The year saw ten hit films compared to eleven hit films last year but out of those eleven hit films, six were big hits while only three films (Bajrangi Bhaijaan, Tanu Weds Manu Returns and Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2) were big hits this year. Two films crossed the 100 crore share mark which is the mark for a grosser today and both were Salman Khan starrers. There were 204 releases this year. The classifications of 2015 are as follows with the distributor shares and expected distributor shares in brackets.
All Time Blockbuster
1. Bajrangi Bhaijaan (162.19 crore)
Blockbuster
2. Tanu Weds Manu Returns (68.81 crore)
Super Hit
3. Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2 (27.62 crore)
Hit
4. Prem Ratan Dhan Payo (106.27 crore)
5. Bajirao Mastani (83.50 crore expected)
6. ABCD 2 (51.10 crore)
7. Piku (35.54 crore)
8. Badlapur (23.67 crore)
9. Hate Story 3 (20.84 crore)
10. Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon (20.60 crore)
Semi Hit
11. Dilwale (72.50 crore expected)
12. Welcome Back (47.43 crore)
13. Gabbar Is Back (43.18 crore)
14. NH 10 (13.97 crore)
15. Talvar (13.09 crore)
16. Dum Laga Ke Haisha (12.87 crore)
Average
17. Baby (38.49 crore)
18. Drishyam (31.43 crore)
On the flip side there were many disasters where Bombay Velvet and Broken Horses lead the race. Bombay Velvet set a record for losses while Broken Horses was a film for Hollywood by a Indian filmmaker but grossed just $31k in North America and India was just as bad. The other big disasters were Shamitabh, Mr X and All Is Well.
Note - The classifications does not include Baahubali which was a Telugu film but did phenomenal business in Hindi as well as other languages. The film had the highest footfalls of any film released in India last year.
