Growth Of Indian Film Industry Over the Last Decade: Analyzing 32,000 crores of Data
Indian Film industry has witnessed unprecedented growth and is one of the best performing business segments, we analyse this growth over the last decade.
Growth Of Indian Film Industry Over the Last Decade: The Decade has ended but the film releases in 2019 still continue to take in Moolah at the box office. While we write this article on 5th January 2020 with Data till the night of 4th January 2020. Consider this a Preliminary report as we will once again update this report once the final figures for all the films like Good Newwz, Dabangg 3, Mardaani 2, etc set in.
We will cover a lot of important aspects in this report as given below:
1. Growth Of Indian Film Industry: Numbers of Films Released In India In Bollywood 2010-2019
In Last decade we witnessed a release of 1776 movies over a period of 522 weeks which means an average of 3.4 movies releasing each week.
1.1. Numbers of Films Released In India In Bollywood: Yearly
We can clearly see More and more producers and corporate houses are joining the Film Making Bandwagon and after 2015 more and more Films are releasing each Friday.
The yearly Growth Rate of Films Releasing in Bollywood Looks like this.
| Year | No Of Films |
| 2010 | N.A. |
| 2011 | -11.43% |
| 2012 | 7.26% |
| 2013 | 3.76% |
| 2014 | 5.07% |
| 2015 | 14.48% |
| 2016 | 28.92% |
| 2017 | 17.29% |
| 2018 | -12.75% |
| 2019 | 12.33% |
1.2 Average Number of Films Releasing Each Week In Bollywood: Year Wise
We can clearly see from point no 1.1 that more and more films are releasing each year, The table 1.2 represents the competition getting fiercer each Friday as more and more films eye for getting the audience to theatres, resulting in a higher ratio of unsuccessful films, which also means that any film with a weaker entertainment has lesser chances to succeed at the box office as in has before 2015.
This also means that the Audience in India is winning this round as they are not only getting more and more options to choose from but also can choose which films to watch and which to skip.
2. Box Office Earning of Bollywood From 2010-2019
There has been substantial growth in Bollywood Nett Collections, probably one of the best industries in terms of CAGR growth. With more multiplexes opening, ticket rates going high and more and more audiences getting added due to the country’s demographic is expanding the Indian Film Industry at a rapid pace.
2.1 Box Office Earnings (Nett) Growth in Indian Film Industry from 2010-2019
We can clearly see that year 2012 saw a rise in Bollywood Nett Collections by a Huge 45.68% and the second-best year in terms of growth was 2019 when Bollywood Nett earnings grew by 25.53% and crossed Landmark Figure of Rs. 5000 Crores and Rs. 5500 Crores in a single year. With Films Like Good Newwz, Dabangg 3 and Mardaani 2 still running from the past year, they will add up to these growth figures.
In terms of percentage growth in Collections, the below tables will give you idea.
| Year | Growth |
| 2010 | Base Year |
| 2011 | 13.81% |
| 2012 | 45.68% |
| 2013 | 18.82% |
| 2014 | -1.31% |
| 2015 | 13.33% |
| 2016 | 4.69% |
| 2017 | 9.89% |
| 2018 | 13.35% |
| 2019 | 25.53% |
2.2 Average Earning Each Friday From 2010-2019
We can clearly see from point 2.2 that now each Friday of the week accounts for at least 100 Crores of Business or in other terms. Bollywood Earns more than 100 crores each week on average as compared to that of 29.04 Crores in 2010. The Business has grown around 4 times in this period.
The below table will give you an idea of how the business each week has progressed over the last decade.
| Year | Growth in Each Weeks Business |
| 2010 | Base Year |
| 2011 | 16.00% |
| 2012 | 45.68% |
| 2013 | 18.82% |
| 2014 | -1.31% |
| 2015 | 13.33% |
| 2016 | 2.72% |
| 2017 | 12.00% |
| 2018 | 13.35% |
| 2019 | 25.53% |
2.3 Average Earning Each film Released Growth Rate form 2010-2019
The above data gives a view on profitability in each film. Each Movie Released in 2010 earned around 11 crores on an average Which kept on increasing till 2013 But it kept on declining each year till 2018 and finally took a major jump in 2019.
The below table will give you a complete idea of the percentage growth / avg per film over the last 10 years.
| Year | Growth In Collection / Film Released |
| 2010 | Base Year |
| 2011 | 28.50% |
| 2012 | 35.82% |
| 2013 | 14.51% |
| 2014 | -6.08% |
| 2015 | -1.01% |
| 2016 | -18.79% |
| 2017 | -6.31% |
| 2018 | 29.91% |
| 2019 | 11.75% |
3. Contribution of Actors to the Growth Of Indian Film Industry 2010-2019
In this section, we will dig down the contribution of Noticeable actors in this Gigantic Growth Of Bollywood.
3.1 Contrbution of Films Starring Noticeable Actors to Overall Nett Earnings
We can clearly see that more than 60% of revenues are driven by films starring noticeable face and probably that’s the reason for huge star fees. Currently, we are working on two more aspect Films with female leads and contribution to this industry from South Indian Actors once that comes in this will shrink down from 40% to less than 20%.
3.2 Which Superstar impacted this Growth the Most – Number of Releases
While the Above Chart shows actors with the most number of releases with Akshay Kumar Delivering the most number of films followed by Ajay Devgn.
The Complete List is available below for your reference.
| Actors | No Of Releases |
| Akshay Kumar | 35 |
| Ajay Devgn | 22 |
| John Abraham | 19 |
| Amitabh Bachchan | 16 |
| Salman Khan | 16 |
| Shahid Kapoor | 15 |
| Ayushmann Khurana | 14 |
| Saif Ali Khan | 13 |
| Arjun Kapoor | 12 |
| Ranbir Kapoor | 12 |
| Ranveer Singh | 12 |
| Shahrukh Khan | 12 |
| Varun Dhawan | 12 |
| Abhishek Bachchan | 11 |
| Hrithik Roshan | 10 |
| Aamir Khan | 8 |
| Karthik Aryan | 8 |
| Tiger Shroff | 7 |
3.3 Which Superstar impacted this Growth the Most (Nett Impact)
Clearly Akshay Kumar ruled when it comes to Maximum Box Office Impact but it is also the number of releases that keep him at the top. While Salman Khan who is at Rank number 2 gave had almost half the number of releases this decade giving him an edge because each movie has it’s own production and marketing budget and also the time involved in making and marketing it.
You can access the complete list below.
| Actors | Lifetime Collection |
| Akshay Kumar | ₹ 3,205.24 |
| Salman Khan | ₹ 2,953.37 |
| Ajay Devgn | ₹ 1,761.82 |
| Shahrukh Khan | ₹ 1,447.60 |
| Aamir Khan | ₹ 1,364.62 |
| Hrithik Roshan | ₹ 1,336.50 |
| Ranveer Singh | ₹ 1,311.15 |
| Ranbir Kapoor | ₹ 1,201.08 |
| Shahid Kapoor | ₹ 1,045.13 |
| Varun Dhawan | ₹ 1,025.66 |
| John Abraham | ₹ 951.92 |
| Abhishek Bachchan | ₹ 843.31 |
| Tiger Shroff | ₹ 752.16 |
| Ayushmann Khurana | ₹ 728.90 |
| Amitabh Bachchan | ₹ 712.11 |
| Arjun Kapoor | ₹ 545.86 |
| Saif Ali Khan | ₹ 507.71 |
| Karthik Aryan | ₹ 378.01 |
3.4
When it comes to Nett Earning / Film Released it is Salman Khan who rules the charts while Akshay Kumar who was at rank 1 the chart at 3.3 is at rank 8th here. But it was the year 2019 which gave him the mantle of the Box Office King with Back To Back Huge Grossers comprising of more than 25% of the decade of his contribution.
You can access the complete list from the below charts.
| Actors | Average Earning / Film |
| Salman Khan | ₹ 184.59 |
| Aamir Khan | ₹ 170.58 |
| Hrithik Roshan | ₹ 133.65 |
| Shahrukh Khan | ₹ 120.63 |
| Ranveer Singh | ₹ 109.26 |
| Tiger Shroff | ₹ 107.45 |
| Ranbir Kapoor | ₹ 100.09 |
| Akshay Kumar | ₹ 91.01 |
| Varun Dhawan | ₹ 85.47 |
| Ajay Devgn | ₹ 80.08 |
| Abhishek Bachchan | ₹ 76.66 |
| Shahid Kapoor | ₹ 69.68 |
| Ayushmann Khurana | ₹ 52.06 |
| John Abraham | ₹ 50.10 |
| Karthik Aryan | ₹ 47.25 |
| Arjun Kapoor | ₹ 45.49 |
| Amitabh Bachchan | ₹ 44.51 |
| Saif Ali Khan | ₹ 39.05 |
We are working on more parameters and more data analytics is going on while we bring out this preliminary report of Bollywood to you for the last decade.
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