Many shone away with a successful run but there were a few upsets too- Kalank was the biggest disappointment, RAW, Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga, Sanchiriya, India's Most Wanted, to name a few.
Let's go back and revisit the films which graced the first half of the year and the others, which did not do well as per the expectation.
Salman Khan starrer Bharat broke his own record of delivering the highest opener of his career and became the second highest opener of a lifetime after Aamir Khan starrer Thugs of Hindostan. The film has successfully crossed the 200 crore mark and is now marching towards another number glory.
URI: The Surgical Strike, the war drama was a sleeper hit which was released in January and stayed in the theatres for more than 100 days, collected 245 crores plus business on the box office.
Badla, proved that a brilliant script can take the film ahead by leaps and bounds as it grossed more than 100 crores on the box office. Recently released Kabir Singh is also doing extremely well on the box office.
Gully Boy, De De Pyaar De, Luka Chuppi, Kesari were decent hit on the box office which did 100 crores plus business. But there were quite a few disappointments as well and Kalank tops the chart as the big budget film expected to do 200 crores plus business but it failed to do so. Other upsets include RAW, Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga, Sanchiriya, India's Most Wanted, Why Cheat India and Thackeray.
Undoubtedly, Bharat becomes the highpoint of the first half of 2019 as it has already 200 crores and is running successfully in the theatres.
