There
have
been
few
successes
in
2025
so
far,
and
even
fewer
movies
to
rave
about.
Quite
a
few
films
didn’t
do
well,
but
particularly
disappointing
were
the
films
that
came
from
the
south.
Here’s
looking
at
the
flops
of
2025
so
far.
Sikandar
Box
office
collection:
Rs
105
crore
(Rs
1.05
billion)
Salman
Khan’s
Sikandar
emerged
as
a
major
flop
of
the
year.
This,
despite
the
fact
that
it
entered
the
Rs
100
crore
club.
Deva
Box
office
collection:
Rs
32.07
crore
(Rs
320.7
million)
Deva
was
a
well
made
drama
with
a
good
performance
by
Shahid
Kapoor
but
still,
it
could
not
generate
curiosity
amongst
audiences.
Game
Changer
(Hindi)
Box
office
collection:
Rs
26.60
crore
(Rs
266
million)
There
was
no
compromise
on
the
money
spent
on
Game
Changer.
Even
the
songs
incurred
costs
in
crores.
The
Shankar
film
wasn’t
badly
made
either
but
somehow,
audiences
felt
that
this
was
just
old
wine
in
a
not
so
new
bottle.
Result?
A
mega
disaster
by
Ram
Charan.
Emergency
Box
office
collection:
Rs
16.52
crore
(Rs
165.2
million)
Kangana
Ranaut’s
directorial
film
Emergency
didn’t
get
good
reviews
and
was
a
disaster
at
the
box
office
as
well.
Ground
Zero
Box
office
collection:
Rs
7.54
crore
(Rs
75.4
million)
Ground
Zero
was
promoted
well
and
coincidentally
came
at
the
same
time
when
the
Pahalgam
attack
happened.
To
the
credit
of
the
makers,
they
did
not
milk
this
opportunity
and
market
the
movie
around
these
lines.
Still,
audiences
chose
to
stay
away
from
the
Emraan
Hashmi
film.
Loveyapa
Box
office
collection:
Rs
7.04
crore
(Rs
70.4
million)
A
light-hearted
romance,
Loveyapa
saw
the
big
screen
debuts
of
star
kids
Junaid
Khan
(Aamir
Khan’s
son)
and
Khushi
Kapoor
(Sridevi’s
daughter).
It
wasn’t
bad
enough
to
warrant
a
below-10
crore
lifetime
score.
Azaad
Box
office
collection:
Rs
6.32
crore
(Rs
63.2
million)
One
of
the
biggest
disasters
of
the
year
is
Azaad,
which
marked
Aaman
Devgn
and
Rasha
Thadani’s
movie
debut.
There
was
reasonable
noise
around
the
arrival
of
the
star
kids,
supported
by
a
cameo
from
Ajay
Devgn.
But
the
trailer
did
not
work
and
even
the
song
Oyi
Amma
became
a
chartbuster
only
after
the
film
had
exited
from
theatres.
The
Bhootnii
Box
office
collection:
Rs
6.10
crore
(Rs
61
million)
The
Bhootnii
didn’t
even
get
a
good
release.
There
were
hardly
any
shows
for
this
Sanjay
Dutt-Mouni
Roy-starrer.
L2:
Empuraan
Box
office
collection:
Rs
2.22
crore
(Rs
22.2
million)
The
Mohanlal
and
Prithviraj
action
thriller
L2:
Empuraan
was
a
huge
success
in
Malayalam
but
it
was
not
promoted,
marketed
or
released
properly
in
Hindi.
As
a
result,
the
Hindi
version
did
not
do
well.
Thug
Life
(Hindi)
Box
office
collection:
Rs
1.56
crore
(Rs
15.6
million)
Thug
Life
holds
the
record
for
being
the
biggest
disaster
of
all
time
for
the
Hindi
version
of
a
south
film.
The
Kamal
Haasan-Mani
Ratnam
combination
was
meant
to
be
a
biggie
but
turned
out
to
be
a
damp
squib.
