JTHJ is already a blockbuster :Komal Nahta - Page 3

I have been asked this many times by many users on how this system works. So, I decided to write up an as detailed explanation of this as possible. So, here we go explaining all terms we use as a verdict for a film.

Disaster – When a Particular Movie suffers a very huge loss. For E.g. a film made on a budget of 15 crore and has less than 7 crore lifetime collections.

Flop – When a small or medium budget film fails to recover its money by a lesser margin. For Example a Film with a Budget of 15 crore and Distributorshare of 7-12 crore.

Average – A Film is called an average film when it either fails to recover budget by a very very small margin or makes very less profit. For Example, a film with a budget of 15 crore collected has a distributor share of 13-17 crore.

For small and Medium Budget Films, Distributor share plays a very important role in declaring the final verdict.

Hit – When a Film successfully enters the profit zone it is called a hit. A Film with a Budget of 15 crore and Distributor share of 20 crore is a Hit.

Also, High Budget Movies can be called hit when they do not recover budget from just theatrical collections, but put up Huge collection as it is. For Example a Film with Budget of 70 crore and distributor share of 50 crore OR a film with budget of 100 crore and Distributor share of 70 crore.

Super Hit – For a film to be called Super Hit, it is very necessary that it recovers its budget, whether a small budget film or a high budget film.

A Film with a Budget of of 15-20 crore will be a super hit when its distributorshare is ranging from 30-50 crore. A Film with a budget of over 70-80 crore will be called a super hit when it has distributor share of 90 crore.

Blockbuster – For a film to be a Blockbuster its lifetime performance is considered. It should put up decent collections throughout its run. Budget of the film plays very little role here.

For small and Medium Budget films, the distributor share should be way greater than what is required for the film to be a super hit.

For High Budget films, the Net collections should be near to record figure of that time.

All time Blockbuster – For a film to be an all time blockbuster its Budget andDistributor share are not considered. Only the net collections play the important role here.

A Film can be an all time Blockbuster if it surpasses the record net collection at that time with collecting huge money during all the weeks it ran at the box office.

Suppose, the record net collection at a time is 150 crore. So, a film which collects 160 crore in lifetime with 135 crore in first week and 20 crore in second and 5 crore in 3rd week, will not be called a all time blockbuster. Because, thecollections fell heavily in 2nd and 3rd week.

One more thing, It is not neccessary for a film to break the current net collection record to be called an all time blockbuster. It can be the 2nd Highest or 3rd highest film but the collections should be glorious with less drops in 2nd and 3rd weeks.

Examples:

So, here are certain examples of when a film will become Disaster, Flop, hit, etc with respect to budget and net collections(& not distributor share).

Budget – 10 crore
Disaster – upto 8 crore
Flop – 9 to 15 crore
Average – 16 to 24 crore
Hit – 25 to 45 crore
Super Hit – 45 to 99 crore
Blockbuster – over 100 crore

Budget – 20 crore
Disaster – upto 15 crore
Flop – 16 to 27 crore
Average – 28 to 40 crore
Hit – 40 to 60 crore
Super Hit – 61 to 99 crore
Blockbuster – over 100 crore

Budget – 30 crore
Disaster – upto 15 crore
Flop – 16 to 35 crore
Average – 35 to 45 crore
Hit – 45 to 75 crore
Super Hit – 75 crore to 110 crore
Blockbuster – over 110 crore

Budget – 60 crore
Disaster – upto 25 crore
Flop – 25 to 60 crore
Average – 60 to 90 crore
Hit – 90 to 110 crore
Super Hit – 110 to 140 crore
Blockbuster – above 140 crore

NOTE: This post is not valid for films released before 2012. The time was different earlier. This is the latest method in use.