MUMBAI – The bar of 100 crore has been set as the new yardstick for successful Bollywood movies, reports Nandini Raghavendra of the ET Bureau. With 10 movies to have reached this mark, the “100 crore club” is becoming the in thing of B-town.
Movies like Singham, Golmaal 3 and Agneepath have proved that apart from the dominant Khans of Bollywood, other actors can also become members of this exclusive club. Apoorva Mehta, Chief Operating Officer at Dharma Productions, says, “A 100-crore figure is really an indication of the growth in the business itself. In equal measure, it reflects the power of a film having pan-India appeal. Traditionally, the 100-crore club has been dominated by the Khans. But with the third non-Khan film crossing the figure, there are definite signs that content is working in totality.”
Siddharth Roy Kapur, CEO of UTV Motion Pictures, says, “The two major contributors to revenue growth are higher average ticket prices and broader theatrical distribution. Having said that, theatrical contributes only 50 percent to a film’s overall revenues, with satellite, music, home video, overseas rights, new media, digital rights and other smaller revenue streams making up the rest.”
Moreover, additional help comes from sources, such as – increased number of multiplexes, revamped single-theatres, wider reach of digital media, low-cost movie prints and day and date release of movies to fight piracy. Producers and movie distributors also earn a handsome chunk from these movies. The movies belonging to the “100 Crore Club” are as follows –
1) Ghajini
Box Office Collection (India) – 155 crore
Box Office Collection (Overseas) – 35 crore
Directed By – A. R. Murugadoss
Distributed By – Geetha Arts (India) and Reliance Entertainment (Overseas)
2) 3 Idiots
Box Office Collection (India) – 790.5 million
Box Office Collection (Overseas) – $6.5 million
Directed By – Rajkumar Hirani
Distributed By – Vinod Chopra Productions
3) Dabangg
Box Office Collection (India) – 141 crore
Box Office Collection (Overseas) – $5 million
Directed By – Abhinav Singh Kashyap
Distributed By – Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision and Arbaaz Khan Productions
4) Golmaal 3
Box Office Collection (India) – 103.50 crore,
Box Office Collection (Overseas) – $1,132,192 in U.S. and Canada, £638,496 in U.K. and $352,063 in Australia
Directed By – Rohit Shetty
Distributed By – Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision
5) Ready
Box Office Collection (India) – 130 crore
Box Office Collection (Overseas) – 185 crore
Directed By – Anees Bazmee
Distributed By – T-Series, Rawail Grandsons Entertainment and Software, Sohail Khan Productions, Eros International
6) Singham
Box Office Collection (India) – 100 crore
Box Office Collection (Overseas) – 140 crore
Directed By – Rohit Shetty
Distributed By – Reliance Entertainment
7) Bodyguard
Box Office Collection (India) – 148.86 crore
Box Office Collection (Overseas) – $8.3 million
Directed By – Siddique
Distributed By – Reliance Entertainment and Reel Life Production
8) Don 2
Box Office Collection (India) – 108 crore, Hindi Version – 240 crore
Box Office Collection (Overseas) – 63.18 crore ($13.9 million)
Directed By – Farhan Akhtar
Distributed By – Reliance Entertainment
9) RA-One
Box Office Collection (India) – 115 crore, Hindi Version – 202 crore
Box Office Collection (Overseas) – $25.3 million
Directed By – Anubhav Sinha
Distributed By – Eros International and Red Chillies Entertainment
10) Agneepath
Box Office Collection (India) – 109 crore
Box Office Collection (Overseas) – 26 crore ($5.72 million)
Directed By – Karan Malhotra
Distributed By – Dharma Productions
