Manikarnika review thread *Final Warning Pg115*(move to next thread) - Page 78

Originally posted by: Shaitan-Haiwan

Agreed. We have to give credit where its due. Looking at the earnings and box office - its one of the highest grossing female-led films!

Budgets and all that is a whole other topic. Look at last year's Hithki...it didnt even reach 50 crores.

Originally posted by: 4thPrincoholic

😆 😆 ... It's too bad then "BO doesn't go by your "rules" ... 😆 ... If it's your calculation why the itch to impose your "calculations" or simple rule on others as a factual matter? .. 😆 .. Your "personal opinion" has nothing to with BO figures! ... BO will follow what they have always done in the past: Go with "Distribution value" when determining the "verdict"! .. 😛

Originally posted by: 4thPrincoholic

Oh don't say that .. You're making some very "unhappy" campers! .. 😆

@Bold: No one can DENY that at all .. no matter how many excuses get piled up! ...Go Kangana!... 🥳

Originally posted by: --Pro.vo.King--

Wait .. What ?.. 😆

I was under the impression that a film has to recover its distribution costs as well as its budget in its domestic theatrical run in order for it to be called an average fare .. Anything above that is a profit & will bring it closer to hit/superhit/BB/ATBB status .. Anything below that means film has been rejected which appears to be the case with Manikarnika ..

As for Padmavat , it gave tremendous returns in terms of distribution costs & made profits over its budget in its domestic theatrical run .. Hence , the blockbuster status ..

Originally posted by: 4thPrincoholic

Since this seems to bother some ... 😉Reposting it! ...

Originally posted by: 4thPrincoholic

From what we have discussed many pages back and from what I read, it's all "distribution costs" ... Distribution costs determine the BO verdict!

LIke Cougar mentioned, Housefull earned 100cr on 100cr budget, yet it got average tag! ... With Padvamat budget is 215cr it made 282cr ... Again if only budget was taken into consideration it would get a semi hit or hit tag but it is a Blockbuster ... It is BB becoz distribution cost is 110cr for Padvamat! ... So it all depends on what price a movie was sold to distribitors!

Now you would ask why will makers sell for less than budget ... it's becoz producers make up for the difference through satellite, music rights etc!

Hope that helps! ..

Originally posted by: 4thPrincoholic

From what we have discussed many pages back and from what I read, it's all "distribution costs" ... Distribution costs determine the BO verdict!

LIke Cougar mentioned, Housefull earned 100cr on 100cr budget, yet it got average tag! ... With Padvamat budget is 215cr it made 282cr ... Again if only budget was taken into consideration it would get a semi hit or hit tag but it is a Blockbuster ... It is BB becoz distribution cost is 110cr for Padvamat! ... So it all depends on what price a movie was sold to distribitors!

Now you would ask why will makers sell for less than budget ... it's becoz producers make up for the difference through satellite, music rights etc!

Hope that helps! ..

Originally posted by: --Pro.vo.King--

I am least bothered by what was discussed a few pages ago ..

Can I have an example of a film which was given a hit tag even though the film didn't even break even with its budget in its domestic theatrical run ?

As per the above quoted logic , a film doesn't even need to recover its budget to be deemed a HIT ..

Distribution costs matters .. It matters a LOT ! .. But that alone cannot be a parameter to determine fate of the film .. Satellite rights etc etc isn't taken into account to determine box office results .. It does help the producers but box office results ought to be determined on its own merit .. Distribution costs is just one of major contributing factors in determining BO results, not the only one ..