Suniel Shetty Sends Good Vibes To Animal And Sam Bahadur: 'Praying It's Going To Be Double Dose Of Blockbusters'

The winter is coming and it’s coming with one of the biggest box office clashes of this year. As Ranbir Kapoor, Bobby Deol, Rashmika Mandanna, Anil Kapoor and Sandeep Reddy Vanga are gearing up for Animal’s grand release on December 1, Vicky Kaushal’s Sam Bahadur with Meghna Gulzar is also slated to release on the same day. While we wait for the final verdict at the box office, Suniel Shetty has sent his best wishes for both the films.

On Wednesday, Suniel Shetty took to his X(formerly Twitter) handle and expressed his excitement regarding two big releases. Along with sharing the posters of the film, Suniel Shetty wrote, “Praying it’s gonna be a double dose of blockbusters this weekend. #AnimalTheFilm and #SamBahadur, both promising a Super-Duper Friday. Sending a tidal wave of good vibes and wishes to both stellar casts for an EPIC run at the box office! May the reels roll, hearts race, and box office roar!”

Ranbir Kapoor starrer Animal and Vicky Kaushal’s film Sam Bahadur is slated to clash this weekend at the box office. While the former is based on a fictional tale between a father and son, the latter is recreating chapters from the history books from the life of India’s first Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw. When it comes to advance booking, Animal is leading Sam Bahadur by leaps and bounds. Trade experts believe that the weekend will be in Ranbir Kapoor’s favour.

At the time of reporting, Sandeep Reddy Vanga directed Animal has unleashed a certain craze for its tickets and they are being sold like hotcakes post the trailer launch. As per Sacknilk, a trade portal, the film has so far sold more than five lakh tickets across Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu languages for day 1. The advance bookings has resulted in box office collection of close to Rs 14 crore (approx).

On the other hand, Sam Bahadur has sold about 40000 tickets having a box office collection of Rs 1.25 crore. It would be interesting to see how the trade picks up till the day of the release.

Trade analyst Taran Adarsh told News18 exclusively that the first preference for the audience is Animal. “The advance booking of Animal is mind-boggling. Ranbir Kapoor is coming with an out-and-out action film and there is a lot of curiosity among the audience to watch him in this new avatar. I am pretty sure the film will earn anywhere between Rs 35-40 crore range on Day 1. The brunt of this will be borne by Sam Bahadur as the advances are barely 10- percent of the Ranbir Kapoor starrer.”

However, Adarsh adds that it doesn’t mean that Sam Bahadur won’t do well. “In the past, we have had various examples when two big films clashed including Gadar-2 and OMG-2 this year at the box office and both did well. Sam Bahadur has a lot of merit and with word of mouth it will surely find its audience.”

Echoing a similar sentiment, trade expert Girish Wankhede said, “I believe this is going to be Ranbir Kapoor’s biggest opening at the box office in his career. The film will easily enter the Rs 100 crore club in three days.”

He adds, “Sam Bahadur is going to be a second choice for moviegoers. I believe the film should start slow but will surely pick up and will have a profitable lifetime collection.”

At a recent event, Vicky Kaushal addressed the topic of the box-office clash as he said, “In today’s time, we, as an industry, should give the option of multiple films on the same day to the audience. That’s how we will flourish as an industry. We have those many weeks in a year, but as an industry, we cannot limit ourselves to making those many films in a year. We will have to make multiple films and we will have multiple releases on the same day.”