First-day BO reports for Bollywood films have been abysmal.
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The Saturday box-office report seems pretty grim for Bollywood. All Hindi movies that hit the theatres on Friday are tanking without a trace at the box-office.
‘Phone Bhoot’
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‘Phone Bhoot’ starring Katrina Kaif, Ishan Khatter, and Siddhant Chaturvedi opened to low box-office numbers despite gathering a mostly positive WOM ( word of mouth) and decent to mixed reviews. According to reports, the ‘ bhayanak comedy’ (horror-comedy) struggled to rake in single-digit numbers at the box-office. Taking to Twitter on Saturday (October 5), film trade analyst Taran Adarsh shared the first-day BO report of the Gurmmeet Singh directorial.
"Phone Bhoot records low numbers on day 1… Business did pick up towards evening shows, but not enough to record a healthy total… All eyes on day 2 and 3… Friday Rs 2.05 crore India business," he tweeted.
#PhoneBhoot records low numbers on Day 1… Biz did pick up towards evening shows, but not enough to record a healthy… https://t.co/IXUZzS6ooH
The survival thriller starring Janhvi Kapoor also saw a lackluster response at the box-office. According to a report by Boxofficeindia.com, the Mathukutty Xavier directorial (the film is a remake of his 2019 movie ‘Helen’) minted a paltry 35-40 lakhs at the BO. The movie revolves around Mili Naudiyal, a nursing graduate who battles with death, after getting trapped inside a freezer. Kapoor’s father veteran producer Boney Kapoor produced the movie.
‘Double XL’
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The Sonakshi Sinha and Huma Qureshi starrer also struggled to find takers. Theis slice-of-life drama depicts the trials and tribulations of two chubby women. Despite its fresh and highly relatable concept, the movie’s BO collections turned out to be pretty disastrous.
According to a Boxofficeindia.com report, Double XL managed to collect in the range of ?12-15 lakh on the day of its release.
Before the pandemic, there was a market for more ‘story-centric’ movies that did not rely on star power but had engaging screenplays and relatable characters. ‘Dum Laga Ke Haisha’, ‘ Vicky Donor’ and ‘Queen’ were some of the prime examples of this type of film.
According to trade experts, the Covid-19 pandemic and the rise of OTT platforms had completely altered the tastes of the movie-going public. The mango people (the ‘ aam junta’ or the general public ) nowadays crave a grand, out-of-the-world cinematic experience when they are going to the theatres.
Which explains why the Hindi version of the Rishabh Shetty magnum opus ‘Kanatara’ has raced ahead of all the Hindi movies released on Friday and raked in more moolah at the box-office. According to Koimoi.com, and collected Rs 2 crore at the BO almost a month after its release. The Hindi dubbed version of the movie has crossed Rs 50 crore domestically recently according to a report by India Today.
Low-budget story-centric movies, quirky comedies, and slice-of-life dramas that enjoyed a small yet solid audience pre-pandemic seem to have been relegated mostly to the OTT space today.
'Laal Singh Chaddha', 'Raksha Bandhan' & 'Acharya': Top Box-Office Duds Of 2022
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'Laal Singh Chaddha', 'Raksha Bandhan' & 'Acharya': Top Box-Office Duds Of 2022
2022 seems to be the darkest year for Indian cinema. With successive box-office debacles, actors, producers and distributors have been left in the lurch. Most films failed to impress the audience as they lacked the novelty factor, while some were plain unlucky. Here’s a look at some of the biggest box-office disasters in recent times.
‘Laal Singh Chaddha’
The film helmed by Advait Chandan saw Aamir Khan returning to the silver screen after five years. ‘Laal Singh Chaddha’ which took three years to complete was made on a budget of Rs 180 crore. The film was released on August 11, 2022. An official remake of the Hollywood classic 'Forrest Gump’, 'Laal Singh Chaddha' failed to impress the audience and only managed to rake in around Rs 124 crore.
‘Raksha Bandhan’
Akshay Kumar’s ‘Raksha Bandhan’ was released alongside Aamir Khan’s ‘Laal Singh Chaddha’. The film helmed by Anand L Rai garnered mixed reviews. The comedy-drama made on a budget of Rs 70 crore has so far collected Rs 60 crores at the box-office. Both ‘Raksha Bandhan’ and ‘Laal Singh Chaddha’ rode on high expectations, however, both films were rejected by the masses upon release.
‘Radhe Shyam’(Telugu)
The period romantic drama helmed by Radha Krishna Kumar saw Prabhas returning to the screens after ‘Saaho’ which was released in 2019. The film, made on a budget of a whopping Rs 350 crores, was a colossal disaster as it only managed to collect around Rs 214 crore at the box-office. Stakes were particularly high as the film was simultaneously shot in Hindi and Telugu. The film received mixed reviews, however, performances and production quality were appreciated.
‘Shamshera’
‘Shamshera’ saw Ranbir Kapoor in an action avatar. The period-action film was among the highly anticipated movies of the year. The Karan Malhotra directorial was made on a budget of around Rs 150 crore. The film released on July 22 failed to attract audiences. It went on to rake in Rs 63 crore at the box-office and was declared a colossal failure.
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