Just
when
it
seemed
that
Bollywood
had
recovered
with
multiple
big
hits
in
2023,
it
all
came
down
in
2024
with
a
flurry
of
flops,
disasters
and
mega
disasters.
Yes,
intermittent
successes
kept
the
industry
going
but
the
sheer
count
of
disappointments
was
too
heavy
to
handle.
I
Want
To
Talk
Box
office
collection:
Rs
1.25
crore
(Rs
12.5
million)
I
Want
To
Talk
may
have
been
among
Abhishek
Bachchan’s
career
best
performances,
but
it
released
without
any
publicity.
Director
Shoojit
Sircar
chose
a
sad
theme
of
a
dying
man
and
told
it
in
a
very
sensitive
way,
but
there
were
no
takers.
Bastar:
The
Naxal
Story
Box
office
collection:
Rs
1.30
crore
(Rs
13
million)
From
a
big
rise
to
an
even
bigger
flop,
that’s
what
happened
with
the
team
of
Adah
Sharma,
Director
Sudipto
Sen
and
Producer
Vipul
Shah.
The
trio
created
a
stir
with
The
Kerala
Story
in
2023,
which
had
emerged
as
an
all-time
blockbuster.
But
when
they
tried
to
go
topical
again
with
Bastar:
The
Naxal
Story,
there
were
no
takers.
Ulajh
Box
office
collection:
Rs
8.30
crore
(Rs
83
million)
Janhvi
Kapoor
has
been
experimenting
across
genres
and
her
female-centric
turn
in
this
spy
thriller
did
have
its
moments.
But
audiences
have
seen
way
too
many
films
around
the
India-Pakistan
conflict
to
sit
through
yet
another
one.
Auron
Mein
Kahan
Dum
Tha
Box
office
collection:
Rs
8.75
crore
(Rs
87.5
million)
One
of
Ajay
Devgn’s
biggest
disappointments,
it
is
shocking
that
the
film
couldn’t
even
get
double
digit
lifetime
collections.
Its
delayed
release
also
worked
against
its
favour.
Neeraj
Pandey’s
old
school
romance
disappeared
soon
after
than
its
arrival
in
theatres.
Yudhra
Box
office
collection:
Rs
11.31
crore
(Rs
113.1
million)
Siddhanth
Chaturvedi
got
his
big
theatrical
release
as
a
solo
lead
in
Yudhra.
A
film
like
this
would
probably
have
done
better
in
pre-pandemic
times
but
audiences
have
been
too
choosy
of
late.
It
found
better
traction
on
OTT.
Crakk
Box
office
collection:
Rs
13.25
crore
(Rs
132.5
million)
Vidyut
Jammwal
believed
in
the
film
so
much,
he
even
produced
it.
Crakk
was
a
well-mounted
action
entertainer
based
on
extreme
sports
and
it
was
good
to
see
the
face-off
between
Vidyut
and
Arjun
Rampal.
The
action
sequences
belonged
to
never-seen-before
variety
but
the
box
office
response
was
disappointing.
The
film
sank
in
a
week.
Vedaa
Box
office
collection:
Rs
20.50
crore
(Rs
205
million)
The
Batla
House
hit
team
of
John
Abraham
and
Nikkhil
Advani
came
together
again
in
the
action
drama,
Vedaa.
Sharvari
performed
well
in
the
title
role.
But
the
film’s
clash
with
the
blockbuster
Stree
2
totally
sidelined
it
at
the
box
office.
The
horror
comedy
was
the
flavour
of
the
season,
and
Vedaa
lost
out.
Sarfira
Box
office
collection:
Rs
22.25
crore
(Rs
222.5
million)
Akshay
Kumar
tried
varied
genres
in
2024
but
unfortunately,
met
with
disappointment
in
theatres.
His
delayed
release
Sarfira
didn’t
get
a
good
audience
as
they
had
already
watched
the
Suriya
original
Soorarai
Pottru
on
OTT.
The
film
did
better
on
OTT
and
trended
for
quite
some
time,
just
like
Akshay’s
other
release
Khel
Khel
Mein,
which
had
suffered
due
to
its
clash
with
Stree
2.
Jigra
Box
office
collection:
Rs
31
crore
(Rs
310
million)
One
of
Alia
Bhatt’s
biggest
flops,
Jigra‘s
disappointing
fate
forced
its
Director
Vasan
Bala
to
delete
his
X
account.
The
reviews
were
mixed
but
the
film
did
not
recover
at
the
box
office.
Yodha
Box
office
collection:
Rs
32.50
crore
(Rs
325
million)
Yet
another
delayed
release,
Yodha
was
an
action
entertainer
starring
Sidharth
Malhotra.
It
released
at
a
time
when
similar
patriotic
action
movies
had
already
been
seen
in
theatres
and
on
OTT.
Resultantly,
there
weren’t
many
takers.
Maidaan
Box
office
collection:
Rs
52.50
crore
(Rs
525
million)
It’s
been
a
disappointing
year
for
Ajay
Devgn,
as
his
other
delayed
release
Maidaan
failed
to
make
an
impact
at
the
box
office.
It
was
an
expensive
film
and
needed
to
go
far
ahead
of
the
Rs
100
crore
(Rs
1
billion)
mark
to
break
even.
Ajay
Devgn
did
well
as
an
actor
but
beyond
a
point,
the
film
couldn’t
find
an
audience.
Bade
Miyan
Chote
Miyan
Box
office
collection:
Rs
59.25
crore
(Rs
592.5
million)
When
Akshay
Kumar
and
Tiger
Shroff
announced
they
would
come
together
in
Bade
Miyan
Chote
Miyan,
it
was
being
seen
as
the
next
big
Bollywood
biggie
in
the
making.
But
as
the
film
started
coming
closer
to
release,
there
was
a
lot
of
negativity
surrounding
the
Ali
Abbas
Zafar
directorial.
When
it
bombed,
Producer
Vashu
Bhagnani
filed
an
FIR
against
the
director
for
financial
misconduct.
Note:
All
collections
as
per
various
box
office
sources
