Box office records and report of Bollywood releases of 2019

The year 2018 was a mixed year for the film industry, with certain released hitting gold, a few others turned copper. However, 2018 ended on a high note with the Rohit Shetty film Simmba that continued its stellar run at the box office well into the first month of 2019. But we aren't talking about last year's releases; instead with the first quarter of 2019 coming to an end, we decided to take a comparative look to see how profitable the New Year has been so far.

Unlike 2018 that saw a slow start, 2019 has opened with a bang thanks to the Vicky Kaushal starrer URI The Surgical Strike hitting the right note with the audience. In fact, the Aditya Dhar directed film went on to become one of the highest grossing releases in recent times. But it wasn't just URI that set the box office register jingling, following it were other releases like the Akshay Kumar starrer Kesari, the Ranveer Singh starrer Gully Boy, and the multi starrer Total Dhamaal that rocked the box office.

Speaking about the difference between the two years viz. 2018 and 2019, Film Trade Analyst Taran Adarsh says, "2019 has been a good year so far, and has started off on a bang. The reason behind this is the content of the films that have been released. I always say content is king and the audience knows exactly what they want. If you look at the releases in 2019 each of them have been content driven films that have worked, since the viewer is attuned to what he wants to watch. Once the trailer or teaser of a film is released the common man knows whether the film and its content appeals to him. It is from this itself that the viewer discerns whether they want to patronize a film. And in 2019 each of the releases have been content driven, which has led to a good turnaround at the box office.

Interestingly, when taking a comparative look between the first quarter of 2018 and 2019, a visible 16.15% increase in collections is clearly evident. If that wasn't enough, the first quarter of 2019 has also been the first time ever that the box office collections have exceeded Rs. 1000 cr. Compared to 2018 that saw Rs. 923.12 cr. coming in from 52 releases, 2019 saw a staggering Rs. 1072.26 cr. coming in from 67 releases.

However, unlike 2018 that saw an average box office collection of Rs. 17.75 cr. per release in the first quarter, the first quarter of 2019 has seen a 9.9% drop in average collections with each film averaging approx Rs. 16 cr.

1. Highest Grosser (India)

Uri The Surgical Strike 245.36 cr.

2. Highest Grosser (Overseas)

Gully Boy 10.086 mil. USD

3. Highest Grosser (Worldwide)

Uri The Surgical Strike 336.97 cr.

4. Highest Grosser (Hollywood in India)

Captain Marvel 82.86 cr.

5. Highest Grosser (UA certificate) (India)

Uri The Surgical Strike 245.36 cr.

6.- Highest Grosser (A certificate) (India)

Sonchiriya 6.6 cr.

7. Highest Opening Day (India)

Kesari 21.06 cr.

8. Highest Opening Weekend (Overseas)

Gully Boy 4.8 mil. USD

9. Highest Opening Weekend (India)

Kesari 78.07 cr.

10. Highest Second Weekend (India)

Uri The Surgical Strike 38.22 cr.

11. Highest Third Weekend (India)

Uri The Surgical Strike 23.54 cr.

12. Highest Fourth Weekend (India)

Uri The Surgical Strike 18.94 cr. (All Time Record)

13. Highest Fifth Weekend (India)

Uri The Surgical Strike 12.50 cr. (All Time Record)

14. Highest Sixth Weekend (India)

Uri The Surgical Strike 6.97 cr. (All Time Record)

15. Highest Seventh Weekend (India)

Uri The Surgical Strike 4.03 cr. (All Time Record)

16. Highest Opening Week (India)

Kesari 105.86 cr.

17. Highest Second Week (India)

Uri The Surgical Strike 62.54 cr.

18. Highest Third Week (India)

Uri The Surgical Strike 36.85 cr.

19. Highest Fourth Week (India)

Uri The Surgical Strike 29.21 cr.

20. Highest Fifth Week (India)

Uri The Surgical Strike 18.9 cr. (All Time Record)

21. Highest Sixth Week (India)

Uri The Surgical Strike 11.55 cr. (All Time Record)

22. Highest Seventh Week (India)

Uri The Surgical Strike 6.67 cr. (All Time Record)

23. Highest Eighth Week (India)

Uri The Surgical Strike 5.96 cr. (All Time Record)

24. Highest Ninth Week (India)

Uri The Surgical Strike 1.64 cr. (All Time Record)

25. Highest Tenth Week (India)

Uri The Surgical Strike 0.95 cr. (All Time Record)

26. Highest Opening Weekend to Lifetime Multiple (India)

Uri The Surgical Strike 6.87

27. Fastest entry into 100 crore club (India)

Kesari 7 days

28. No. of movies entering 100 crore club (India)

4

29. Fastest entry into 200 crore club (India)

Uri The Surgical Strike 28 days

30. No. of movies entering 200 crore club (India)

1

31. Highest Grosser (North America)

Gully Boy 5.38 mil. USD

32. Highest Grosser (United Kingdom)

Gully Boy 645k

33. Highest Grosser (Australia)

Gully Boy 944k A$

34. Highest Grosser (New Zealand)

Total Dhamaal 621k NZ$

35. Highest Grossing Male Celeb

Vicky Kaushal 245.36 cr.

36. Highest Grossing Female Celeb

Yami Gautam 245.36 cr.

37. Highest Grosser (PVR chain of cinemas)

Uri The Surgical Strike 60.64 cr.

38. Highest Grosser (Inox chain of cinemas)

Uri The Surgical Strike 48.53 cr.

39. Highest Grosser (Carnival chain of cinemas)

Uri The Surgical Strike 22.91 cr.

40. Highest Grosser (Cinepolis chain of cinemas)

Uri The Surgical Strike 26.77 cr.

41. Highest Grosser (Mumbai territory)

Uri The Surgical Strike 72.55 cr.

42. Highest Grosser (Delhi U.P. territory)

Uri The Surgical Strike 54.45 cr.

43. Highest Grosser (East Punjab territory)

Uri The Surgical Strike 23.37 cr.

44. Highest Grosser (C.P territory)

Uri The Surgical Strike 9.38 cr.

45. Highest Grosser (C.I territory)

Total Dhamaal 6.79 cr.

46. Highest Grosser (Rajasthan)

Uri The Surgical Strike 9.97 cr.

47. Highest Grosser (Nizam A.P)

Uri The Surgical Strike 10.94 cr.

48. Highest Grosser (Mysore territory)

Uri The Surgical Strike 15.66 cr.

49. Highest Grosser (West Bengal territory)

Uri The Surgical Strike 11.91 cr.

50. Highest Grosser (Bihar and Jharkhand territory)

Total Dhamaal 5.28 cr.

51. Highest Grosser (Assam territory)

Total Dhamaal 2.46 cr.

52. Highest Grosser (Orissa territory)

Total Dhamaal 2.15 cr.

53. Highest Grosser (Tamil Nadu and Kerala territory)

Uri The Surgical Strike 4.6 cr.