Mumbai: The year started on a positive
note with young guns bringing in the moolah, but overall, 2014 has so
far turned out to be a disappointing one for the Bollywood box office,
say trade gurus, pointing out at how only seven of the nearly 180
releases surpassed the Rs.100 crore ($16 million) mark in the Hindi film
industry, which has grossed an estimated turnover of Rs.2,350 crore so
far. Hope lies in Aamir Khan's much-awaited "PK".
Whether it was Tiger Shroff's "Heropanti", Sidharth Malhotra's "Ek
Villain", Varun Dhawan's "Main Tera Hero", Alia Bhatt's "Highway" or
Alia and Arjun Kapoor-starrer "2 States" - they set the stage for a
decent year in the first six to eight months, by not just recovering
their money, but also making profits.
