Much was talked about the biggest clash of the year at the box office. The one between Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Bajirao Mastani and Rohit Shetty's Dilwale. While one is a period film catering to a rather select target audience, the other was a wholesome family entertainer with a star cast that spells magic. And as predicted, the clash had Dilwale soaring high in the first week but Bajirao Mastani caught up with the SRK starrer and has already marched ahead in the box office race.

Dilwale faced major bans across many key centres, which eventually led to the film scoring lesser than what it would have had the film had a less controversial release. Nevertheless, the film received average to negative reviews and was panned by many whereas Bajirao Mastani received tremendously positive reviews and a positive word of mouth that ensued helped the film take over in the second week by a huge margin and is now leading the pack.

Here's the lowdown-

Dilwale:The SRK starrer collected in the range of Rs 95 crore by the end of its first week run at the box office. The film performed below expectations in the Christmas holiday period which in turn has affected its stupendous run at the ticket counters. The film added another Rs 20 crore in the second weekend, post which the total 10-day collections now stand at Rs 115.75 crore nett. The film has been performing exceptionally well overseas and is headed for a $20 million plus run.

Bajirao Mastani: The Ranveer Singh-Deepika Padukone starrer had collected around Rs 85 crore after its first week. But unlike Dilwale which faced a 68% drop in its second week, BM managed to hold on steady and faced only a 25% drop in its second weekend. The film collected relatively better, in double figures on all the three days next and added another Rs 34 crore to its kitty. With that, the 10-day collection stands at Rs 118.25 crore nett and that's how BM has triumphed over Dilwale at the domestic box office.

(Figures: boxofficeindia.com)