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Bollywood No Match for Hollywood in Riches

By LIFS April 2, 2007 at 11:14 AM

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Bollywood may well be the world's largest film factory in the world, but when it comes money it cannot hold a candle to the World's richest film machine of Hollywood.

The biggest Indian blockbuster ever Sholay (1975), starring Amitabh Bachchan raked in under $54 million in 2006 dollars. That would be considered tepid, or even a flop in Hollywood. By contrast, the biggest Hollywood film of all times, Gone With the Wind grossed 25-times much, or over $1.3 billion.

On average, Hollywood blockbusters grossed 33 times as much as
Bollywood ones. Here's how the top 20 blockbusters stacked up.

**TOP GROSSING BOLLYWOOD FILMS**
Rank	Film Name	Year	Adjusted Gross (Mil)
1	Sholay	1975	$53.50
2	Hum Aapke Hai Kaun	1994	$28.60
3	Mother India	1957	$27.30
4	Mughal E Azam	1960	$24.10
5	Muqaddar Ka Sikandar	1978	$23.70
6	Aradhana	1969	$21.90
7	Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge	1995	$21.60
8	Dhoom 2	2006	$19.80
9	Bobby	1973	$19.70
10	Amar Akbar Anthony	1977	$19.60
11	Krrish	2006	$19.30
12	Sangam	1964	$19.00
13	Gadar	2001	$18.80
14	Raja Hindustani	1996	$17.80
15	Dharam Veer	1977	$17.50
16	Ganga Jamuna	1961	$17.20
17	Do Raaste	1969	$17.00
18	Johnny Mera Naam	1970	$16.30
19	Naya Daur	1957	$16.20
20	Trishul	1978	$16.10
Average Gross Top 20		$21.80

**TOP GROSSING HOLLYWOOD FILMS**
Rank	Film Name	Year	Adjusted Gross (Mil)
1	Gone With the Wind	1939	$1,333.30
2	Star Wars	1977	$1,152.60
3	The Sound of Music	1965	$925.10
4	E.T.	1982	$914.90
5	Titanic	1997	$839.00
6	Jaws	1975	$832.00
7	Doctor Zhivago	1965	$786.60
8	The Jungle Book	1967	$703.70
9	Snow White & Seven Dwarfs	1937	$690.60
10	101 Dalmatians	1961	$666.70
11	The Exorcist	1973	$653.70
12	The Empire Strikes Back	1980	$623.80
13	Return of the Jedi	1983	$598.50
14	The Sting	1973	$578.00
15	Mary Poppins	1964	$554.50
16	Raiders of the Lost Ark	1981	$552.40
17	Jurassic Park	1993	$546.20
18	Star Wars: Episode I	1999	$543.90
19	The Graduate	1967	$542.20
20	The Godfather	1972	$503.40
Average Gross Top 20		$727.10

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Comments (1 posted)

Rustaveli April 15, 2007 at 6:05 AM

Your comparison draws close to saying that a 100m sprinter runs faster than a mile runner. It's an obvious fact that does need a full blown article. These sort of comparisons are just expressing cockeyed comparison not sure with what objective. It would have been wise if you had drawn parallels with a bit more of simple arithmetics involved regional languages movies, (total movie turnover)/(per capita income), (earning per movie)/(per capita income) etc etc. An article which reflects existence of "below poverty line" journalistic intelligence speaking metaphorically.