Hyderabad: It appears that the second half of 2023 will be an exciting time for moviegoers as multiple major productions are preparing to compete at the box office on the same release dates. Many major Bollywood movies are preparing to square off in the coming days as most Thursday/Friday slots are already taken up. Here are a few examples of high-profile clashes at the box office.
Yodha vs. Merry Christmas
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SIDHARTH MALHOTRA: 'YODHA' RELEASE ADVANCED BY ONE WEEK... #Yodha - starring #SidharthMalhotra, #DishaPatani and #RaashiiKhanna - will now arrive in *cinemas* on 8 Dec 2023… Directed by #SagarAmbre and #PushkarOjha.
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) October 3, 2023 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
Produced by #HirooYashJohar, #KaranJohar, #ApoorvaMehta and… pic.twitter.com/atkz8J1QAw
">SIDHARTH MALHOTRA: 'YODHA' RELEASE ADVANCED BY ONE WEEK... #Yodha - starring #SidharthMalhotra, #DishaPatani and #RaashiiKhanna - will now arrive in *cinemas* on 8 Dec 2023… Directed by #SagarAmbre and #PushkarOjha.
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) October 3, 2023
Produced by #HirooYashJohar, #KaranJohar, #ApoorvaMehta and… pic.twitter.com/atkz8J1QAwSIDHARTH MALHOTRA: 'YODHA' RELEASE ADVANCED BY ONE WEEK... #Yodha - starring #SidharthMalhotra, #DishaPatani and #RaashiiKhanna - will now arrive in *cinemas* on 8 Dec 2023… Directed by #SagarAmbre and #PushkarOjha.
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) October 3, 2023
Produced by #HirooYashJohar, #KaranJohar, #ApoorvaMehta and… pic.twitter.com/atkz8J1QAw
Merry Christmas, starring Katrina Kaif and Vijay Sethupathi, is set to be released on December 8. Taran Adarsh, a trade expert, turned to social media to disclose the film's new release date as it gets preponed. Merry Christmas will once again clash with Yodha, starring Sidharth Malhotra and Disha Patani.
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KATRINA KAIF - VIJAY SETHUPATHI: ‘MERRY CHRISTMAS’ TO ARRIVE ONE WEEK EARLY... 8 Dec 2023 is the new release date of #MerryChristmas, which teams #KatrinaKaif and #VijaySethupathi for the first time.#MerryChristmas - directed by #SriramRaghavan - is shot in two languages… pic.twitter.com/GPyGmCIQMI
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) October 3, 2023 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
">KATRINA KAIF - VIJAY SETHUPATHI: ‘MERRY CHRISTMAS’ TO ARRIVE ONE WEEK EARLY... 8 Dec 2023 is the new release date of #MerryChristmas, which teams #KatrinaKaif and #VijaySethupathi for the first time.#MerryChristmas - directed by #SriramRaghavan - is shot in two languages… pic.twitter.com/GPyGmCIQMI
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) October 3, 2023KATRINA KAIF - VIJAY SETHUPATHI: ‘MERRY CHRISTMAS’ TO ARRIVE ONE WEEK EARLY... 8 Dec 2023 is the new release date of #MerryChristmas, which teams #KatrinaKaif and #VijaySethupathi for the first time.#MerryChristmas - directed by #SriramRaghavan - is shot in two languages… pic.twitter.com/GPyGmCIQMI
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) October 3, 2023
Dunki vs. Salaar
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‘DUNKI’ VS ‘SALAAR’ CLASH IS CONFIRMED… PRABHAS - ‘SALAAR’ ON CHRISTMAS 2023… IT’S OFFICIAL… #Salaar arrives in cinemas on 22 Dec 2023 #Christmas2023.#Prabhas #PrithvirajSukumaran #PrashanthNeel #VijayKiragandur #HombaleFilms pic.twitter.com/ynCEKqENjk
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) September 29, 2023 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
">‘DUNKI’ VS ‘SALAAR’ CLASH IS CONFIRMED… PRABHAS - ‘SALAAR’ ON CHRISTMAS 2023… IT’S OFFICIAL… #Salaar arrives in cinemas on 22 Dec 2023 #Christmas2023.#Prabhas #PrithvirajSukumaran #PrashanthNeel #VijayKiragandur #HombaleFilms pic.twitter.com/ynCEKqENjk
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) September 29, 2023‘DUNKI’ VS ‘SALAAR’ CLASH IS CONFIRMED… PRABHAS - ‘SALAAR’ ON CHRISTMAS 2023… IT’S OFFICIAL… #Salaar arrives in cinemas on 22 Dec 2023 #Christmas2023.#Prabhas #PrithvirajSukumaran #PrashanthNeel #VijayKiragandur #HombaleFilms pic.twitter.com/ynCEKqENjk
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) September 29, 2023
The Christmas weekend may see the largest box-office rivalry of the year, with Prabhas' Salaar Part 1: Ceasefire—helmed by K.G.F hitmaker Prashanth Neel—and Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Dunki—helmed by Rajkumar Hirani—both set to release on December 22. Surprisingly, this isn't the first time producer Vijay Kiragandur has released an action feature alongside an SRK film. A similar clash occurred in 2018 between K.G.F Part 1 and Zero.