Since entering the 100 crore club has become the benchmark for all filmmakers or rather for all big stars in Bollywood, trade analysts have just released the films that have crossed that benchmark last year in 2018. This might be the list of films that earned over 100 crore at the box office, but that does not mean that they recovered their budget. Films like ‘Race 3’ and ‘Thugs of Hindostan’ got a great opening, but then word of mouth (WOM) and critics’ reviews made the audience think twice before spending their hard-earned money in these films.
‘Thugs of Hindostan’ was made on an estimated budget of 310 crore while ‘Race 3′ was made on a budget of 150–185 crore. Both of these big superstars’ film managed to make some profit before the films even released due to the the satellite rights sold for high prices. Distributors and cinema owners are the one, who suffered the most losses.
It’s been more than a week that Shah Rukh Khan’s ‘Zero’ released, but unlike TOH and ‘Race 3′, this film struggled to get a good opening. WOM and critics’ reviews made things worst and since then the film has been struggling. Note that ‘Simmba’, which released last week has already earned an estimated 100 crore while ‘Zero’ is still lagging behind at about 88 crore. ‘Simmba’ was made on an 80 crore budget and things have been going great so far for the film. ‘KGF’, which released on the same day as ‘Zero’ has already earned more than 150 crore, but it is not a Bollywood film so it’s not featured on the list.
Here are the movies that have successfully entered the 100 crore club in 2018. Which of these is your favourite?
100 crore Bollywood Films in 2018
Padmaavat
Raid
Baaghi 2
Raazi
Race 3
Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety
Sanju
Gold
Stree
Badhaai Ho
TOH
2.0
Simmba
