What's with the obsession with Box office of movies everywhere?

Even here I see the discussion about how much money a movie makes when it releases. I mean I don't understand how does it matter to us viewers. I usually go to the cinema, enjoy a movie and that's it. The only purpose of my visit to this forum is because I love Bollywood and love movies. But where does this money at box office come in the discussion these days? I am confused. Shouldn't the talk be about the movie and the stars?

What about people who say my favorite actor or my favorite actors film got a 8 star review by the South Korean newspaper ? Is that something should be celebrated ? If box office can’t then reviews shouldn’t be either.

Originally posted by: Maroonporsche

What about people who say my favorite actor or my favorite actors film got a 8 star review by the South Korean newspaper ? Is that something should be celebrated ? If box office can’t then reviews shouldn’t be either.

No we can discuss the scenes, dialogues we loved. The songs, the story and interviews, even personal lives of celebs. I mean there is a lot to discuss. But it's just box office everyone seems most interested in.

Weren't you the one posting updates for Pathaan? Was your account hacked?

Movies are an investment of years of effort for everyone involved in making and anticipating it so how is it surprising that people will talk about it’s box office 😕 . Even Indie movies which cater to a smaller audience have their box office discussed .

driven, you as a viewer can make the personal choice which matters for you about the movie having succeeded to enjoy /entertain/move you (I do so, at least).

However - as a product of an industry - a movie has to do well financially to get the production costs back and make a profit to give producers the money for more movies to do.

So, there is art and commerce.

How to measure the success of a movie?

for the art part it's word of mouth, reviews, stars given . for the commercial part it's the money earned

How to compare the success of movies? - the best combination of art & commerce is the number of people that have watched the movie (theatres = footfalls / OTT = number of streamings)

One also talks about the 'revenue' a movie makes...(but that is for the labels of "blockbuster/hit/flop")

Hyping the success of a movie through comparison with other movies is a promotional tactic that not only wants to bring more people to watch it but is also used by fans.

So, yes the box office is the only tool for (an immediate) comparison.

In my opinion, at the end, footfalls are the more honest comparison as the money (gross/nett) depends on the prices/money value. But for the commercial success of the movie, it's the Gross result (the tickets sold) or the Nett result (the sold tickets minus the taxes).

Overseas is measured in gross, India in gross when added to overseas (= worldwide), but in Nett when only BOI.

So, yes, at the moment, Pathaan's boxoffice's revenue is an important tool to underline the movie's success.

Originally posted by: driven

No we can discuss the scenes, dialogues we loved. The songs, the story and interviews, even personal lives of celebs. I mean there is a lot to discuss. But it's just box office everyone seems most interested in.

Well, yes, we can...there is a discussion thread about Pathaan (even though there are some members not having exactly discussed the movie 😉).

Come there and discuss, driven (whatever you want) 😊 ...without obsessing over the boxoffice

Originally posted by: BubbleTea

Movies are an investment of years of effort for everyone involved in making and anticipating it so how is it surprising that people will talk about it’s box office 😕 . Even Indie movies which cater to a smaller audience have their box office discussed .

Once in a while is okay I guess. But all day all the time just box office box office. Isn't it tiresome?

It is fun to talk about who earned or lost crores of rupees jabki hume usme se ek pai nahi milegi😆

Also, it is the ultimate measure of a movie's success. Best way to tom-tom about your faves and diss others.😎

Originally posted by: Clochette

driven, you as a viewer can make the personal choice which matters for you about the movie having succeeded to enjoy /entertain/move you (I do so, at least).

However - as a product of an industry - a movie has to do well financially to get the production costs back and make a profit to give producers the money for more movies to do.

So, there is art and commerce.

How to measure the success of a movie?

for the art part it's word of mouth, reviews, stars given . for the commercial part it's the money earned

How to compare the success of movies? - the best combination of art & commerce is the number of people that have watched the movie (theatres = footfalls / OTT = number of streamings)

One also talks about the 'revenue' a movie makes...(but that is for the labels of "blockbuster/hit/flop")

Hyping the success of a movie through comparison with other movies is a promotional tactic that not only wants to bring more people to watch it but is also used by fans.

So, yes the box office is the only tool for (an immediate) comparison.

In my opinion, at the end, footfalls are the more honest comparison as the money (gross/nett) depends on the prices/money value. But for the commercial success of the movie, it's the Gross result (the tickets sold) or the Nett result (the sold tickets minus the taxes).

Overseas is measured in gross, India in gross when added to overseas (= worldwide), but in Nett when only BOI.

So, yes, at the moment, Pathaan's boxoffice's revenue is an important tool to underline the movie's success.

I know all this. But we are not getting anything out of it right?

Pathaan is doing stupendously well. It's getting all the love. I am too happy. Box office can be discussed. But 24/7? Come on now.

Movies, cinemas, the art and artists need to be celebrated on their merit not such a trivial barometer like box office numbers.

Down the years you really think anyone will give a damn about all these numbers?