Mohenjo Daro vs Rustom: Who's leading the box office race?

Akshay Kumar and Hrithik Roshan are at war. Not literally. their respective films Rustom and Mohenjo Daro released together on Friday and as expected, the box office businesses stand divided. So much that the holiday advantage too stands negated. 

But who's taken a bigger opening? It's too early to predict the opening day estimates for both the films. But the morning shows have given a rough picture of the situation. 

Akshay's film released across 2100 screens across India whereas Hrithik's Mohenjo Daro had a wider release across 2700 screens in India. But the audiences have already given a thumbs down to the Ashutosh Gowariker period saga. The morning shows have recorded very dull occupancies, considering it's Hrithik's return on silver screen after 2 years. 

While Rustom scored rather high with around 40% occupancy in the early shows of the day, also recording the third highest occupancy for any Hindi film in 2016, Mohenjo Daro could only manage a 25% occupancy which is disastrous. 

We repeat. The figures or the estimates aren't out yet but going by the early box office buzz,  it seems that Akshay's Rustom will take a lead over Hrithik's Mohenjo Daro. It will probably have a bigger opening than MD.