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Box Office Report Card Of 1st Quarter Of 2015, Industry Suffers And De-grows

Yesterday 1st quarter of 2015 ended and overall box office scenario remained very gloomy. 2014 was not a great year at box office and there was no growth in overall business as box office business fell by 5%. This year has taken even poorer start and business has further fell by 25% from last year.

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. First big release 'Tevar' tanked and then despite exceptional reviews, 'Baby' remained average to semi hit. Not a single 100 cr nett film and only couple of hits which are more due to low budget than big business.

'Badlapur', 'NH 10' 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. There is a distinct trend and we can easily say that this trend will stay for a year or so for sure. We hope 2nd quarter will see big hits in 'Dil Dhadakane Do', 'Gabbar', 'Bombay Velvet' and 'Hamaari Adhuri Kahaani' otherwise distributors and exhibitors will continue to suffer.

* in comparison to 1st quarter of last year



In first 3 months, we had only two hits, one semi hit and heaps of flops. Though surprise hits like 'Dum Laga Ke Haisha' and 'Badlapur' did score at box office but then these films do not change the bigger picture. Jnauary proved to be a disastrous month as all promisin film 'Tevar' flopped and 'Baby' failed to cross 100 cr nett.

Following is the top 33 films in 2014 at box office and their verdict -