It has been three months since 2024. April has begun. The box office had high expectations for 2023 after the release of four films totaling Rs 500 crore, but so far the situation has shown to be uninteresting in terms of earnings. No movie has ever failed to bring in Rs 500 crore. To date, only "Hanuman" has managed to cross the Rs 330 crore global mark, even in the South.
The unique aspect is that, even with the top 11 movies released in the first quarter of 2024, their total box office receipts do not match the Indian total for "Pathan," which debuted in January 2023.
In the initial quarter of the previous year, Bollywood made around Rs 1508 crore. 'Pathan' was the highest-earning movie out of the 500 crores it had earned.
When Pathan, starring Shahrukh Khan, opened on January 25, 2023, it brought in almost Rs 654 crore at the Indian box office. It brought in Rs 1050 crore at the worldwide box office at the same time. Between January and March of 2024, a total of 13 Bollywood films were released in theaters. Approximately Rs 899.94 crore have been collected by the top 11 films at the global box office. On the other hand, these movies have brought in Rs 610.55 crore at the Indian box office alone. As.
Only "Fighter," starring Hrithik Roshan and Deepika Padukone, which debuted in January, brought in a total of Rs 337 crore globally. has succeeded in obtaining Rs. As of right now in 2024, this is the biggest grossing movie.
'Teri Baton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya', starring Kriti Sanon and Shahid Kapoor, came in second place with a global total of Rs 133.49 crore after this.
The third-place film, "Shaitan," starring Ajay Devgan and R Madhavan, has brought in a total of Rs 187 crore.
This indicates that the 11 movies that were released in three months of this year have made less money than the movie "Pathan," which was released in 2023 and made Rs 654 crore in India alone.