SANDALWOOD (Kannada)

[kumar]

Tamil,telugu,hindi,kannada(i don't know) major collection comes in first 1-2 weeks... But in Malayalam not like,here films benefits from long run due to limited screen release and family audience.

in long run no film makes money in multiplex now...in multiplex only i first week producers get 50% share..from second week 60-40 from third week lesser...so long run wont help unless ter s rental basis system..

[kumar]

That is fully wrong. There are lots of Malayalam films which touched 50Cr mark( Drishyam, Premam, AAA, Two countries, Ennu Ninte Moideen). But only Ramachari in Kannada has touched 50 cr mark

And in Marathi only Natsamrat and Sairat has touched 50 CR.

This was given by none other than Sreedhar Pillai. His reports are believable.

And the fact is that no other language films have crossed 20 Cr mark in Kerala Box office while many Malayalam films have grossed between 25 and 40 crores in Kerala box office alone.

k..the way u see it....

ter s huuuuuge difference between a telugu movie doing more business in karnataka than Kerala...immigration s very high in karnatka than Kerala...in bangalore itself u cn find lots of hindi telugu tamil population...coz of immigrants other language movies making such a huge money..if ter ws a bangalore like IT city in Kerala,then a telugu tamil kannada films too will make huge money in kerala,definitely as much as malayalam or more than malayalam movies...immigration s very very low in kerala...

[Movie Lover]

Yes, I agree with you on that there is very less immigration in Kerala compared to Karnataka. Even if there is a migration it is only in cities like Kochi and that too very less compared to Bangalore where there are around a million Malayalis.
I dont know whether the films will collect as much as or more than Malayalam films if there was a Bangalore sized IT city in Kochi because we have not faced such a situation yet. It also depends on quality of Malayalam films. If there is a good quality Malayalam film like Drishyam, Premam or Bangalore Days people inside and outside the state are watching it since these movies were watched by non malayalis also. But ultimately it all depends on quality and content. Suppose we had produced bad quality movies definitely other language films would have surpassed the lifetime of Malayalam films even without immigration. That is what is happening in some Northen states like Orissa, Bengal(high on content but low on entertainment and collections), Assam and Gujarat. People there prefer Bollywood because of low quality of movies . There is a Bengali and Oriya worker class immigration in Kerala but there is no market for their movies in Kerala. That is purely because these people prefer Bollywood movies.

And I dont know whether Telugu movies are doing more business in Karnataka because Iam totally unaware though I know the box office figures of Kannada from various sites. I have never commented on that. I know the life time collections of other language films and Malayalam films in Kerala B.O and Iam just comparing that. I know the figures of Kannada box office but 'Karnataka box office' is unfamiliar to me.

I can also say that budgets and star remuneration is higher in Kannada which is mainly due to initial collection which Kannada films make. I heard that a big budget superstar film costs 12-15 crores there while here it gets over within 8 to 10 crores. Though I do not know the heroines remuneration in Kannada, in Malayalam a top heroine charges around 25 lakhs -30 lakhs(someone like Manju or Nayanthara may charge around 40-50 lakhs). Lesser foreign locations etc in Malayalam compared to Kannada. But now our budgets are increasing and foreign locales too.

k..the way u see it....

ter s huuuuuge difference between a telugu movie doing more business in karnataka than Kerala...immigration s very high in karnatka than Kerala...in bangalore itself u cn find lots of hindi telugu tamil population...coz of immigrants other language movies making such a huge money..if ter ws a bangalore like IT city in Kerala,then a telugu tamil kannada films too will make huge money in kerala,definitely as much as malayalam or more than malayalam movies...immigration s very very low in kerala...

[POKIRI]

lol,may be malayalis settled in DK dist do not watch Kannada movies.....nd Sudeep's movies usually run well in Mangalore region...nd Raksit shetty movies too do well in dk dist coz he s a local boy...in past few yrs kfi market s expanding heavily especilally outside India...few yrs back Kannada films were releasing in USA with just one show in weekend tat too 2 or 3 movies in a year...now almost all star movies r releasing in Europe nd USA with regular shows...ter may be few people who behave as if they fell from sky nd dostn know abt Kannada actors especially in DK dist..actually most of the small town boys/girls behave like tat,just to show off....well,such people exists everywhere..even ter r few people who prefer to speak,watch English movies even though they r familiar with local films or fluent in their mother tongue...KFI s slowly regaining its lost glory...godhi banna.... film s latest addition to the so called multiplex hit of the year..

yes that show off part is true...but cant blame them too when u look into 2000's films...i being a hard core movie buff who enjoys all kind of genres found it very hard to get into the skin of Kannada movies...especially due to poor technical side and overdose of melodrama....things have changed from last few years and i hope the change gets even better in coming years...

[POKIRI]

But in Kochi Cinepolis they have started releasing Kannada films one show per day.

But Telugu in both PVR and Cinepolis with three shows in each multiplex.

There is a small population of Kannada and Telugu in Kochi. Avarude Association okke undu ivide. Telugu aanu kooduthal.

telugu population is more in kochi than Kannada and few Keralites also watches Telugu films due to their grandeur and mix of masala

[POKIRI]

not fully true...agree ter s scope but not yet to explore..we lost tat market in 2000s...coz of low quality movies...nad bahubali grossing lot of money coz 3 versions released in Karnataka...telugu hindi tamil..all 3 combined it grossed so much...a single othr language movie never made more money than a Kannada film in Kaarnataka so far...

and Premam grossing 60 crore s a myth as far as i know...read in twitter tat no malayalam film crossed 50 crore mark yet...and he s a well respected market analyst...

50 is done by film like Drishyam and Premam which collected more than 40 from Kerala itself...GCC have contributed 6-7 Crs for these films as far as i know and UK,US,ROI doing the rest...

[POKIRI]

personally i didnt like Mr Ramachari film nd it ll never cme close to the awesomeness of movies like Drishyam....nd i thnk many Malayalam films r better than many kannada Telugu Hindi films in content nd quality...only Tamil films come close to malayalam films in content..they make some awesome movies... i still donno how Mr.ramachari collected so much money...

so many things helped Ramchari...first of all the current huge craze of YASH...from masses to multiplex audience, kids to families, girls to guys this guys reach is phenomenal right now....secondly entertainment paid off to the general crowd very well as it was a festive atmosphere for the movie even after initial days...and finally nowadays Kannada films are rich in technical side which is helping few outside people also to watch Kannada films...

[Movie Lover]

Drishyam and Premam not just 50. Both have crossed 60 Cr which is official. 50 Cr worldwide ENM, AAA and 2C.

50 is done by film like Drishyam and Premam which collected more than 40 from Kerala itself...GCC have contributed 6-7 Crs for these films as far as i know and UK,US,ROI doing the rest...

[Movie Lover]

Technically Kannada films are better than before now but not to the extent of Telugu and Tamil and I dont think outsiders watch Kannada even to the extent they watch Malayalam because our young stars have big market outside Kerala specially in Tamil Nadu. AHB, JSR, Charlie and Premam did very well in Chennai and Coimbatore. And compared to Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam their overseas market is negligible.
But now Kannada overseas market is slowly picking up not because of its mass films but its realistic films four of them which released in past few weeks back to back. Mass films like Chakravyuha and Shivalinga faced a big disaster there but U turn and others were a success.

In terms of new generation films now Malayalam, Tamil ,Kannada and Marathi has evolved but Telugu still lags behind. There is no industry like Telugu to produce big budget extravaganzas but in terms of new generation realistic film movement they are nowhere.

In short -Tamil- A balance of rich extravaganzas and experimental films and good domestic and overseas market, Malayalam- Experimental films, good comedies, feel good films, highest overseas market after Tamil and Telugu, Telugu- Best industry to produce big budget extravaganzas but still no realistic new gen films and verygood overseas markets, Kannada- Biggest domestic market after Tamil and Telugu but still mostly because of initials and wide release long run is less and overseas market is is negligible but now they have new gen realistic films

so many things helped Ramchari...first of all the current huge craze of YASH...from masses to multiplex audience, kids to families, girls to guys this guys reach is phenomenal right now....secondly entertainment paid off to the general crowd very well as it was a festive atmosphere for the movie even after initial days...and finally nowadays Kannada films are rich in technical side which is helping few outside people also to watch Kannada films...

[kumar]

k..forget evrything nd watch it..Looks like this one ll be huuge...