BOI: First Half Year Verdicts

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TheRager

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Posted: 12 years ago

First Half Year Verdicts: Decent Second Quarter

Wednesday 3rd July 2013 10.30 IST

Boxofficeindia.Com Trade Network

The first half of the year saw a decent second quarter thanks to two huge hits in the form of Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani and Aashiqui 2. The latter proving to be the biggest sleeper hit of recent times and the former emerged the third highest grossing film of all time. The first quarter was a disappointment but the second quarter saw a turnaround mainly thanks to medium budget films without big names.

The problem in the first half of the year was that all the big films outside Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani did not live up to expectations. Some may have done okay but aside from Yeh Jawaani hai Deewani none of the other big films put up the numbers they should have. The major winners of the of the first half of the year are as follows with the nett collections or expected nett collections in brackets.

BLOCKBUSTER

1. Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (180 cr)

2. Aashiqui 2 (79 cr)

SUPER HIT

HIT

3. Raanjhanaa (60-65 cr)

4. Chasme Baddoor (42 cr)

5. Fukrey (36-38 cr)

6. Jolly LLB (30 cr)

There were 85 Hindi films released in the first six months with the above six films emerging major winners, Another 7-8 films did decent business while the rest 70 odd releases were flops or total washouts.

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Posted: 12 years ago

Aashiqui 2 indeed deserved d success..

and Raanjhaana is still in the theatres, so by next week it will emerge as a superhit..

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Pooja Menon

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Posted: 12 years ago

Nice.. while Race 2, Kai Po Che and ABCD are Special Chabbis (I think) are Semi Hits..

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BIackSwan

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Posted: 12 years ago

I'm happy for YJHD!! I loved it a lot :)

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Posted: 12 years ago

race 2 kai po che are semi hits many avg grossers are there too

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Posted: 12 years ago

Half Yearly Report of Bollywood in 2013. Hits & Misses!

So, half of 2013 is completed. It is a mixed year for Bollywood Box Office till now. Although cumulative Net Box Office Collection has increased by around 10-15% from last year. But last year saw three 100 crore films in Agneepath, Housefull 2 and Rowdy Rathore. But this year only two movies touched 100 crore that is Race 2 and Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani. Moreover there is again Flop galore in 2013. There seems no stopping to it and story remains the same every week.

First half 2013 seen noticeable Hit in Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani, Aashiqui 2, Race 2, Raanjhanaa, Kai Po Che, Chashme Baddoor, Any Body Can Dance, Jolly LLB, Fukrey. Special 26 went on to do Semi Hit business with superb trending in long run. There are 2 Blockbusters, 7 Clean Hits and 1 Semi Hit. A total of 10 film that did decent to Fabulous Business at Indian Box Office.

YJHD has the privilege to be the top Grosser and the biggest Blockbuster of 2013. It also went to break record at box office and claimed the 3rd Position in All Time Grossers List. Aashiqui 2 is the another Blockbuster of the Year and registered the best trending film and film with best Return on Investment.

List of Blockbusters/Super Hit/Hit of 1st Half of 2013

1. Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani - 186-187 cr nett (Expected). Blockbuster.

2. Race 2 - 101.1 cr nett. Hit.

3. Aashiqui 2 - 79.5 cr nett (Expected). Blockbuster

4. Raanjhanaa - 63-65 cr nett (Expected). Hit.

5. Kai Po Che - 50.25 cr nett. Hit.

6. Chashme Baddoor - 42.45 cr nett. Hit.

7. Any Body Can Dance - 42.1 cr nett. Hit.

8. Fukrey - 36-37 cr nett (Expected). Hit.

9. Jolly LLB - 32.05 cr nett. Hit.

Semi-Hit of 2013

1. Special 26 - 69.75 cr nett. Semi-Hit.

There are also notable Average affairs in Shootout At Wadala, Murder 3, Commando, Nautanki Saala, Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster Returns, Mere Dad Ki Maruti.

List of Notable Above Average/Average/Below Average

1. Shootout At Wadala - 58.75 cr nett. Above Average.

2. Nautanki Saala - 22.5 cr nett. Below Average.

3. Commando - 22.1 cr nett. Average.

4. Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster Returns - 21.85 cr nett. Average.

5. Murder 3 - 20.5 cr nett. Below Average.

6. Mere Dad Ki Maruti - 12.4 cr nett. Average.

But sad part of first half of 2013 is that we have seen colossal disappointments and flops. There are few big films which are expected to do good business at box office, but were surprise Flops. Himmatwala leads these embarrassing list by a big margin. Yamla Pagla Deewana 2 and Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola follows the list. Ghanchakkar early trend suggest the film will also be in the list soon. There are many more, scroll below to check the list.

List of Notable Flops/Washout

1. Himmatwala - 48.35 cr nett. Flop.

2. Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola - 40.15 cr nett. Flop.

3. Yamla Pagla Deewana 2 - 35.7 cr nett (Expected). Flop.

4. Ghanchakkar - Less than 35 cr nett (Expected). Flop.

5. Ek Thi Daayan - 28.5 cr nett. Flop.

6. Go Goa Gone - 25.8 cr nett. Flop.

7. Aurangzeb - 22.6 cr nett. Flop.

8. Zila Ghaziabad - 17 cr nett. Flop.

9 Inkaar - 9 cr nett. Washout.

10. I Me Aur Main - 9 cr nett. Washout.

11. Aatma - 8.7 cr nett. Washout.