Bollywood box office 2017 report card: Raees, Jolly LLB 2 are biggest hits of first quarter
Bollywood box office 2017 report card: Raees, Kaabil, Jolly LLB 2 and Badrinath Ki Dulhania are the four films which have done well in terms of earnings so far. With four big budget films crossing the Rs 100 crore ($15 million) mark in box-office earnings in the first quarter of 2017, Bollywood is off to a “good” start this year — but it continues to battle the growing menace of piracy, say trade gurus. Shah Rukh Khan starrer Raees, Hrithik Roshan’s Kaabil, Akshay Kumar’s Jolly LLB 2 and Varun Dhawan-Alia Bhatt starrer Badrinath Ki Dulhania are the four films which have done well in terms of earnings so far. Hopes are thus high from the upcoming slate of movies, starting with filmmaker S.S. Rajamouli’s southern magnum opus “Baahubali 2: The Conclusion”. According to a report prepared by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Ficci) and management consultants KPMG, 2016 was a “mixed bag” for Bollywood, where films had a “disappointing year with ...