Eid has always been very special for Bollywood. Being one of the most celebrated festivals in India and a national holiday, it has been a favourite of big Bollywood filmmakers. Over the years many big Bollywood films, especially those starring Salman Khan, have given the Eidi to fans. Thus not just fans, even producers have returned with heavy profits from Box Office.
Have a look at the business of Eid films in the last 10 years:
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1) Dabangg
Star Cast: Salman Khan, Sonakshi Sinha, Arbaaz Khan, Vinod Khanna, Dimple Kapadia
Year: 2012 (Majorly an Independence Day Release with Eid falling in 1st week)
4) Chennai Express
Star Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone
Box Office: 226.7 crores
Year: 2013
5) Kick
Star Cast: Salman Khan, Jacqueline Fernandez
Box Office: 233 crores
Year: 2014
6) Bajrangi Bhaijaan
Star Cast: Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor Khan
Box Office: 320.34 crores
Year: 2015
7) Sultan
Star Cast: Salman Khan, Anushka Sharma
Box Office: 300.45 crores
Year: 2016
8) Tubelight
Star Cast: Salman Khan
Box Office: 121.25 crores
Year: 2017
9) Race 3
Star Cast: Salman Khan, Jacqueline Fernandez, Anil Kapoor, Saqib Saleen, Daisy Shah
Box Office: 169 crores
Year: 2018
10) Bharat
Star Cast: Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif
Box Office: 209.36 crores
Year: 2019
As you can clearly see, the Eid holiday has been contributing hugely to the Box Office year-on-year. Even in 2017 when Tubelight’s content didn’t get appreciation from the audience, the film still managed to cross 100 crores mark. Race 3 in 2018 received a mixed response but reached close to 175 crores mark. Bharat with decent response crossed 200 crores mark in 2019.
However this year Eid hasn’t been as many had expected it to be. There were 2 biggies i.e. Radhe (starring Salman Khan) and Laxmmi Bomb (starring Akshay Kumar) scheduled to release this Eid but due to ongoing pandemic, it didn’t happen. Had it happened it would’ve been a box office bonanza. Akshay Kumar has been going great guns at Box Office lately with 3 back to back 200 crore grossers in 2019. Considering the plot of Laxmmi Bomb and its director, it’s bound to be a good film and in a normal case, it could’ve easily crossed 150 crores mark. Then Salman Khan’s Radhe is also carrying a huge hype. The bare minimum expectations from the film with clash were 200 crores and who knows with good word of mouth it could inch towards 250 crores as well. Even Laxmmi Bomb with good word of mouth could’ve reached close to 200crores mark. Who knows it could hit the double century as well?
So overall, this Eid would’ve given the Box Office 350 crores bare minimum or maybe up to 450 crores. Imagine! Yun hota to kya hota! Guess that’s all now because all of this is a Box Office loss now. We just hope these films hit the cinemas soon and bring back life to theaters.
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