Thursday DEADLOCK AGAIN! Mirzapur The Movie, Hanuman Ansh, Haiwaan leave single screens STRUGGLING to divide shows

Thursdays are increasingly becoming a day of conflict and intense discussions for exhibitors.

Last week, a deadlock emerged over show-sharing between Mirzapur The Movie and Hanuman Ansh.

This week, single-screen cinemas are facing an even trickier situation as they try to accommodate not just the two holdover hits but also the latest release, Haiwaan.

However, this week’s deadlock is an exception.

A trade source told Bollywood Hungama, “There’s no fight as such.

The holdover films are doing exceptional business.

Mirzapur The Movie had a huge weekend and continued its dream run in the weekdays.

Hanuman Ansh, too, is rock-steady.

Their advance for the weekend is impressive in the multiplexes.

Hence, theatres want to play these two films as well as Haiwaan.

But that’s becoming an issue.” The source added, “Mirzapur The Movie has a run time of 3 hours and 17 minutes.

While Hanuman Ansh is 2 hours and 30 minutes long, the duration of Haiwaan is 2 hours and 44 minutes.

So, effectively dividing the shows between these 3 films is nothing short of a challenge.” As of 2:30 pm on September 10, advance booking for either of the three films is yet to open in single-screen cinemas of Mumbai like Plaza, Citylight, Star City, Chitra, New Excelsior, Gold Santacruz, PVR Le Reve, Regal, MovieTime Dahisar, MovieMax Andheri East, Gold Santa Cruz, Maratha Mandir, MovieTime Suburbia, Bharatmata, etc.

Even two-screen theatres like Mukta A2 Lalbaug, Topiwala MovieTime Malad, etc. haven’t opened their plans.