![]() ![]() Kaithi set the box office on fire with record breaking collection. Oththa Seruppu Size 7 - all released in quick session in August and September.Īsuran, released in early October, helped to sustain the box-office momentum, Diwali releases - Vijay’s Namma Veetu Pillai and R Parthiepan’s critically-acclaimed Tamil Cinema got its mojo back in August with back-to-back release of big titles and solid contents. “This is the first time where 35 out of 185 films released are commercial successes which roughly translates to a success rate of 18 per cent, which is very healthy for the film industry,” Dhananjayan added. However, the ‘commercial success’ does not factor the returns made by film exhibitors and distributors. ![]() The returns include proceeds from theatrical rights, and from satellite, remake, broadcast and OTT platforms. Presenting a ‘2019 Box Office summary’ in his Cinema Central YouTube channel, the producer says, of the total number of 185 films released this year, 35 were commercial successes, which means the producers were able to take out more money than what they invested. However, Producer and Director G Dhananjayan has a different take on Tamil Cinema’s performance in 2019. Super Deluxe won rave reviews from both critics and audiences, the movie still is not one among the top grossers this year. ![]() Kadaram Kondan could not sustain their box office run for a long time and the commercial success of these movies are still debatable. The period between February and July also saw more box office failures or under-performers than hits. Game Over did reasonably well at the box office during the peak vacation month of June while none of the movies released in July made a big impact at the box office. Kanchana 3 were the saving grace in March and April, respectively. Industry experts attributed the slowdown to the impact of IPL, General Elections, Cricket World Cup and absence of quality content.ĭhilluku Dhuddu 2 did well in February, Arun Vijay’s Between February-July, Tamil film industry churned out several small and medium budget movies but very few performed well at the box office. ![]() However, the momentum did not sustain for long. Petta comfortably crossed the ₹100 crore box office collection mark, setting a new trend of co-existence in Tamil cinema. Despite a direct clash, both the Pongal releases - Ajith’s The year started-off with two big blockbusters in January. While star power and content-driven movies fared well at the box-office, small movies, barring a few exceptional ones, failed to make a mark. The year 2019 was a mixed bag of hits and misses for Tamil cinema. ![]()
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