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YEAR END BOX OFFICE COLLECTIONS – 2014
2014 was not a great year for Malayalam film industry as a whole and especially for top actors. Out of 150 odd movies released, only a handful were able to make the producers happy. Being said that the show stoppers of 2014 were young stars especially Nivin Pauly.
List of Movies by top stars in 2014
Top collected Movies of 2014
The biggest hit of 2014 is Bangalore Days, directed and scripted by Anjali Menon. Bangalore Days collected a whopping 26 crores in the box office. Next in line is Biju Menon’s surprise hit Vellimoonga. This comedy entertainer collected 17.78 crores gross. This year also Dileep is in top 5 with his entertainer Ringmaster. This was directed by Raffi and collected 14.58 crores gross. Manju Warrier’s come back movie How Old Are You is also in top 5. How Old Are You collected 12.84 crores gross. Dulquer-Unni Mukundan team’s Vikramadityan and Prithviraj-Asif Ali team’s Saptamasree Thaskarah collected around 12 crores. These are figures only from A class theaters and adding collections from B/C centers will make a slight increase in these numbers.
Biggest Flops of 2014 (In terms of loss)
There are more flops than hits in 2014. Here we try to analyse them and figure out the biggest flops in terms of loss to producers. Prithviraj’s London Bridge was shot entirely abroad and at a high budget. This was a clear non performer at the box office and collected only 2.20 crores gross. Jayaram’s Salaam Kashmir is also a non-performer in the box office and suffered huge loss to Varnachitra. Mammootty’s Gangster was one of the most talked movies in 2014. But this could collect only 2.87 crores gross. Dileep’s Villali Veeran is a big budget film but the share was around 2.20 crores only. The last in the list is Prithviraj’s Tamaar Padaar. This had a gross of 2.40 crores.
Surprise Hits
There are two surprise hits in 2014. The first one is Biju Menon’s Vellimoonga. This comes second in terms of top hits of 2014. Vellimoonga was directed by debutant Jibu Jacob.The second surprise hit of 2014 is Ithihasa, directed by debutant Binu S. Ithihasa collected a share of 1.75 crores while the total budget of the movie was around 1.5 crores only.
2014 will be a year Mohanlal doesn’t like to remember. The first one to release was Mr. Fraud on May 17th 2014. Directed by B Unnikrishnan, this heist movie got good opening in box office. The final share of Mr. Fraud is 3.17 crores, which comes to around 8 crores gross. Considering the high budget of Mr Fraud, it was a loss for the makers. Next release from Mohanlal was Srinath Rajendran’s Koothara. This was a clear non performer at the box office and the gross collection was 2.75 crores. The last release was Peruchazhi, directed by Arun Vaidyanathan. This big budget film was released during Onam and the total share was 4.12 crores. Though the film had negative opinion, the huge initial helped the producers to reach breakeven mark.
Mammootty had a decent year in terms of performance. His first release Balyakala Sakhi, directed by Pramod Payyannur, was released on February 7th. The film couldn’t get approval from mass or class audience and bombed in the box office. Next to follow was Praise The Lord and the gross collection was just around 3 crores for this. Much hyped Gangster released next and the performance was ever worse. Gangster collected a gross of 2.87 crores. After this Manglish released and this too couldn’t perform at the box office. Gross collection of Manglish is 5.20 crores. Then on August 22nd Venu’s Munnariyipp was released and this was critically accepted by couldn’t reflect that in collections. Munnariyipp collected around 2.74 crores gross and considering the genre of this film, can’t say this is too bad. Rajadhiraja was Mammootty’s Onam release and this is his highest grosses in 2014. Rajadhiraja collected a distributor share of 4.09 crores and considering the high budget it is a breakeven for the investors. The final release from Mammootty was Varsham. This was made at a small budget of 2.75 crores (Mammootty himself was the producer so didn’t consider his remuneration) and collected a gross of 5.80 crores. This is the only hit from Mammootty in 2014.
Compared to previous years, 2014 was not so great for Dileep. As usual Dileep won the Vishu battle and Ringmaster collected a gross of 14.25 crores. Avatharam, directed by Josheiy, was released on August 1st and could manage to get 6 crore gross. Made at a smaller budget this was breakeven for 4B, the producers. Next to follow was Dileep’s Onam release Villaliveeran. This film was received with unanimous negative opinion but still Dileep’s hold among family audience helped it to get 5.27 crores gross. Since Villaliveeran is a high budget movie, surely this was loss for Super Good films.
Prithviraj had four releases in 2014. The first one was big budget London Bridge, released on February 1st. This was a washout at the box office, eventhough the reviews were mixed. London Bridget collected 2.20 crores gross at the box office. Next to follow was Vishu release 7th Day. This dark shade thriller, directed by new comer Shyamdhar, was a hit and collected 9.75 crores gross. The third release was Prithviraj and Asif Ali’s Onam release Sapthamasree Thaskarah. This was the Onam winner and collected a gross of 11.85 crores. The last release was Tamaar Padaar and this was a disaster with a gross collection of 2.40 crores. Tamaar padaar was directed by debutant Dileesh Nair. Prithviraj’s Tamil movie Kavya Thalaivan also released in 2014 and it couldn’t do any wonders in Kerala box office.
Star of the year is undoubtly Nivin Pauly. Nivin had four releases in 2014, including the extended cameo in Vikramadityan. The first one was 1983 and this is a clear hit considering the low budget. The next release was mega hit Om Shanthi Osana and then came the blockbuster Bangalore Days. Bangalore Days collected a whopping 26 crores in the box office.
*Hit, flop or average are categorized based on the return on investment (ROI) and NOT on only theater collection
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