Big-budget disappointments
The 12 months has been arduous for big-scale Indian movies, with extremely anticipated titles failing to satisfy expectations regardless of huge budgets, star energy, and aggressive promotions.
Year of excessive stakes and better losses
From pan-India films to superstar-led festive releases, the field workplace has confirmed unpredictable. Even movies backed by famend administrators, main actors, and main manufacturing homes couldn’t escape the slowdown.
War 2
War 2 ran in theatres for a bit over 5 weeks, simply earlier than it was launched on OTT. In that point, it earned Rs 236 crore internet in India. This included an underwhelming Rs 178 crore in Hindi and a disastrous Rs 57 crore internet in Telugu. According to Sacnilk, War 2 bought 1.2 crore tickets domestically. Trade pundits estimate the movie bought over 2 million tickets within the abroad markets as nicely. This is basically due to the movie’s excessive touchdown value and scale as compared with different massive releases. As per sources, War 2 had a touchdown value of Rs 400 crore, which meant that it wanted to gross over Rs 650-700 crore worldwide to be a field workplace success. However, in the long run, the movie managed nearly half of that.
Game Changer
Game Changer was reportedly mounted on a finances of Rs 400 crore. Some studies claimed the determine was greater, even mentioning Rs 500 crore. However, sources say that the Rs 400-crore determine is extra correct, regardless that the precise finances is a intently guarded secret. What is just not secretive is that the makers did spend an extravagant quantity on the songs. The movie’s producer, Dil Raju, confirmed the astronomical quantity spent on the songs on the movie’s trailer launch press meet in Mumbai in January. But its eventual worldwide field workplace assortment after a tapering five-week run remained ₹186 crore. For a pan-India launch mounted on an enormous finances, it’s underwhelming, to say the least.
Sikandar
Sikandar earned Rs 26 crore on its opening day. In distinction, Salman’s Bharat had earned Rs 42 crore on its opening in 2019. Even Race 3, one in every of his weakest releases, had earned Rs 29 crore on day one simply earlier than Eid. The solely Salman movie that fared worse on Eid was Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan, which earned simply Rs 13 crore on opening day in 2023. To sum it up, Sikandar is just not Salman’s worst-faring movie on Eid however it’s nearer to the underside than it’s to the highest. The finances of the movie was Rs 180 crore and the whole assortment was simply Rs 184.6 crore.
Fateh
Sonu Sood’s movie collected Rs 2.4 crore on the opening day. After this, the decline within the movie’s earnings began. Sonu Sood’s movie couldn’t win on the field workplace even on the vacation. According to the report of Sacnilk, Sonu Sood’s Fateh movie collected Rs 19.05 crore in complete whereas the finances was Rs 40 crore.
Thug Life
Thug Life, the much-hyped collaboration between Kamal Haasan and Mani Ratnam, is struggling on the field workplace and has did not resonate with audiences, particularly in Telugu states. But with a finances of Rs 280 crore it solely earned Rs 97.25 crore which is a significant disappointment.
