Filmi fiscal: Hits and misses of 1st quarter 2008

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Mumbai: Its the end of the first quarter of 2008 so lets pull out a report card and see what’s the year been like.

From the looks of it doesn't look like this year has been any good. But in filmi fiscal as always the figures do the talking.

Jodhaa Akbar has been the biggest hit of 2008 so far with Race catching up.

Recently Race released in Pakistan and recieved a bumper opening across the border. The collection period of Jodhaa Akbar is over but Race still has a few more weeks to cash in.

So which were the films that bombed at the box office?

Flops from January to March had a mix of different genres from comedy flick like Sunday, to Ajay Devgan’s typical issue based film like Halla Bol were flops, not just that even showman Subhash Ghai had to bite the dust.

Flops of 2008

• Halla Bol.
• Mithya.
• Superstar.
• Bombay to Bangkok.
• Sunday.
• Black & White.

So going by the first quarterly report and looking at all the money invested and all the returns, its clear that the Hindi film industry has lost lot of money.

But this is just the first quarter and many big films are expected in the next quarter as well including Tashan, Bhoothnath, Sarkar Raj.