Big is beautiful, at least when two highly anticipated films slug it out for box office stakes. But, more often than not, one tends to annihilate the other — eventually, if not immediately. The latest example being Akshay Kumar’s Rustom vs Hrithik Roshan-starrer Mohenjo Daro, with the former taking a lead of Rs 30 crore over their four-day run despite getting 400 screens lesser. Well, trade folk had predicted an even fight, but at this rate, it looks like their lifetime collection difference would be in the Rs 60-crore zone.

Here’s a closer look at hyped clashes in recent times and how one film beat its competitor by a huge margin...