Box Office: Ayushmann Khurrana's AndhaDhun, Badhaai Ho, Saif Ali Khan's Baazaar - Which Movie Ruled the Box Office in October?
In this monthly roundup box office feature, we rank the top 10 releases of October based on their earning, from highest to lowest, and determine which of these movies earned that 'hit' status!
October 2018 has been a month that taught Bollywood a lesson that it should stick to by now - unless you have Salman Khan or Tiger Shroff on action mode, your film needs to have a good script. Two Bollywood movies, among the multiple releases that came out last month, that earned the hit status were backed by a good script and was well- received by the critics too. It is another matter that both starred Ayushmann Khurrana in the lead, making him the king of October box office, earning hits in Badhaai Ho and AndhaDhun. Ayushman Khurrana's Badhaai Ho, Arjun Kapoor's Namaste England, Sohum Shah's Tumbbad - Ranking all October 2018 Bollywood Releases From WORST to BEST!
October may not have a Rs 100 crore hit, but Badhaai Ho is slowly creeping into that club, which would make it Ayushmann's first movie to do so. Another critically acclaimed film, Tumbbad, may have earned not great due to limited promotions and lack of commercial stars. However, the movie is getting a steady traction thanks to positive word of mouth publicity. Sadly, the rest of the releases tanked big time, save for Hollywood film Venom. After Tom Hardy's Venom, Sony Pictures To Focus on Another Spider-Man Spinoff, Morbius, Starring Jared Leto
In this monthly roundup box office feature, we rank the top 10 releases of October based on their earning, from highest to lowest, and determine which of these movies earned that 'hit' status!
Badhaai Ho
Starring: Ayushmann Khurrana, Sanya Malhotra and Neena Gupta
Box Office Earnings: Rs 94.25 Crore
Verdict: Superhit
AndhaDhun
Starring: Ayushmann Khurrana, Tabu and Radhika Apte
Box Office Earnings: Rs 66.10 Crore
Verdict: Hit
Venom
Starring: Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams and Riz Ahmed
Box Office Earnings: Rs 34.31 Crore
Verdict: Hit
Baazaar
Starring: Saif Ali Khan, Rohan Mehra and Radhika Apte
Box Office Earnings: Rs 18.05 Crore
Verdict: Below Average
LoveYatri
Starring: Aayush Sharma and Warina Hussain
Box Office Earnings: Rs 11.22 Crore
Verdict: Flop
Tumbbad
Starring: Sohum Shah
Box Office Earnings: Rs 10.14 Crore
Verdict: Flop
Namaste England
Starring: Arjun Kapoor and Parineeti Chopra
Box Office Earnings: Rs 8 Crore
Verdict: Disaster
Helicopter Eela
Starring: Kajol and Riddhi Sen
Box Office Earnings: Rs 4.13 Crore
Verdict: Disaster
Jalebi
Starring: Rhea Chakraborty and Varun Mittra
Box Office Earnings: Rs 2.41 Crore
Verdict: Flop
FryDay
Starring: Govinda, Varun Sharma and Diganggana Suryavanshi
Box Office Earnings: Rs 1.52 Crore
Verdict: Flop
(trade figures sourced from Bollywood Hungama)
November and December are the months the trade experts will be looking forwards thanks to the release of biggies like Thugs of Hindostan, 2.0, Kedarnath, Zero and Simmba. All in all, a good period for Bollywood, box office wise, especially for good cinema!
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