By capturing the attention of both critics and viewers, these low-budget films, which were propelled by compelling narratives and sincere passion, demonstrated that success isn't determined by size.
Sunny Deol’s film Jaat has crossed Rs 102.13 crore at the global box office, with producers Mythri Movie Makers announcing the milestone on X, celebrating the film’s strong worldwide performance.
Sunny and Ameesha Patel starrer film Gadar 2: The Katha Continues was released in 2024 and earned crossed Rs 170 crore in just four days. Meanwhile, Jaat is yet to cross 50 crore mark.
Sivakarthikeyan and Sai Pallavi’s highly anticipated film, Amaran has made a remarkable impact at the box office, accumulating a substantial Rs 62.30 crore nett in India within its first three days.
The film The Greatest of All Time (GOAT) starring Thalapathy Vijay, has made a solid debut at the Indian box office. On its first day, the movie earned an impressive Rs 43 crore net across India.
According to production house Maddock Films, the Hindi movie — a sequel to 2018's "Stree" — raised Rs 240 crore (gross) in India and Rs 43 crore (gross) internationally
Mammootty and Vysakh's third venture together, the Malayalam action comedy drama 'Turbo', which released on May 23, and saw the Malayalam debut of Kannada actor-director Raj B Shetty, earned Rs 4.35 crore India net on its fourth day.
Bade Miyaan Chote Miyan box office collections: The film starring Akshay Kumar, Tiger Shroff, Prithviraj Sukumaran, Alaya F and Manushi Chhillar saw impressive advance bookings and drew considerable attention upon release, but it has failed to sustain audience interest.
The movie is directed by Karan Lalit Butani and stars Sushrii Shreya Mishraa, Jagapathi Babu, and Vidya Malvade in key roles. It's an action-packed movie and has an occupancy rate of 6.81 per cent in theatres across Hindi-speaking areas.
'Maidaan' stands out as the only family entertainer running at the theatres, promising a great run for the film at the box office. It had a big Eid clash with 'Bade Miyan Chote Miyan' on April 10.
Box office collections: 'Maidaan' is showing significant growth in its second weekend, thanks to strong word of mouth. Shows from afternoon to night have above 70 percent occupancy.
This year’s big Eid release, ‘Bade Miyan Chote Miyan’, which had an ensemble cast of Akshay Kumar, Tiger Shroff, and Prithviraj Sukumaran, is inching close to the Rs 100 crore mark worldwide at the box office.
‘Maidaan’ clashed with another biggie ‘Bade Miyan Chote Miyan’ at the box office. The movies were released on the holy festival of Eid and they planned to cash in on the extended weekend.
The Akshay Kumar - Tiger Shroff starrer 'Bade Miyan Chote Miyan' released in theatres on April 11. Robust advance bookings and international box office collections have helped the action film cross Rs 50 crore globally.
'Maidaan' paid previews on April 10 brought in Rs 2.6 crore. Day 1 collections for the sports film amounted to Rs 4.5 crore. On Friday, the biopic collected Rs 2.72 crore across all languages - in all, the movie has managed to earn Rs 9.82 crore so far.
The movie had a big clash with Ajay Devgn starrer ‘Maidaan’ which managed to earn Rs 7.10 crore on the domestic box office. Ali Abbas Zafar's ‘Bade Miyan Chote Miyan’ was scheduled to release on April 10 but the makers pushed its release to coincide with Eid, on April 11.
Prithviraj Sukumaran's film saw a further dip in business in India on Wednesday. It did outstanding performance on first Sunday.
How much the movies made down south till now this year and which regional cinema, among the four states, shone at the theatres?
The Excel Entertainment film has been witnessing a decent collection in India.
Yodha star Sidharth Malhotra, who recently said 'this is a new Bharat which is energetic and sharp' at News18 Rising Bharat Summit 2024, has proved his mettle in a number of films and series on nationalism and patriotism.
The abnormal success of a low-budget Malayalam thriller, Manjummel Boys, which has broken barriers to become the fastest Malayalam film to achieve the 100-crore-club entry feat, beating last year's '2018'.
Bramayugam is said to have collected Rs 29.27 crore from Kerala and Rs 25.82 crore from the rest of India.
This is Girish AD’s third film after the success of Thanneer Mathan Dinangal (2019) and Super Sharanya (2022). His films centre around young love.
Rahul Sadasivan's directorial raked in Rs 3.1 crore on Opening Day and, over the weekend, the Malayalam film has grossed Rs 8.5 crore from Kerala alone.
The Shahid Kapoor-Kriti Sanon sci-fi romcom has reportedly earned $2.4 million in its weekend collection.