Mahesh Babu's Guntur Kaaram had a strong opening but struggled later, earning 172 crores against a 200 crore budget, failing to recover its costs.
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Several South Indian films released in 2024, but some big star films proved to be major disasters at the box office. Let's find out about them...
South superstar Ravi Teja's 2024 film Mr. Bachchan was a major disaster at the box office. The film, made on a budget of 70 crores, collected only 7 crores.
Mahesh Babu's Guntur Kaaram had a strong opening but struggled later, earning 172 crores against a 200 crore budget, failing to recover its costs.
Expectations were high for Surya-Bobby Deol's Kanguva, but the 350 crore film earned only 106 crores, failing to even reach half of its budget at the box office.
Ram Pothineni-Sanjay Dutt's 2024 film Double iSmart was a major disaster. This film, made for 90 crores, could not even earn half of its budget. The film earned only 18 crores.
Chiyaan Vikram-Malavika Mohanan's film Thangalaan was also a major flop. With a budget of 100 crores, the film did a business of 72 crores at the box office.
Everyone waited for it. But the film was declared a disaster upon release. The film with a budget of 250 crores could only do business of 151 crores.
After Jailer's success, expectations for Rajinikanth's Vettaiyan were high, but it earned only 171.2 crores against a 300 crore budget, falling short of expectations.
Superstar Dhanush's Captain Miller, despite earning 69 crores against a 50 crore budget, was declared a disaster due to its underperformance and failure to meet expectations.