Box office duds cost Mollywood 700 crore in 2024
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Box office duds cost Mollywood 700 crore in 2024

New Indian Express  

KOCHI: From Bramayugam, a period folk horror in black and white, to Mohanlal’s directorial debut Barroz, besides remasters of old classics, Mollywood tried several experiments and innovations in 2024. As per the figures released by the association on Saturday, 199 new films and five remastered versions were released in theatres in 2024, totalling an investment of Rs 1,000 crore. “However, 26 films made a profit of Rs 300-350 crore, the rest suffered a loss of Rs 650-700 crore,” said B Rakesh, KFPA secretary. ‘Malayalam industry doesn’t need 200 films a year’ “The year proved that audience interests and behaviour cannot be gauged.

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Movies in 2024: Lessons from a turbulent year at the box office
1 week, 6 days ago

Movies in 2024: Lessons from a turbulent year at the box office

Associated Press  

Movie ticket sales took a bit of a hit in 2024. But this year, films carrying a PG rating did especially well, starting with the biggest movie of 2024: “Inside Out 2,” which also became the biggest animated movie of all time, not accounting for inflation. Family films with a PG rating — including “Despicable Me 4,”“Moana 2,”“Wicked,” “Kung Fu …

2024 Hindi box office report card: Small budgets, big applause; re-releases rule
2 weeks ago

2024 Hindi box office report card: Small budgets, big applause; re-releases rule

Hindustan Times  

If 2023 was a blockbuster year, 2024 has been a semi-hit, the trade circle unanimously agrees. Ever since the Covid pandemic hit the world, film business was struggling to get back on it’s feet, and last year was that breakthrough with multiple blockbusters. The year of small to mid-budget films A major conversation point throughout the year has been rising …

Malayalam film industry suffered at least ₹650 crore loss in 2024, producers say
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Malayalam film industry suffered at least ₹650 crore loss in 2024, producers say

Hindustan Times  

Thiruvananthapuram, Though Mollywood has produced a few blockbusters that received a pan-Indian release and reaped huge profit in 2024, only 26 of the 204 films released in the year got a rewarding collection, as per the figures released by the Kerala Film Producers Association. Malayalam film industry suffered at least ₹ 650 crore loss in 2024, producers say “Of the …

Box office was down in 2024. Here’s why Hollywood is still in recovery mode
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2 weeks, 3 days ago

Box office was down in 2024. Here’s why Hollywood is still in recovery mode

LA Times  

Analysts have credited such family-friendly films as “Wicked,” starring Cynthia Erivo, left, and and Ariana Grande, with helping out this year’s box office. Analysts have credited family films — and more broadly, PG-rated titles, such as Universal’s “Wicked” — with boosting this year’s box office. Oscar-winning director Francis Ford Coppola’s massive, $120-million passion project “Megalopolis” hit a hard wall at …

Bollywood 2024: When Hindi cinema failed to deliver at box office and Telugu pan-Indian films ruled
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2 weeks, 4 days ago

Bollywood 2024: When Hindi cinema failed to deliver at box office and Telugu pan-Indian films ruled

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi, With its formulaic stories and action dramas biting the dust at the box office, the dream factory of Bollywood failed to deliver on the expectations of the audiences who turned to Telugu blockbusters like "Pushpa 2" and "Kalki 2898 AD" for larger-than-life stories. Bollywood 2024: When Hindi cinema failed to deliver at box office and Telugu pan-Indian films …

HT Rewind 2024: How Indian horror films ruled the box office this year, collectively earned more than even Pushpa 2
3 weeks, 1 day ago

HT Rewind 2024: How Indian horror films ruled the box office this year, collectively earned more than even Pushpa 2

Hindustan Times  

The year 2024 started slow for Indian films regarding box office collection. Against a budget of ₹30 crore, the film earned ₹58.2 crore at the box office and became one of the highest-grossing Malayalam films of 2024. The positive word of mouth led to an increase in the box office collection, and ultimately, the film earned ₹213 crore at the …

Hindi box office set for tepid end to 2024, up to 40% dip versus 2023 likely
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Hindi box office set for tepid end to 2024, up to 40% dip versus 2023 likely

Live Mint  

With just one real blockbuster to show this year in horror comedy Stree 2, entertainment industry experts expect Hindi box office returns for 2024 to be 30-40% lower than in 2023. Stree 2 collected ₹627.02 crore at the domestic box office, with the next best being Diwali releases Singham Again and Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3, according to data from entertainment portal …

Yodha to Bade Miyan Chote Miyan, why big-budget films collapse at box office? Film expert highlights reasons
8 months, 1 week ago

Yodha to Bade Miyan Chote Miyan, why big-budget films collapse at box office? Film expert highlights reasons

India TV News  

Just 5 months in 2024 have passed, and there has been a string of hits and flops this year. But several Bollywood releases like Bade Akshay Kumar and Tiger Shroff's Miyan Chote Miyan, Ajay Devgn's Maidaan, and Sidharth Malhotra's Yodha among others were unable to do wonders at the box office. Film expert raises points for big budget films failing …

Boxed out: Inside Bollywood’s lost magic
1 year, 6 months ago

Boxed out: Inside Bollywood’s lost magic

Live Mint  

NEW DELHI : Pravin Chalikwar refused to restart his single screen theatre, in Maharashtra’s Parbani district, between different lockdowns—in 2020 and 2021. Unlike multiplexes, which can showcase multilingual content and lure up-market audiences on premium rates, the smaller theatres are symptomatic of a broader battle the Hindi film industry is bracing up to—Bollywood simply isn’t growing consistently. The year before …

2018 box office: Tovino Thomas film grosses over ₹150 crore globally
1 year, 7 months ago

2018 box office: Tovino Thomas film grosses over ₹150 crore globally

Hindustan Times  

Malayalam survival drama 2018, which is based on the Kerala floods, has emerged as the highest-grossing Malayalam film ever surpassing Mohanlal’s Pulimurugan which had held the record since 2016. The film, which was also dubbed and released in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi on Friday, stars Tovino Thomas, Kunchako Boban, Asif Ali, Vineeth Srinivasan, Aparna Balamurali and Kalaiarasan among others. 2018 …

More than 90% of Malayalam movies released in 2022 flopped
2 years ago

More than 90% of Malayalam movies released in 2022 flopped

The Hindu  

The Malayalam film industry is expected to have suffered average losses to the tune of over ₹300 crore in 2022, according to estimates by the Kerala Film Producers’ Association. The number of movies that earned an average above ₹10 crore share for the producers from theatre collections was less than 10 in 2022, it said. 2022 Malayalam releases that earned …

Why are Hindi films struggling at the box office?
2 years, 4 months ago

Why are Hindi films struggling at the box office?

Business Standard  

Fridays are no longer the same. Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap in a recent interview with film critic Baradwaj Rangan said that the Hindi Cinema cannot work on ‘STAR’ value alone in today's day and age. Interestingly, the Hindi box office was also largely driven by dubbed regional films like RRR and KGF-2. Southern cinema’s share in overall box office collections stood …

Parameter of success of theatrical release still remains box-office collection: Siddharth Roy Kapur
2 years, 10 months ago

Parameter of success of theatrical release still remains box-office collection: Siddharth Roy Kapur

New Indian Express  

MUMBAI: Renowned film producer Siddharth Roy Kapur explains why even though in a corporate structure a film financially recovers all its investment from various revenue streams, in the eyes of the mainstream audience, the parameter of success of a theatrical release will still remain its box office collection. He is the same filmmaker who has seen the commercial success of …

Bollywood Loses Over 2000 Crores In Six Months Due To Lockdown
4 years, 3 months ago

Bollywood Loses Over 2000 Crores In Six Months Due To Lockdown

ABP News  

By Joginder Tuteja It has been an extended dry spell for Bollywood box office, what with theaters remaining shut for over six months. The film would have brought in at least 150 crores but that's yet another opportunity loss. That's yet another box office loss of at least 150 crores. Add to this John Abraham's Satyameva Jayate 2, which could …

With Stree, AndhaDhun, Tummbad running for months in theaters, it's time to measure box office beyond Rs 100 cr club
6 years, 1 month ago

With Stree, AndhaDhun, Tummbad running for months in theaters, it's time to measure box office beyond Rs 100 cr club

Firstpost  

Earlier this week, the biggest surprise hit of this year, Stree, completed 100 days in theatres. These films both did over Rs 100 crore of business, which is why Salman Khan can get away by saying ’even my flop films do business of over Rs 100 crore’. Thugs of Hindostan might have had the biggest opening of the year and …

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