Bollywood Box Office 2024 Half-Yearly Report: At the dawn of 2024, Hindi film industry was once again entering a year of uncertainty despite its box office revenue reaching a record Rs 12,200 crore in 2023. It’s probably because the theatre footfalls were, and still are, far below pre-pandemic levels.
In the first half of this year, there were three big-budget films that exhibitors across the country were pinning their hopes on – Fighter, Bade Miyan Chote Miyan and Maidaan. While Fighter, starring Hrithik Roshan and Deepika Padukone, kicked off the year on a hopeful note, Akshay Kumar starrer BMCM and Ajay Devgn’s Maidaan were opened to Rs 15.5 crore and Rs 7 crore, respectively. These were bleak returns for films that were made on a massive scale and headlined by A-list actors.
Unlike the last year’s blockbuster cinematic outings such as Pathaan, Jawan, Gadar 2 and Animal, Bollywood’s big-budget films in 2024 (so far) have not been as successful as anticipated. However, several mid-level films such as Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya, Crew, Shaitaan, Munjya and Article 370 have emerged as big surprises at the box office. The unexpected success of these films can be credited to positive word-of-mouth on social media, marketing strategy and interesting content.
Having said that, all hail the triumphant creative return of South cinema, which is once again dominating the Indian box office and how. Director Nag Ashwin’s Telugu film Kalki 2898 AD starring Prabhas, Deepika Padukone, Amitabh Bachchan, and Kamal Haasan, has given the theatre owners’ flagging morale a much needed boost by registering a record-breaking opening of Rs 191.5 crore globally.
Let’s take a look at Bollywood’s biggest hits and misses of 2024 so far.
Hits of 2024:
Kalki 2898 AD is originally a Telugu movie, but its Hindi version is equally performing well at the box office. Released on June 27, Kalki 2898 AD’s Hindi version made Rs 22.5 crore on its day 1, Rs 23 crore on its day 2, Rs 26 crore on its day 3, Rs 40 crore on its day 4 and around Rs 16.5 crore on its day 5, taking its Hindi total to over Rs 128 crore.
On the Bollywood front, Fighter opened the industry’s innings this year with an impressive Rs 199.45 crore box office collection in India. The film starred Hrithik Roshan and Deepika Padukone and was dubbed as a hit. Bollywood had to wait a few weeks before they could taste another hit in the form of Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya.
Starring Shahid Kapoor and Kriti Sanon, Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya collected Rs 80.88 crore in its lifetime business, as reported by Bollywood Hungama. The other hits include Munjya, Shaitaan, Article 370, Crew, and Madgaon Express.
| Movie Name | Cast | Box Office Collection* |
| Fighter | Hrithik Roshan, Deepika Padukone | Rs 199.45 Cr. |
| Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya | Shahid Kapoor, Kriti Sanon | Rs 80.88 Cr. |
| Article 370 | Yami Gautam Dhar and Priyamani | Rs 82.37 Cr. |
| Shaitaan | Ajay Devgn, Jyothika, R Madhavan | Rs 149.49 Cr. |
| Madgaon Express | Divyenndu, Pratik Gandhi, Avinash Tiwary, Nora Fatehi | Rs 38.47 Cr. |
| Crew | Tabu, Kareena Kapoor, Kriti Sanon | Rs 89.92 Cr. |
| Srikanth | Rajkummar Rao | Rs 50.05 Cr. |
| Munjya | Sharvari, Abhay Verma, Mona Singh | Rs 100.45 Cr. |
| Laapataa Ladies | Nitanshi Goel, Pratibha Ranta, Sparsh Shrivastava, Chhaya Kadam, Ravi Kishan | Rs 20.24 Cr |
*Box office collection as reported by Sacnilk.com and Bollywood Hungama.
Misses of 2024:
The biggest flop of the year has been Akshay Kumar and Tiger Shroff’s Bade Miyan Chote Miyan. Made on a reported budget of Rs 350 crore, Bade Miyan Chote Miyan flopped at the box office, earning just Rs 59.17 crore. Another film that crashed at the box office was Maidaan which collected Rs 52.29 crore.
Check out the films that did not work at the box office this year so far:
| Movie Name | Cast | Box Office Collection* |
| Bade Miyan Chote Miyan | Akshay Kumar, Tiger Shroff | Rs 59.17 Cr. |
| Maidaan | Ajay Devgn | Rs 52.29 Cr. |
| Yodha | Sidharth Malhotra, Raashii Khanna, Disha Patani | Rs 32.45 Cr. |
| Swatantrya Veer Savarkar | Randeep Hooda | Rs 23.99 Cr. |
| Bastar: The Naxal Story | Rs 1.30 Cr. | |
| Do Aur Do Pyaar |
Vidya Balan, Pratik Gandhi, Ileana D’Cruz, Sendhil Ramamurthy. |
Rs 4.63 Cr. |
| Ruslaan | Rs 2.70 Cr. | |
| Ishq Vishk Rebound | Rohit Saraf, Pashmina Roshan, Naila Grrewal, Jibraan Khan | Rs 4.49 Cr. |
| Mr. & Mrs. Mahi |
Janhvi Kapoor, Rajkummar Rao |
Rs 35.81 Cr. |
*Box office collection as reported by Bollywood Hungama.
Upcoming Movies of 2024:
There are a few big films that are expected to work their magic at the box office. These include Shraddha Kapoor and Rajkummar Rao’s highly-anticipated Stree 2 and Ajay Devgn’s multi-starrer Singham Again.
Meanwhile, big bets are placed on Rohit Shetty’s Singham Again which features Arjun Kapoor as a baddie, Deepika Padukone as Lady Singham and brings back Akshay Kumar along with Ranveer Singh in their police avatars.
Another film that may help recover the Bollywood box office is Aamir Khan’s Sitaare Zameen Par. The film marks his comeback on the big screen after Laal Singh Chaddha’s debacle.
On the pan-India front, we’ve got Allu Arjun reprising his role as Pushpa Raj with Pushpa 2: The Rule.
Several other films such as Kangana Ranaut’s Emergency, Kartik Aaryan’s Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3, Varun Dhawan’s Baby John, Shahid Kapoor’s Deva, Alia Bhatt’s Jigra, and Vicky Kaushal-Triptii Dimri starrer Bad Newz have the potential to become box office successes.