Bang Bang has dissappointed at the box office and its all India distributor share will be only 75 crore for Hindi version which is low for a film of its budget. Kick is still the only blockbuster of the year crossing the 100 crore share mark. Last year saw blockbuster films like Dhoom 3, Chennai Express, Krrish 3, Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani and even a small budget film film like Aashiqui 2 became a blockbuster. A feat which no small film has been able to repeat this year.
Last year there were 17 films which had a classification between All Time Blockbuster and Semi Hit and so far this year there are 14 and although this is similar, this year has seen smaller hits.
This is partly why business is down with 2014 grossing 2000 crore nett from 156 releases till date while last year was 2800 crore nett from 184 releases. Another 800 crore nett has to come in the last ten weeks just to match last year's business and a lot depends on Happy New Year and P.K if the 2800 crore nett mark is to be crossed. The classifications of films in 2014 till date are as follows.
All Time Blockbuster
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Blockbuster
1. Kick (share - 118 crore)
Super Hit
2. Singham Returns (share - 77.5 crore)
3. Ek Villain (share - 50.50 cr)
4. 2 States (share - 48.75 cr)
Hit
5. Holiday - A Soldier Is Never Off Duty (share - 56 cr)
6. Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania (share - 35 cr)
7. Queen (share - 25.75 crore)
8. Heropanti (share - 25 crore)
9. Ragini MMS 2 (share - 23.50 crore)
Semi Hit
10. Bang Bang (expected share - 75 crore)
11. Jai Ho (share - 58 cr)
12. Gunday (share - 37.75 cr)
13. Mary Kom (29.50 crore)
14. Main Tera Hero (share - 26 cr)
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