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Three months have passed since 2024. April has started. After the release of four Rs 500 crore films in the year 2023, the box office had high expectations from this year but till now the matter has proved to be cold in terms of earnings. No film has failed to earn Rs 500 crore. Even in South, till now only the film 'Hanuman' has been able to touch the figure of Rs 330 crore globally.
The special thing is that even the collection of the top 11 films released in the first three months of 2024 is not equal to the Indian collection of 'Pathan' released in January 2023.
In the first three months of last year, Bollywood earned approximately Rs 1508 crore. It had earned Rs. 500 crores in which the film 'Pathan' had the highest earning.
Shahrukh Khan's Pathan, released on January 25, 2023, collected approximately Rs 654 crore at the Indian box office. At the same time, its earning at the global box office was Rs 1050 crore. Was.
Which films were released at the box office in the last three months and what was their report card. Which films will the focus be on next? Let's take a look…
Pathan alone dominates the collection of 13 films
A total of 13 Bollywood films have been released in theaters between January-March 2024. Of these, the worldwide box office collection of the top 11 films is approximately Rs 899.94 crore. Whereas the collection of these films at the Indian box office alone is Rs 610.55 crore. Is.
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Among these, only Hrithik Roshan and Deepika Padukone's film 'Fighter', released in January, made Rs 337 crore worldwide. Has been able to collect Rs. This is the highest grossing film of 2024 so far.
After this, Shahid Kapoor and Kriti Sanon starrer 'Teri Baton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya' was at second place which earned Rs 133.49 crore globally.
At number three is Ajay Devgan and R Madhavan starrer 'Shaitan' whose collection has reached Rs 187 crore.
That means, the collection of 11 films released in three months this year is less than the collection of the film 'Pathan' released in 2023, which had earned Rs 654 crore in India alone.
There will be a clash of two big films in April 2024
There will be a clash of two big films in the beginning of April 2024. Akshay Kumar, Tiger Shroff starrer Bade Miyan Chhote Miyan will clash with Ajay Devgan's film 'Maidan' at the box office.
Apart from 56-year-old Akshay Kumar's 'Bade Miyan Chhote Miyan', three more films will be released in which 'Singham Again' will be released on August 15, 'Sky Force' on October 2 and 'Welcome to the Jungle' on December 20, 2024.
At the same time, Ajay Devgan is the only Bollywood star whose 6 films will be released this year. Among these, 'Shaitan' has been released and now Maidan is going to be released on 10th April. Apart from this, Ajay will be seen in films like 'Singham Again', 'Raid 2', 'Auron Mein Kahan Dum Tha' and 'Golmaal 5'.
Singham will clash again with Pushpa 2
Varun Dhawan starrer VD-18 will release on May 30. This is a remake of the superhit Tamil film Theri. Kartik Aryan will be seen in a sports biopic. This film will be released in theaters on June 14.
No big film will be released in July, but August will see a tough clash between Bollywood and South. Ajay Devgan, Deepika Padukone starrer Singham 3 will be released on August 15, which will clash with Allu Arjun's film Pushpa 2.
Now let's look at South Film Industry…
Hanuman remained on top in South
The year 2024 has proved to be better for South than Bollywood. These films released in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam earned approximately Rs 1065.39 crore at the global box office. No major films were released in Kannada.
The budget of 'Hanuman' was 20 crores, but within 15 days its earnings had crossed 250 crores.
The highest grossing South film was Teja Sajja's 'Hanuman' which earned Rs 330 crore globally. Earn. Apart from this, Mahesh Babu's 'Guntur Karam' and 'Captain Miller' also earned more than Rs 100 crore.
Biggest bet on the most expensive film Kalki 2898 AD
If we look at the budget, the biggest bet has been placed on Kalki 2898 AD, which has been made by the famous director of Telugu cinema, Nag Ashwin. Deepika Padukone and Amitabh Bachchan will also be seen along with Prabhas in this pan Indian film.
The release date of the film is 9 May. Earlier it was scheduled to be released on January 24, but then it was postponed.
The teaser of 'Kalki 2898 AD' was viewed more than 2.6 million times within 8 hours of its release on YouTube.
This film is going to prove to be very important for Prabhas because last year his film Adipurush was also made with a budget of Rs 600 crore, but it proved to be a flop. Whereas Salar was successful in doing business of Rs 590 crore.
