Gangubai, Heropanti, Something 34....Acharya BO Collection - Page 3

Originally posted by: Grumpydwarf24

At this rate people might call Brahamastra a hit if it manages to collected around 275 crore !

100 bhi kar legi toh Super Blockbuster ho jayegi

OT.... Some actors,directors and production houses take the BO collection on their ego. Ego hurt hone ke pehle li safe khel lete hai. Critics and movie tickets bhi khud hi khareed lete hai even if loss ho jaye. Loss ho jaaye chalega but ego hurt nahi honi chahiye.

Originally posted by: CottonWorld

100 bhi kar legi toh Super Blockbuster ho jayegi

OT.... Some actors,directors and production houses take the BO collection on their ego. Ego hurt hone ke pehle li safe khel lete hai. Critics and movie tickets bhi khud hi khareed lete hai even if loss ho jaye. Loss ho jaaye chalega but ego hurt nahi honi chahiye.

Ego nahin, future smabhalna kehte hai isse. Movie flop keh diya toh next movies main aur remuneration mein bhi asar padta hai... next 5 films/ads ke. Toh calculate kar ke kuch paise advance mein kharch kar lete hai.

Some actors pay the trade guys to call the rival's movie flop even if the movie had recovered money.

That's why same budget, similar earning movies get different fate. Highway was a flop but it had been given average/above-average status, so that the PR could say Alia doesn't have a single flop. Post ADHM the whole industry on KWK called ADHM a superhit (It was mandatory to say), now Kjo himself say everywhere that the movie didn't do well, since it won't affect any current or future project now. Where as one of Anushka's PH films which did slightly better than Highway with low budget, was given a flop status by the trade guys.

Originally posted by: altgr

Even I don't understand the business of South movies. How can they collect such huge amounts in just 1 state. RRR opening day All India gross is around 160 Cr whereas Bollywood's highest opening is WAR around 50 Cr only.

So post Bahubali, KJo, and Excel, and a few other moneyhoe distributors started releasing big South movies like big-ticket Hindi movies in the North (RRR and KGF 2), that is, a maximum number of screens in the whole region paving the way for cashing the max capacity from all over India. That's why War's 51.5+ crores net (80+ gross) from 4000 screens is doubled by KGF and RRR's approx 8000+ screens or so... while Hindi movies release only in a handful of theaters/screens in the South (the Hindi dominated theaters and dubbed versions and don't get max release in the south).. so e.g., in Nizam, a Hindi movie is released in around 100+ theaters, while a south+ movie would get screens in the 1000+...

WAR vs. RRR

https://twitter.com/taran_adarsh/status/1179656035839004672?s=20&t=OvlRmzxf8elq9rGysOiZuw

https://twitter.com/taran_adarsh/status/1507641025833185281?s=20&t=szstcNZBmgcB0Gcak_vWZg

I don't know if it clears anything up.. The Indian BO system is one hell of a mess. No transparency, highly biased, and narrative-driven.. so it's all just meh

You also have people like Zoya who said that people should be more bothered whether they like the film or not than the Bo numbers, talk about elitist.

Look at kjo when he collaborated with Prime, he mentioned gehrayiaan as the most discussed movie which actually means that did not do well even on ott.

movies that actually do well nobody can do anything , be it a TKF or Pushpa or RRR or KGF2 but big budget films who do very average or low business, the numbers are inflated and lot of pr hype and awards are bought

Finally people are coming to their senses. Gangubai is nowhere near a hit as it barely broke even. If any other actor or movie had a collection of +10cr over budget they are usually considered flop. In Gangubai case everybody parroted it was a hit even before it broke even that people just blindly believed it. It is mainly due to the fact Alia couldn't afford it to be a flop.

If there is a 1-100 scale for PR strategy strength with 100 being the best Alia's PR is currently at 270.

The fact is that while Bollywood gave some really good films in the last decade, there has been an increase in mediocrity and loss in quality.

It feels like producers just cast actors, get the "in thing" for music (like a couple of years ago one remake from Tanishk Bagchi had to be in the album), decide a public holiday release date...and then come up with a story that can be fit around said actors' strengths.

Also, Bollywood was and still is synonymous with music. Right from the 50s till now. Whether we as audience watch the movie or not, remember the storyline or not, or remember which actor(s) was it picturised on, the one thing we will definitely remember are the songs. It was one of the biggest investments...cut to now, the state of music in films is just sad and probably non existing. That was such a major selling point and a key marketing factor which filmmakers started to disrespect in a way.

The last album I can recall is Coolie No 1 which also had 2 remake songs. After that, it was so surprising when I realised on 2021's New Years Eve that I hadn't heard any new Hindi songs.

Bollywood is one of the biggest filmmaking industries in the world. It is an industry which supports so many. They really have to rethink their strategy because the audience is now exposed to foreign media and have become smart. Focus has to be put on quality over quantity, chosing talent over mediocrity and giving each department the respect they deserve.

in Hindi belt there is demand for Telugu movies