January jinx is clearly a thing of the past with three big-ticket movies — Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior, Chhapaak and Rajinikanth's Darbar — eyeing a release next week. While Bollywood has often witnessed two movies at loggerheads at the box office, a three-way clash implies that each film will have to settle for lesser number of screens and, by extension, a smaller portion of the box-office pie.

A trade source reveals that Ajay Devgn's period drama leads the screen count. "The film, which will release in Hindi and Marathi, has bagged around 3,500 screens while the Deepika Padukone starrer is expected to hit 1,000 theatres. Though Darbar may see heavy footfalls in the South, it won't bag more than 800 to 1,000 screens in North India," explains the source, adding that encouraged by the success of Good Newwz in its second week, distributor Zee Studios will eye at least 700 screens in the coming week. "But the screen count is not final as they close a day before the film releases."