BO is more important because it paves way for stardom. You dont get noticed if your films are not making money no matter how good looking or talented you are. That's why getting the correct opportunities in BW holds so much weight.
So, BO to me is a pre-requisite for stardom. Those who can attain BO success do so now days because of content of their films and being in films which the audience likes. Before, it was more about the aura of a particuar actor. Now even those publicized as stars in new gen are not raking in numbers based on name alone. A publicized popular actor in a bad film (by bad. I mean it does not entertain the audience) can forfeit their growth and stardom potential without doing the right work.
There are multiple actors today who have left the legacy of being stars just because of BO. Be it deepika, katrina in females, they are considered stars based on their BO successes. I doubt if they did not attain the BO success they did, they would be considered much of stars today. Actesses have less time to prove themselves and thus "peak" is usually used for their career graph. Once they attain this, they become "stars" and industry likes to move on to the next generation of actresses. With actors, they have more time to attain star status.
Sorry this post went too long, i got into it..lolz
Edited by vsbarry - 3 years ago
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