After the struggles theaters faced during the pandemic, Bollywood has managed to wrap up 2022 with several successful films at the box office. While some of the selected films performed well, the 2022 box office was unexpectedly weak.
Vikram Vedha, Laal Singh Chaddha to Cirkus. Check out the 10 Bollywood movies that unexpectedly underperformed at the box office in 2022
Bollywood movies that unexpectedly underperformed at the box office!
circus
Directed by Rohit Shetty, it hits theaters on December 23rd. Ranveer Singh, Jacqueline Fernandes and Pooja Hegde play key roles. Despite its Christmas release, the film did poorly at the box office. In its opening weekend, the film made a net profit of around 2 billion. And Cirkus made a net profit of $29.25 billion in its first week, according to Box Office India.
Shamsherah
Ranbir Kapoor, Sanjay Dutt and Vani Kapoor starring Shamshera is one of the highly anticipated movies of 2022. It also marks Ranbir’s return to the big screen for the first time in four years. Produced on a budget of Rs 145 million, director Karan Malhotra reportedly earned a net Rs 415 million.
vikram vedas
Vikram Vedha, starring Hrithik Roshan and Saif Ali Khan, was released on September 30 and did poorly at the box office. Despite good reviews around the film, the film only netted Rs 786 million under a reported Rs 180 million budget.
Lal Singh Chadda
Aamir Khan and Kareena Kapoor Khan played key roles in Lal Singh Chadda, directed by Advate Chandan. It also starred Naga Chaitanya and Mona Singh. The film reportedly failed to recoup his Rs 186 million budget. This was the official Hindi remake of Forrest Gump starring Tom Hanks.
Samrat Prithviraj
Akshay Kumar starrer Samrat Prithviraj made headlines for the controversy. However, after its release, the film only minted Rs 6.8 crore at the domestic box office.It was reportedly made on a budget of Rs 175 crore nett. According to reports, the film failed to recoup its production costs.
Bediyah
Bhediya, starring Varun Dhawan and Kriti Sanon, was the hottest movie of the year. Despite the film’s great reviews, the film reportedly managed to earn Rs 6.584 crore at the box office. it didn’t work well.
jaishbai joda
Ranveer Singh star Jayeshbhai Jordaar went public on May 13th. The film he reportedly made on a budget of Rs 8.6 crore. However, according to reports, director Divyan Thakkar said that at the box office he only collected a net profit of Rs 2.6 crore.
hero panties 2
In Heropanti 2, Tiger Shroff and Tara Sutaria played a key role. Despite Shroff’s gravity-defying stunts in the film, the film reportedly managed to net just Rs 2.491 billion in the domestic market.
thank god
Thank God it was reportedly made on a budget of Rs 100 crore.The film made a total collection of Rs 36.15 crore.
jersey
The Jersey, directed by Goutham Tinanuri, starring Shahid Kapoor and Murnal Thakur in major roles, made a collection of 1.968 billion at the national box office. The total collection of movies is Rs 2.343 crore.
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