The first clash between a Shahrukh Khan and Akshay Kumar starrer happened in 1993 when the Women-Oriented Mystery Genre film Maya Memsaab clashed with Commercial Masala Waqt Hamara Hai (which was actually a multistarrer as Sunil Shetty was a mini star at that time also).
At the time of release, neither Akshay Kumar nor Shahrukh Khan were stars, as Mohra (which made Akshay Kumar a star) was a year away and Baazigar (which made Shahrukh Khan a star) was a few months away. Both were mini stars at the time of this clash, as Akshay Kumar had two successful films with Saugandh (interiors) and Khiladi (Mumbai), while Shahrukh Khan had made an entry with Deewana, which was a huge hit.
Waqt Hamara Hai was always going to win here, as it can be called a film, while Maya Memsaab was an NFDC-type film, which was never a cinema for a ticket audience.
There was a third angle to the clash with a film called Badi Bahen, which starred Raj Babbar and Meenakshi Shesadri, and this film managed to score over Maya Memsaab also. The final results were that Waqt Hamara Hai and Badi Bahen had average fares, while Maya Memsaab flopped. The initial figures of the film were as follows: the clash was on July 2, 1993.
Day One
Badi Bahen - 6,50,000 (35 screens)
Maya Memsaab - 4,00,000 (25 screens)
Waqt Hamara Hai - 25,00,000 (110 screens)
First Weekend
Badi Bahen - 19,00,000
Maya Memsaab - 13,50,000
Waqt Hamara Hai - 66,00,000
First Week
Badi Bahen - 32,00,000
Maya Memsaab - 23,00,000
Waqt Hamara Hai - 1,07,00,000
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