Guzaarish is really not a flop, a media conspiracy

🤢 I was reading some articles today about Guzaarish needing approximately 35 crores to break even for UTV from the India and overseas box office grosses. 25 crore was gained from music and satellite rights. The total investment was 60 crore by UTV.

When we talk about flops, it is in terms of box office only ..... Because of satellite tv rights, 9 out of 10 movies recover their cost. Movies like saawariya, veer, kites etc etc all recovered their cost but are called flops ..... A movie has to be absolutely dismal for it not to break even .....

Most flop films over the years have broken even. This is no media conspiracy . Flop/ hit - the media is referring to audience acceptance or rejection not accounting profit or loss.

Its not just Guzaarish! They make a lot of movies flops when they are really not! De Dana Dhan, Kites, etc!

Originally posted by: bips

When we talk about flops, it is in terms of box office only ..... Because of satellite tv rights, 9 out of 10 movies recover their cost. Movies like saawariya, veer, kites etc etc all recovered their cost but are called flops ..... A movie has to be absolutely dismal for it not to break even .....

Most flop films over the years have broken even. This is no media conspiracy . Flop/ hit - the media is referring to audience acceptance or rejection not accounting profit or loss.

Originally posted by: KatForeva

Its not just Guzaarish! They make a lot of movies flops when they are really not! De Dana Dhan, Kites, etc!

a film scoring 20+ crore [nett]..

when the media says flop, it means general rejection by the audience in terms of enthusiasm about the movie or the effort they put to watch it...like with 3 idiots, ppl were booking for a show 3 weeks in advance and sum were going for seconds and thirds (repeat audience)...now that is a valid hit because ppl are genuinely interested in watching the movie....same with small films like dev d and a wednesday....there was a unanimous interest amongst the audience.

Originally posted by: MrPiyush

a film scoring 20+ crore [nett]..

..@ (domestic BO) cant definetly be called 'flop'

"If a movie grosses more than its budget, it is called hit. If it cannot exceed its budget, it is called flop. If it can barely manage to come close or exceed its budget by a small margin, it is called average or semi-hit. So essentially, a movie that flops is not liked by the majority or the masses, or else chances are that it would have crossed its budget. Of course you have to take the budget into consideration too. A low budget film generally has more chance of being a hit than a high budget one (though the opposite hold true as well; a high budget movie can lure more people into watching it by the endless promotions unlike a low budget movie, which has to rely mostly on good Word of Mouth)."

http://www.india-forums.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1540946

What was Guzaarish's budget?

no its nt a flop surely recover da cost bt it didnt make dat much money make it a hit lyk collecting money in all sector n all..... it shud go down as average... verdict in BO

Originally posted by: sweet coco

agree....even small budget films that break even or do well aren't recognized b/c they don't have a huge opening!!!