Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 vs Singham Again advance booking day one: Can Ajay Devgn's cop thriller outpace Kartik Aaryan starrer horror comedy?

The Clash of the Titans is finally here! Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 vs Singham Again is perhaps one of the biggest box office battles Bollywood will witness since Shivaay vs. Ae Dil Hai Mushqil in 2016. Both the films enjoy a dedicated fanbase, thanks to the frenzy carved by their predecessors; however, the question of the hour is: will the new parts live up to their legacies? Amid the ongoing fight for screens, the advance booking for the two Diwali releases finally opened in select theaters, and we finally have numbers to evaluate this top box-office clash.

Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 Day 1 advance booking:

Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 has everything going for it. The film, headlined by Kartik Aaryan and Triptii Dimri, brings back OG Vidya Balan, with Madhuri Dixit as a fresh addition to the ensemble cast. The horror comedy is directed by Anees Bazmee and produced by Bhushan Kumar.

As of Wednesday morning, the film has sold 73,394 tickets and has grossed Rs 2.08 crore in advance sales for opening day, per industry tracker Sacnilk. The top performing belt for the film is Maharashtra, where it has grossed Rs 44.12 lacs in advance booking.

Singham Again Day 1 advance booking:

Ensembling a stellar cast including Ajay Devgn, Arjun Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Deepika Padukone, and Tiger Shroff, along with cameos from Akshay Kumar, Ranveer Singh, and Salman Khan, Singham Again is heading for a promising opening day.

The latest figures suggest that the Rohit Shetty directorial has sold 37,639 tickets so far, grossing 1.21 crore in sales. On expected lines, the best-performing belt for the cop drama is Maharashtra, where it has grossed over Rs 41 lacs in advance bookings.

Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 vs Singham Again advance booking day one:

It's noteworthy that Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 opened advance booking on Monday while ticket sales for Singham Again began on Tuesday morning.

At the all-India level, the screen ratio will be 60:40 between Singham Again and Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3, respectively, giving the Ajay Devgn-starrer an edge over Kartik Aaryan's film despite a delayed advance booking opening.

As per trade experts, Singham Again is looking for Rs 40 crore on Day 1, while Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 is predicted to open in the range of Rs 25-30 crore. However, given the genre of the films and current Bollywood trends, the future of the films will depend on positive word-of-mouth and critics' reviews.