Salman Khan, Mahesh Babu, Dhanush Set For Box Office Battle
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Superstars
Salman
Khan,
Mahesh
Babu
and
Dhanush
are
set
to
battle
it
out
at
the
box
office
when
their
films
Bajrangi
Bhaijaan,
Srimanthudu
and
Maari
release
on
July
17
worldwide.
Salman's
Bajrangi
Bhaijaan,
directed
by
Kabir
Khan,
has
been
confirmed
to
release
on
July
17
as
it
happens
to
be
the
Eid
weekend.
Director
Koratala
Siva
has
also
confirmed
that
Mahesh
Babu's
Srimanthudu
will
release
on
the
same
day.
"We
had
zeroed
in
on
July
17
as
release
date
long
back.
There
won't
be
any
changes.
We
have
one
have
week
of
patchwork
left,
and
once
we're
done,
we
will
unveil
the
audio
towards
the
end
of
this
month," Siva
told.
Meanwhile,
the
makers
of
Dhanush's
Maari,
which
is
directed
by
Balaji
Mohan,
have
also
finalised
July
17
as
the
release
date.
If
the
three
films
release
together,
it
will
indeed
be
a
battle
for
screens,
says
trade
analyst
Trinath.
"All
these
films
feature
stars
who
demand
good
number
of
screens
for
wide
release.
However,
it
will
be
extremely
tough
for
theatre
owners
to
allocate
screens
for
all
the
three
films," Trinath
told.
"Moreover,
'Baahubali' releases
on
July
10,
and
it's
sure
going
to
occupy
as
many
screens
as
possible.
If
these
three
films
release
as
planned
a
week
later,
they
will
eat
into
the
collections
of
filmmaker
S.S.
Rajamouli's
epic
film,"
he
said.