The #BoycottBollywood trend hit the Hindi film industry like a bolt out of the blue leading to big-budget movies like Aamir Khan’s Laal Singh Chaddha, Hrithik Roshan-starrer Vikram Vedha and more getting affected
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Aamir Khan’s much-awaited Forrest Gump remake upset netizens because of alleged inappropriate depictions including that of the Indian Armed Forces
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The Aamir Khan film could not weather the Boycott Bollywood storm at the box office and ended up becoming a big dud
- Budget: Rs 180 crore approx.
- Domestic box office: Rs 72.5 cr
- Worldwide box office: Rs 133.5 cr
Source: Sacnilk
The Saif Ali Khan and Hrithik Roshan-starrer crime thriller faced cinephiles’ wrath due to the nepotism debate. Netizens also called it out for being a Hindi remake of the Tamil film by the same name
Vikram Vedha was badgered at the box office due to the Boycott Bollywood storm
- Budget: Rs 150 crore approx.
- Domestic box office: Rs 78.9 cr
- Worldwide box office: Rs 135.44 cr
Source: Sacnilk
The Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt-starrer film faced boycott calls due to the female lead Alia’s comments on people’s anger against Bollywood
Alia Bhatt said, “I can’t keep defending myself verbally. And if you don’t like me, don’t watch me. That’s it. I can’t do anything about it.”
Brahmastra: Part One- Shiva managed to survive the boycott clarion call against Bollywood and made decent numbers at the box office
- Budget: Rs 350 crore approx
- Domestic box office: Rs 269.4 cr
- Worldwide box office: Rs 431 cr
Source: Sacnilk
The Akshay Kumar film faced a boycott after netizens dug out its writer Kanika Dhillon’s old tweets. Another issue people had with this movie was that it focused on the issue of dowry
This film could not tide over the boycott storm and failed miserably in making an impact at the box office
- Budget: Rs 70 crore approx.
- Domestic box office: Rs 48.63 cr
- Worldwide box office: Rs 68.38 cr
Source: Sacnilk
Vivek Agnihotri’s The Kashmir Files, Kartik Aaryan’s Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2, Alia Bhatt’s Gangubai Kathiawadi, Ranbir Kapoor’s Brahmastra and Ajay Devgn’s Drishyam 2 crossed the Rs 100 crore-mark this year
Due to the disastrous run that Bollywood had at the box office, South Indian movies went on to become mass hits and blockbusters in 2022
Rishab Shetty’s Kantara, Dulquer Salmaan and Mrunal Thakur-starrer Sita Ramam, SS Rajamouli’s RRR, and Yash-starrer KGF Chapter: 2 were immensely loved by the audiences
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