Friday, February 14, 2020
The top hit bollywood movies like Total Dhamaal,Gully Boy,Housefull 4,Mission Mangal,Bharat,Uri,Kabir Singh, War mopped up around 2557 crores in the box offices during 2019.Other language films also made fairly well during the year though Indian economy as a whole is in a slowdown phase.
Indians bought 1.03 billion movie tickets, spending Rs 10,948 crore last year, an increase of 11.6 per cent over 2018. In 2019, there were some green shoots of rising ticket sales in the results for India’s major multiplex chains. This round of box-office growth is led by growth in the underlying factor that matters most – more people watching films.
This trend is likely to continue going by the factors that underpin this growth. On an overall basis language is becoming more important.Many of the top 10 movies are more multilingual.Content is reported to be most important factor for the success and hence while star-led films naturally get a better opening, their staying power depends on the story