HT Rewind: From Kanguva to Bade Miyan Chote Miyan, big-budget Indian movies that failed on the field workplace in 2024
As 2024 involves an finish, it’s protected to say that it was a bittersweet yr for the Indian movie business. Whereas Allu Arjun and Prabhas delivered grand hits like Pushpa 2 The Rule and Kalki 2898 AD, respectively, just a few movies that had huge potential and hype didn’t carry out properly on the field workplace.
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A number of high-budget movies that featured superstars didn’t make an affect on the viewers and finally flopped on the field workplace. Right here’s a have a look at among the yr’s greatest disappointments-
Indian 2
The highly-anticipated sequel to the 1996 blockbuster Indian proved to be an enormous disappointment. Famous person Kamal Haasan reprised his position as Senapathy, a vigilante preventing corruption. The sequel carried immense hype nevertheless it opened to blended to destructive evaluations from the viewers. Made on funds of ₹250 crore, the movie managed to earn solely ₹148.33 crore on the field workplace worldwide.
Kanguva
Suriya’s Kanguva, directed by Siva, was one of the crucial formidable and extremely anticipated tasks of the yr. The movie boasts of an ensemble forged with Bobby Deol enjoying the villain. It was touted to be the subsequent Baahubali, nevertheless, fell flat upon launch. The movie managed to earn solely ₹106.25 crore in opposition to the huge funds of ₹350 crore.
Bade Miyan Chote Miyan
Akshay Kumar and Tiger Shroff got here collectively for the primary time in an motion movie, Bade Miyan Chote Miyan. Regardless of having being made on a large funds of ₹350 crore, the movie failed to draw viewers to theatres after day 1 and finally ended its run on the field workplace by incomes solely ₹111.49 crore. Helmed by Ali Abbas Zafar, the movie turned one of many greatest disasters of 2024.
Maidaan
Ajay Devgn’s Maidaan tells the inspiring story of Syed Abdul Rahim, the coach who formed Indian soccer. Whereas the movie had loads of potential to develop into one of many blockbusters for the yr, frequent delays in its launch and a conflict with Bade Miyan Chote Miyan led to the movie’s failure on the field workplace. Made on a large funds of ₹250 crore, the movie collected solely ₹71 crore on the field workplace worldwide.
Lal Salaam
Directed by Aishwarya Rajinikanth, the sports activities motion movie, made on a funds of ₹80-90 crore, failed miserably on the field workplace regardless of Rajinikanth’s prolonged cameo. The movie acquired blended evaluations from critics and the viewers, which impacted its field workplace run. The movie earned solely ₹17.46 crore on the Indian field workplace and ₹32.65 crore worldwide.
Thangalaan
Vikram’s Thangalaan noticed him in 5 roles alongside an ensemble star forged, together with Parvathy Thiruvothu, Malavika Mohanan, Daniel Caltagirone, Pasupathy, and Hari Krishnan. Although the forged’s efficiency impressed the viewers, the criticism for historic inaccuracies, visible results and writing impacted the movie’s field workplace run. The movie earned ₹68 crore worldwide on the field workplace, failing to even get well the funds ( ₹100-150 crore).
Saindhav
Saindhav marked Venkatesh Daggubati’s seventy fifth film. Regardless of the excitement across the film and star performers like Venkatesh, Arya, and Nawazuddin Siddiqui, the movie opened to blended to destructive response from the viewers as a consequence of its weak script and route. Sadly, even earlier than the tip of the primary week, the gathering on the field workplace went beneath ₹1 crore every day, and the movie closed its assortment at ₹18 crore worldwide in opposition to a funds of ₹55 crore.
Double iSmart
A sequel to the hit movie iSmart Shankar, Double iSmart, had an enormous buzz round it earlier than its launch. Helmed by Puri Jagannadh, the movie has Sanjay Dutt as the principle antagonist and Ram Pothineni because the protagonist. The movie received destructive evaluations upon launch and inside ten days, it was virtually out of theatres within the Telugu states. Whereas the movie’s producers had blockbuster expectations, it emerged to be a field workplace bomb, incomes solely ₹19 crore worldwide in opposition to a funds of ₹90 crore.
Mr Bachchan
One other massive disappointment this yr was Ravi Teja’s Mr Bachchan. A remake of Ajay Devgn’s hit movie, Raid, the movie clashed with Double iSmart on Independence Day and acquired destructive evaluations from the critics. It didn’t entertain the viewers and the field workplace assortment began declining after day 2. Ultimately, the movie turned an enormous field workplace bomb, incomes solely ₹13.5 crore worldwide in opposition to a funds of ₹70 crore.
