Wednesday, 1st April 11:50 AM IST
Box Office Report Card Of 1st Quarter Of 2015, Industry Suffers And De-grows
There was back to back distinct growth in 2012 and 2013 over previous years but 2014 was bad and it seems that 2015 will be as bad as 2014. Industry again registered fall for 2nd consecutive year as business came down 3%. Footfalls have gone down big time and every year fall of 10% is witnessed for last three years.
'Badlapur', 'NH 10', 'Talvar' and 'Dum Laga Ke Haisha' emerged as success but all were cheap films in terms of budget. All were critical acclaimed and not a single massy film managed decent biz except to an extent 'Welcome Back'. There is a distinct trend and we can easily say that this trend will stay for a years to come. Some big disappointments were 'Bombay Velvet', 'Hamari Adhuri Kahani', 'Tamasha', 'Dil Dhadakane Do' and 'Shaandaar'. Biggest surprises were 'Tanu Weds Manu Returns', 'Baahubali' and 'PKP 2. Big films PRDP and 'Dilwale' ultimately fell short of expectations and only 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan' managed to meet expectations. All Akshay Kumar starrers finished in almost same bracket of 70-85 cr nett despite releasing on national holidays. Varun Dhawan and Ranveer Singh managed to cement their position as new bankable stars.
Year | No. Of Releases | Total Box Office Figure | Growth/Fall % | Footfalls (cr)
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2011 | 161 | 1800 cr | |
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2012 | 165 | 2375 cr | 32% |
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2013 | 174 | 2780 cr | 14% | 34.41 |
2014 | 168 | 2740 cr | - 02% | 31.10 (-10%)
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2015 | 204
| 2650 cr | -03%* | 28.50 (-8%)
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Following is the top grosser films in 2015 at box office and their verdict -
Movie Name | Collection | Verdict |
‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ | 320.49 cr | All Time Blockbuster |
‘Prem Ratan Dhan Payo’ | 211.45 cr | Super Hit |
‘Bajirao Mastani’ | 161.5* cr (Expected to reach 182 cr) | Super Hit |
‘Tanu Weds Manu Returns’ | 150.3 cr | Blockbuster |
‘Dilwale’ | 141.5* cr (Expected to reach 151 cr) | Semi Hit |
‘Bahubali’ (Hindi) | 116.65 cr | Blockbuster |
‘ABCD 2’ | 105.6 cr | Super Hit |
‘Welcome Back’ | 96.35 cr | Above Average |
‘Baby’ | 95.9 cr | Semi Hit |
‘Gabbar Is Back’ | 87.09 cr | Semi Hit |
‘Singh Is Bliing’ | 86.97 cr | Above Average |
‘Brothers’ | 81.63 cr | Below Average |
‘Piku’ | 79.34 cr | Super Hit |
‘Dil Dhadakne Do’ | 77.21 cr | Below Average |
‘Drishyam’ | 72.99 cr | Semi Hit |
‘Tamasha’ | 68.4 cr | Flop |
‘Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2’ | 62.55 cr | Super Hit |
‘Phantom’ | 51.96 cr | Flop |
‘Hate Story 3’ | 51.26 cr | Hit |
‘Badlapur’ | 50.5 cr | Hit |
‘Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon’ | 44.77 cr | Hit |
‘Roy’ | 42.43 cr | Flop |
‘Shaandaar’ | 41.52 cr | Disaster |
‘Tevar’ | 38.59 cr | Flop |
‘Hero’ | 33.28 cr | Below Average |
‘Hamari Adhuri Kahani’ | 32.74 cr | Flop |
‘NH10’ | 31.17 cr | Above Average |
‘Talvar’ | 30.33 cr | Hit |
‘Dum Laga Ke Haisha’ | 30.06 cr | Hit |
‘Detective Byomkesh Bakshy’ | 26.7 cr | Flop |
‘Jazbaa’ | 24.47 cr | Disaster |
‘Katti Batti’ | 24.27 cr | Disaster |
‘Bombay Velvet’ | 23.23 cr | All Time Disaster |
‘Mr.X’ | 22.56 cr | Flop |
‘Ek Paheli Leela’ | 22.2 cr | Flop |
‘Shamitabh’ | 22.26 cr | Flop |
‘Alone’ | 20.25 cr | Flop |
‘Dolly Ki Doli’ | 19.7 cr | Flop |
‘All Is Well’ | 16.92 cr | Disaster |
‘Hunterrr’ | 13.45 cr | Below Average |
‘Manjhi - The Mountain Man’ | 13.28 cr | Flop |
‘Khamoshiyan’ | 11.96 cr | Below Average |
‘I’ (Hindi) | 11.62 cr | Below Average
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