when does a movie become a hit? - Page 2

Originally posted by: Clochette

I (still) talk about the movie ... one of my favourite SRK-movies

not talking about fans.. general public

Originally posted by: Lord_Voldemort

not talking about fans.. general public

Okayyyy...Indian "general public" or international "general public" or social media "general public"?

Originally posted by: Lord_Voldemort

Yes 2.5x is a good enough mark to be a hit, but everyone in India is a sellout.. whether its awards or box office verdicts announced by trade pundits. Even budgets are faked.

The fake hits never stand the test of time though. Look at My Name Is Khan for example.. a manufactured hit, swept all the awards that year. No one talks about that movie after all these years.

I see so many movies that don't even make twice the budget being declared HIT like fighter and so many more.

The Moment I watch the film, it becomes Super Duper Hit.

So wait karo main agli film kaunsi dekhta hoon.

I don’t take the verdicts seriously 😐 as there no credibility so in case I like the verdict they selling me I believe it n in case I don’t I don’t believe it .. my motto

Originally posted by: theBoyWonder

I have been tracking US box office and as a general rule of thumb we multiply the movie budget with 2.5 to get an estimate of how much a movie needs to make, to breakeven. Does the 2.5X the budget rule hold true for bollywood or indian movies?

Business Of Bollywood

https://youtu.be/zl8XHf0naqg

KJO's very interesting interview on this.

What would Karan tell now - a year later...?

The Business Of Bollywood never really changes.

Show- and Entertainment business have global rules...I doubt that Karan would publicly explain how the 'making believe', the funding and the different kinds of non-cinematic influences work. Karan got quite nervous from time to time. Personally, I didn't learn something new except that his CEO Apoorva is his childhood friend.

Originally posted by: theBoyWonder

I have been tracking US box office and as a general rule of thumb we multiply the movie budget with 2.5 to get an estimate of how much a movie needs to make, to breakeven. Does the 2.5X the budget rule hold true for bollywood or indian movies?

I think, sometime back, there was a discussion about this on Indiaforums, I remember participating in that thread or maybe it was on some other forum. Nowadays producers don't tend to lose money on a film with plethora of rights unless the film is really bad and have no takers, quite a few films are a 'hit' even before they are sold, that might be the reason why so many producers/actors may not really care if their last film was a success or failure.