Despite the controversy, Hollywood films like Oppenheimer continue to collect illicit box office revenue, unlike B-town films, many of which fail to draw people to theaters. Here’s a sneak peek at the trends…
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Barbenheimer continues to dominate the box office not just in India but around the world. Barbie crossed the $800 million mark in just two weeks after its release, but despite the Bhagavad Gita controversy, Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer managed to surpass Barbie in India. The latter grossed more than Rs 100 million in two weeks, ensuring other Hollywood successes this year, including the recent Tom Cruise-starrer Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part 1 (Rs 110 million) will exceed. These are huge numbers when compared to Bollywood films, which have not been able to attract the masses to theaters. Let’s take a look at the latest numbers here.
quite contrasting
After minting Rs 480 million in the opening weekend, Oppenheimer never looked back despite the controversy. It is trying to beat Vin Diesel’s Fast X India Collection (Rs 188.3 million). But at the same time, it’s surprising that Greta Gerwig’s Barbie doll, which garnered double Oppenheimer’s collections worldwide, failed to captivate Indian audiences. It soon joined the ‘billion club’ and crossed the $800 million mark worldwide, but its Indian collection is only Rs 3,400 crore.
super league
Looking at the trends, not only superhero movies but also franchise movies are popular among the Indian masses. No wonder, then, that several other westerns have captivated Indian audiences this year. These include ‘Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part 1’ (Rs 145 million), ‘Fast X’ (Rs 108.83 million), ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3’ (Rs 5.234 million); These include John Wick: Chapter 4 (Rs 53.21 billion). , ‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’ (Rs 44.85 million) and ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumia’ (Rs 43.69 million). Similarly, ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’ (Rs 130 million), ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ (Rs 117 million) and ‘Black Panther: ‘Wakanda Forever’ (Rs 69.5 billion), ‘Black Adam’ (Rs 48.13 billion) and ‘The Batman’ (Rs 481 billion) are some of the successful Hollywood projects last year.
Among the Bollywood films, Pathaan (Rs 543.05 million) did well due to its impressive cast and the return of SRK. Kerala Story (Rs 242.20 million) and Tu Jyoti Mein Makkal (Rs 149.05 million) also did quite well.
past year
In 2022, James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water earned 378 million rupees in India, which no other Bollywood film could match. Among the South Indian hits, KGF Chapter 2 was the only one to achieve his Rs 434 million mark in total collections in India. Other films like RRR (Rs 274.30 million), Brahmastra – Part 1: Shiva (Rs 257.44 million), The Kashmir Files (Rs 252.90 million) and Drishyam 2 (Rs 240.54 million) It did well at the box office. However, it didn’t become as big as Avatar 2.
While Hollywood’s convincing VFX is the reason more people are visiting theaters, experts also believe that Hollywood’s scripts are better researched. After all, Cameron didn’t wake up one fine day and make an Avatar sequel. He only went ahead with the right script in mind.
(Inputs by Puneet Kaur Thind)
Most of the western films that do well in India are of the epic variety. Significant amounts of money, effort and time have been invested in creating a unique experience. These are more than just movies. They make for a fascinating storytelling and theatrical experience. However, the movies made in Bollywood lack the grand cinematic experience.
Rahul Sharma, actor
As always, content is king. Hollywood produces a lot of content that the audience wants to see, but unfortunately, there is no quality movies in Bollywood. Manufacturers keep producing the same repetitive content and people are tired of it. If you want to make a difference in your industry, your content needs to change.
Nikhil Nanda, actor
I think we still primarily cater to a local audience. But if you look to Hollywood, you’ll see that its movies captivate audiences all over the world. Despite this, the company also has films like ‘Baahubali’, ‘RRR’, ‘Dangal’ and ‘Lagaan’ which have managed to grab the attention of audiences across the world, demonstrating the immense potential of the company. is showing. Rather than looking for inspiration only from Hollywood, we should also look to the South Indian film industry.
paridhi sharma, actress
I don’t think Bollywood will recover easily. There’s a huge list of movies that fail, and it’s pretty obvious why. The content is very outdated and poor. If RRR, Baahubali, Pushpa and Kantara can do well in theaters, then we are not lacking in the ability to make good films. But we are not giving freedom to Indian actors and directors. Otherwise, why aren’t Indian original series appreciated and released in theaters? It is a shame that no organization in India can do anything about it.
Anupama Solanki, actress
