Singham Again Advance Bookings Begin Slow Amid Logjam Over Screen Sharing, Trails Behind BB3

Singham Again vs Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3: Two of the most-awaited Bollywood films of the year, Ajay Devgn led cop drama and Kartik Aaryan's horror comedy are all set for a major box office clash this Diwali on November 1. On Monday, the makers of Singham Again announced the advance bookings but in the limited screens. In just 24 hours, the movie was able to rack ₹11.72 lakh.

Singham Again Day 1 Advance Booking

On the second day of the advance bookings, the movie sold around 28936 worth approximately ₹88.43 lakh from around 4330 shows in India. To note: The makers are yet to open the full-fledged advance booking of Singham Again. The state-wise chart is led by Mumbai at ₹25.88 lakh, followed by Delhi-NCR at ₹15.37 lakh. 

On the other hand, Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 has already entered the crore club.

How the screens are divided between Singham Again and Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3

According to Pinkvilla, PVRInox, the biggest movie chain, has considered a 60-40 split. The makers of BB3 were fine with a 50-50 split or 55-45 in favour of cop drama, whereas the makers of Singham Again were adamant about the 70-30 or 65-35 split in favour of their movie.

In Cinepolis, the ratio between Singham Again and Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 is 55-45 in favour of Ajay's cop drama.

Other movie chains -  MovieMax, NY Cinemas, Rajhans, MovieTime and Miraj - are also preferring Singham Again over Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3. The ratio is 60-40 between the two movies. However, there are some theatres that have allotted all shows to Rohit Shetty starrer.

Singham Again's copyright battle with Bhushan Kumar's T-Series

The rights to the Singham theme belong to T-Series, which was the film's music label when it was released in 2011. Due to the copyright strike, Saregama Music, the music partner of the Singham threequel, reuploaded a new version of the song on its YouTube channel two hours ago. Many on social media are floating memes about how the battle between the two movies is turning out. Some even called it "petty" on behalf of Bhushan Kumar, while others praised him for "playing it dirty" as it is about business.