Bollywood Box Office Report 2019: Uri, Gully Boy, Kesari Beat All The Records

The Hindi film industry witnessed the rain of blockbusters in the first quarter of 2019. It kicked off with Vicky Kaushal’s Uri: The Surgical Strike in January, followed by Ranveer Singh-starrer Gully Boy, and Kangana’s Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi. Total Dhamaal, Kesar and Badla have also contributed to creating the first three months of the year 2019 a hit.

The first quarter has recorded a 20 per cent increase over the same quarter of last year. According to film trade analyst Girish Johar, this is the most successful quarter of the film industry ever. He said, “In January, we had Uri. in February, Gully boy did exceedingly well. Then there were Total Dhamaal and Kesari which also raked in the moolah. These films did exceedingly well and thus proved to be profitable in a period which is traditionally considered a dull one.”

Johar went on to make a comparison of the office collection between two years.

He then expressed hope for the growth in the summer season.

For the record, box office hit Uri collected around Rs 100 crore only in January. The film grossed a total of Rs 245.36 crore during the eleven-week theatrical run. Aditya Dhar-director movie also made it to the top 10 highest-grossing films which include super hits Baahubali, Dangal.

Other than Uri, Akshay Kumar’s film Kesari also performed well at the ticket window. The movie was also one of the top openers of the year 2019 with a collection of roughly Rs 21.50 crore on its release. Gully Boy (Rs 139.93 crore), Total Dhamaal (Rs 153.58 crore), Badla (Rs 81.79 crore), Luka Chuppi (Rs 92.05 crore), and Manikarnika (Rs 92.19 crore) also made the massive success for the quarter.