also appreciattion is not at the level of Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2.
Singham Again has suffered due to the clash but again if this film came on a solo date outside Diwali it is practically certain the film would not be doing the number it has with this clash on Diwali. The Mumbai circuit number spells this out load and clear. Singham Again needed a solo Diwali which would have allowed it do what he needed theatrically. The clash has meant moderate business and with this huge budget the film is going to be in the red even after revenue for all sources.
The big action film today needs the main character to be more front footed and testosterone heavy in terms of aggression (Gadar 2 and Animal being prime examples) to really penetrate into the mass centres and here it looks the opposite as Bajirao Singham goes more subtle. This is all fine in reality as the character is ageing but reality holds little importance as far as masses are concerned. An aggressive Ajay Devgn in the film may not have added 100 crore nett to make the film a big HIT as other flows would have been there but it would surely have comfortably finished above Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3.
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