Maidaan had a horrible first day of around 4 crore nett and there is not much that can be said when this happens to a big film. The film did not not have that entertainment value for the Eid crowd so it was never about that but you would expect the film to get some multiplex crowd in the big centres on a national holiday.

The trailer and units not looking good also do not justify such a low start and the only thing which may have led to such a low start here is that Ajay Devgn just had another release a month back. One of the reasons of Bade Miyan Chote Miyan being lacklustre can be put down to the fact that Akshay Kumar and Tiger Shroff films have generally not done well post pandemic but this is not the case with Ajay Devgn.

Basically Maidaan may have got hit as its two Ajay Devgn films in a month. This does not mean it would have worked if Shaitaan was not there but the opening would have been better and not so low. Also maybe Eid is not the right day for such a film but this is all clutching at straws as the bottom line is not enough of the audience is interested in this sort of cinema to justify it being made at such a cost. There has to mass appeal through commercial elements, music or sentiments.

These numbers have come on a national holiday so there is nowhere to go for the film. The film is for a niche audience and with practically nothing coming into cinemas until after the elections it can hang around at the big multiplexes but collections will not be going anywhere. The collections of Maidaan till date are as follows.

Wednesday (Paid Previews) - 2,00,00,000 apprx

Thursday - 4,00,00,000 apprx 

TOTAL - 6,00,00,000 apprx