Box Office Predictions of 2014 Bollywood films: Part 1

Note: Predictions are just ‘expected numbers’ based on star cast, director and production house.

Jai Ho (Jan 24): Salman Khan has taken up the Republic Day weekend by getting his film Jai Ho to release on 24th January. It is the remake of a well accepted South Indian film called Stalin and should continue Salman’s winning streak even though the trailers have not differentiated it much from his last few films. While the film is unlikely to break the records set by Dhoom 3, it should cross the collections of Salman’s last film Dabangg 2. Box Office Prediction: 180 crore.

Gunday (Feb 14): Ranveer Singh got into the big league with the huge success of Ram Leela. This time around, he is back with his mentors Yash Raj Films in this 1970s based action drama which is set in the coalfields of West Bengal. The trailers of the film have highlighted the friendship and the confrontation which happens between them towards the end of the film. Priyanka Chopra adds to the glamour quotient of this film. We expect the film to do above average business. Box Office Prediction: 75 crore.

Jagga Jasoos (Oct 2): Barfi which arrived in 2012 surprised everyone with its box office performance. The team of Ranbir Kapoor, UTV and Anurag Basu reunite in this detective coming-of-age comic thriller. The film is expected to hit all the right notes with audiences universally and the music has been receiving a lot of pre-release buzz from industry insiders. Barfi’s success surprised us but the performance of Jagga Jasoos would be anything but surprising for us. Prediction: 175 crore.

PK (December): Rajkumar Hirani is the most well respected director in India today and the last time he teamed up with Aamir Khan, that film broke all records of that time. Although not much is known about the content of this film, it can be safely said that it will follow the feel good template of Hirani’s previous films. The release date and the screen size of the film will see it challenge the records set by Dhoom 3. Another blockbuster in store for Aamir Khan. The film is scheduled to release during the Post-IPL period, but could be postponed to Christmas 2014 if Aamir is not completely satisfied with the rough cut. Box Office Prediction: 275 – 300 crore.

Holiday (June 5): AR Murugadoss returns to direct a Hindi film after 6 years since Ghajini with this Akshay Kumar starrer that is a remake of his own film Thupakki. The original film proved to be a big hit commercially and Holiday should at the very least cross the collections of Akshay’s last few films. However it clashes with Ajay Devgn’s Action Jackson at the box office and if the clash does take place it will curtail the collections of Holiday. The film also releases during the IPL. Prediction with clash: 85 crore. Prediction without clash: 125 crore.

Ungli (Uncertain): Not much is currently known about Ungli except for the cast and the production house. Emraan Hashmi who has been concentrating on his Hollywood film for quite some time will be back in Hindi film territory with Ungli which also stars Sanjay Dutt, Randeep Hooda and Kangna Ranaut. Predicting the box office collection of a film without any knowledge about the film’s content is a very difficult proposition but we will take it up anyway. Prediction: 55 crore.

Haider (2nd half 2014): Shahid Kapoor got the biggest grosser of his career towards the end of 2013 with R… Rajkumar and 2014 will see him starring in Vishal Bharadwaj’s Haider. The actor-director duo previously made Kaminey which did above average business at the box office back in 2009. Haider is based on Shakespeare’s Hamlet and stars Shraddha Kapoor opposite Shahid. As it is not a very commercial film which will appeal to audiences universally, the box office returns should be limited.
Prediction: 60 crore.

Kill Dil (Sep 5): Shaad Ali returns to direct a film after his debacle of a film called Jhoom Barabar Jhoom. Like that film, this also has been produced by Yash Raj Films and stars Parineeti Chopra, Ranveer Singh, and Ali Zafar in the lead roles. It promises to be an unusual comedy thriler going by the snippets we have received about the film. We expect Shaad to get back into the green zone with Kill Dil.
Prediction: 70 crore.

2 States (Apr 18): We’ve been hearing great things about this Karan Johar – Sajid Nadiadwala collaboration. The film is based on Chetan Bhagat’s 2009 novel 2 States: The Story of my marriage, which was a smash-hit with the youth. Directed by Abhishek Varman, the film is a story of a couple from different states in India. Even if the book is half as spicy and entertaining as the book was, 2 States should go on to be hugely successful commercial blockbuster. Prediction: 75 crore

Quick Box Office Predictions

• NH10: 30 crore
• Main Tera Hero: 50 crore
• Highway: 40 crore
• Bewakoofian: 35 crore
• Dawat-e-Ishq: 50 crore
• Finding Fanny Fernandes: 60 crore

Part 2 with films like Happy New Year, Kick, Bang Bang, Singham 2 and others will be published tomorrow. Stay tuned! You can follow us on Twitter or facebook for all the updates.