The year 2024 has been strange for Bollywood. The highest-grossing movie of the year - Siddharth Anand's Fighter - that nearly touched Rs 200 crore at the domestic box office is not seen as a pure hit. Six months down, we still don't have a film that created or broke records at the box office, though there were several hits like Shaitaan, Munjya, Article 370, Crew, Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya among them. Three small films, Madgaon Express, Laapataa Ladies and Srikanth, found themselves becoming profitable while enjoying an extended run at the box office. Kalki 2898 AD Opening Box Office Prediction Exclusive: Pan-India Mega-Starrer Set To Collect INR 110 Crore in India and INR 200 Crore Worldwide.

However, Bollywood has also had many failures at the box office in the past six months. Biggies like Bade Miyan Chote Miyan, Maidaan, Mr & Mrs Mahi, and even the recent Chandu Champion have not been able to draw in the crowds, even though some of them got good reviews.

So which film worked and which didn't at the box office? Check them out below. Disclaimer - we have not included other language releases dubbed in Hindi, or bilinguals made primarily in other languages like HanuMan and Operation Valentine. Munjya Box Office Collection Day 16: Sharwari Wagh and Abhay Verma’s Horror-Comedy Crosses Rs 80 Crore Mark in India.

List of All Major Hindi Film Releases in 2024 (Movie Name - Lifetime Collection - Box Office Verdict)

1. Merry Christmas - Rs 18.30 crore - Flop

2. Main Atal Hoon - Rs 8.65 crore - Flop

3. Fighter - Rs 199.45 crore - Average

4. Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya - Rs 80.88 crore - Hit

5. Article 370 - Rs 82.37 crore - Hit

6. All India Rank - Rs 0.35 crore - Flop

7. Crakk – Jeetegaa… Toh Jiyegaa - Rs 13.23 crore - Flop

8. Dange - Rs 0.15 crore - Flop

9. Laapataa Ladies - Rs 20.24 crore - Hit

10. Kaagaz 2 - Rs 0.08 crore - Flop

11. Shaitaan - Rs 149.49 crore - Superhit

12. Tera Kya Hoga Lovely - Rs 0.10 crore - Flop

13. Yodha - Rs 32.45 crore - Flop

14. Bastar – The Naxal Story - Rs 1.30 crore - Flop

15. Madgaon Express - Rs 38.47 crore - Semi-Hit

16. Swatantrya Veer Savarkar - Rs 23.99 crore - Flop

17. Crew - Rs 89.92 crore - Hit

18. Maidaan - Rs 52.29 crore - Flop

19. Bade Miyan Chote Miyan - Rs 59.17 crore - Flop

20. Do Aur Do Pyaar - Rs 4.63 crore - Flop

21. Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2 - Rs 0.50 crore - Flop

22. Ruslaan - Rs 2.70 crore - Flop

23. Srikanth - Rs 50.05 crore - Semi-Hit

24. Tipppsy - Rs 0.08 crore - Flop

25. Kartam Bhugtam - Rs 1 crore - Flop

26. Bhaiyya Ji - Rs 9.40 crore - Flop

27. Mr & Mrs Mahi - Rs 35.81 crore - Flop

28. Munjya - Rs 89.81 crore - Hit

29. Chandu Champion - Rs 49.21 crore - Below Average (still early to seal the fate)

30. Hamare Baarah - Collections not shared by Bollywood Hungama or Box Office India

31. Ishq Vishk Rebound - Rs 3.40 crore - Flop

It is also to note that stars like Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Aamir Khan, Ranbir Kapoor, Ranveer Singh, Ayushmann Khurrana, and Alia Bhatt - known box office crowd-pullers also didn't have any releases in the first six months. While SRK, Salman and Ranbir are skipping 2024, at least for the lead roles, let's hope the presence of other stars in movies coming out in the next six months might hope for a better report card at the box office, with biggies like Singham Again, Stree 2, Sitaare Zameen Par, Bhool Bhulaiya 3, Sarfira, still to come.

(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Jun 25, 2024 07:52 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).