Box Office Disappointments Of 2019: From Kalank To Dabangg 3, Films That Clearly Under-Performed

For Bollywood, the year of 2019 is memorable for many exciting things and one of them is clearly the profits it yielded at the box office. Apart from the business perspective, it was the young brigade including the likes of Ayushmann Khurrana, Kartik Aaryan, Vicky Kaushal, Tiger Shroff and others, who shouldered the industry quite effectively. On the other hand the senior actors- Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgn, Salman Khan and Hrithik Roshan too, showed their hold over the audience. And a special mention to the ladies of B Town- Kangana Ranaut, Taapsee Pannu, Rani Mukerji and others, who made a mark as the victorious force.

While we have always discussed how lucrative 2019 was for Bollywood, there were some disappointing affairs which clearly didn’t lived up to the expectations. Some of them were really unfortunate as despite being backed by powerful content, couldn’t managed to penetrate a larger section of audience, while others were utter crap.

Let’s take a look at major box office disappointments of 2019:

Sonchiriya

Featuring credible names like Sushant Singh Rajput, Bhumi Pednekar, Manoj Bajpayee and director Abhishek Chaubey, the expectation was always high on this dacoit drama. Content wise, it was high on merit and a pure visual treat for the viewers, exploring the valleys of Chambal. The film’s Bundeli dialogues and extremely niche content proved to be a major obstacle in the box office journey as it just managed a lifetime of 6.60 crores. A sheer bad luck!

Kalank

With banner as huge as Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions and names like Varun Dhawan, Alia Bhatt, Aditya Roy Kapur, Sonakshi Sinha, Sanjay Dutt, Madhuri Dixit and Kunal Kemmu, surrounding the project, extremely high hopes were pinned on this periodic drama. Aggressive promotions further added to the towering expectations at the ticket windows. It did took a flying start of 21.60 crores but failed in sustaining the momentum due to its flawed content and therefore wasn’t able to reap the benefits of extended weekend. It ended its journey at 81 crores, which was way below its mammoth budget.

Student Of The Year 2

Another Dharma Productions’ biggie on the list! It marked the debut of Ananya Panday and Tara Sutaria, thus was very much depended on Tiger Shroff’s star power. While its predecessor was high on chartbuster music and watchable content, this one failed in both departments excluding one or two songs. Tiger’s appeal amongst the youth audience did acquire a double-digit score of 12.06 crores on the opening day, but its lifetime ended on a not-so-impressive note as 70.66 crores came in.

Judgementall Hai Kya

This film was in the news for both good and the bad reasons. While the posters and trailer fetched exciting reactions from cine-goers, the controversies surrounding Kangana Ranaut too were grabbing the eyeballs. The film was highly acclaimed by the critics and received thumbs up from the niche cinema lovers, but that’s all! Judgementall Hai Kya failed to appeal to a larger segment of movie buffs and ended its box office journey with a lifetime of 38.30 crores.