{"id":252649,"date":"2025-10-31T06:50:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T06:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/252649\/"},"modified":"2025-10-31T06:50:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T06:50:10","slug":"biggest-box-office-clash-of-2026-has-%e2%82%b9700-crore-at-stake-ajay-devgn-ranbir-yash-vicky-kaushal-adivi-sesh-collide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/252649\/","title":{"rendered":"Biggest box office clash of 2026 has \u20b9700 crore at stake; Ajay Devgn, Ranbir, Yash, Vicky Kaushal, Adivi Sesh collide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It\u2019s still over two months to go for 2026 to arrive, but the film release calendar for the year is already crowding up. As filmmakers and stars scurry to \u2018book\u2019 festive release dates, it has created a crowded release weekend in March. Two festivals \u2013 Gudi Padwa and Eid<\/a> \u2013 are coinciding, leading to four big films in three languages releasing pan-India on the same weekend. This \u20b9700 crore clash is one of the biggest talking points of 2026 already.<\/p>\n

\"Ranbir Ranbir Kapoor, Vicky Kaushal, Yash, Ajay Devgn and Adivi Sesh may all have big releases lined up on the same weekend in March 2026. <\/p>\n

Gudi Padwa, an auspicious day for Marathi Hindus and Konkanis, falls on March 19 next year. Eid-ul-fitr also falls on the same weekend, either on March 19 or 20, subject to sighting of the moon. This gives the weekend a slightly longer festive off, ripe for big films. As a result, four big titles have announced their release on that weekend.<\/p>\n

Dhamaal 4 and Love & War clash<\/p>\n

From Bollywood, Sanjay Leela Bhansali<\/a>\u2019s ambitious love triangle Love and War will compete with Ajay Devgn\u2019s Dhamaal 4. While Love and War has the stardom of Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, and Vicky Kaushal behind it, Dhamaal 4 has the advantage of being a franchise film, complemented by Ajay\u2019s reach in tier 2 and tier 3 cities. Both films are scheduled to release on March 20. According to reports, the two films have a combined budget of \u20b9325 crore.<\/p>\n

Yash’s Toxic vs Adivi Sesh’s Dacoit<\/p>\n

Then there is Adivi Sesh<\/a> punching above his weight with the bilingual actioner Dacoit, which also stars Mrunal Thakur and Anurag Kashyap. The Telugu-Hindi film will be competing for eyeballs not just with the Bollywood releases but also with Geethu Mohandas\u2019 Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups. Both films are releasing on March 19.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Toxic, reportedly mounted on a massive \u20b9300 crore budget, features Yash in his first major role since the KGF <\/a>films. The four films, diverse in genres and languages, but united in scale, have set up a mouth-watering showdown at the box office.<\/p>\n

Will someone change the release date?<\/p>\n

This has led to many in the industry wondering \u2013 who will blink first in this game of chicken? Will any film change its release date? Dacoit announced the release date just this week in a grand event in Mumbai. The makers of Toxic have also reiterated their wish to stick to the schedule. Sources indicate that the makers of both Hindi films are also confident about the viability of the festive weekend. However, reports have suggested that Love and War may be running behind schedule with a June release in sight. However, it hasn’t been confirmed yet. It remains to be seen whether any changes will be made as the release window approaches.<\/p>\n

For now, the date is locked, and the hype is real. All four films carry massive audience expectations, promising a rich blend of genres from romance and comedy to gritty thrillers and high-octane action spectacles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s still over two months to go for 2026 to arrive, but the film release calendar for the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":252650,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[64,63,149617,149616,149615,134,116995,344,377,108195],"class_list":{"0":"post-252649","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-box-office-clash","11":"tag-dacoit","12":"tag-dhamaal-4","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-love-and-war","15":"tag-movies","16":"tag-ranbir-kapoor","17":"tag-toxic"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252649\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}