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Sooryavansham: The Box Office Flop That Made Set Max Over 100 Crores It was a 1999 Bollywood film that was a box office flop. However, it has since become a cult classic and is now one of the most popular films on Set Max. In fact, Set Max reportedly purchased the rights to Sooryavansham for 100 years, and it has earned the channel over 100 crores in revenue. How did Set Max make a profit from a failed movie? Or how does Bollywood make money? In this case study we talk about let’s talk about Sooryavansham, Set Max, Bollywood movies, Box office flop, 100-year contract, Movie revenue, Pre-release agreements, Distribution rights, Overseas markets, Music and song rights, Satellite and television rights, Digital platforms, OTT rights, Merchandising and licensing, Movie monetization, Production costs, Star power, Production house, Marketing strategies, Sooryavansham (HD), Surya Vamsam, Sooryavansham : The Revisit Bollywood films make money through various means, not just box office sales. They can generate revenue through pre-release agreements and distribution rights, overseas markets, music and song rights, satellite and television rights, digital platforms and OTT rights, advertisement, merchandising and licensing, and brand partnerships and product placement. #sooryavansham #bollywood #setmax #ott #mint Click here to download the Mint App https://livemint.onelink.me/MrDS/p0kx3pdg

4 Sep 2023
Industry

Emraan Hashmi’s ‘Why Cheat India’ dominates week at box office

Emraan Hashmi neatly channels his bad boy image into his character Rakesh, and continues the underplaying that he effectively displayed in the recently released film Tigers.

2 min read18 Jan 2019
Industry

Is Bollywood losing its sheen in China?

Indian film disappointments seem to be increasingly common in China this year

2 min read17 Dec 2018
Industry

‘Kedarnath,’ ‘Mortal Engines’ will take on ‘2.0’ in second week

Sushant Singh Rajput and Sara Ali Khan-starrer Kedarnath directed by Abhishek Kapoor starts off with promise by using the 2013 Uttarakhand floods as a major plot twist. The Bollywood film released today and will compete with the trilingual blockbuster 2.0.

3 min read7 Dec 2018
Industry

Pre ‘2.0’ week sees a bunch of Hollywood releases

If you are not too sold on refined humour and if you can appreciate a comedy of errors that do not resort to double meanings then Bhaiaji Superhit could provide you with some amount of hilarity.

2 min read23 Nov 2018
Industry

Friday Film Wrap: ‘Baazaar’ competes with ‘Halloween,’ ‘Goosebumps 2’

The run-up to the big Diwali weekend is cluttered with a bunch of small releases

2 min read26 Oct 2018
Industry

Friday Film Wrap: ‘Gold’, ‘Satyameva Jayate’ dominate theatres

Apart from ’Gold’ and ’Satyameva Jayate’, other noteworthy movies released this week include Tamil comedy drama ’Odu Raja Odu’, Telugu romantic comedy ’Geetha Govindam’

3 min read17 Aug 2018
Industry

Big festive weekends no longer Bollywood’s domain

The two Independence Day releases, Akshay Kumar’s Gold and John Abraham’s Satyameva Jayate will face stiff competition from action thriller Mile 22 that arrives a week later

2 min read3 Aug 2018
Industry

Patriotism is the new mantra for Bollywood as election looms

Bollywood has had a history of patriotic films like ’Upkar’ (1967), ’Karma’ (1986) ’Border ’ (1997) and ’LOC Kargil’ (2003), but the current ones have a different take on nationalism

2 min read2 Aug 2018
Industry

Netflix, Amazon, Hotstar seen tilting balance in favour of non-commercial cinema

Cheaper data and a country increasingly abandoning the idea of appointment viewing make online video streaming platforms a viable option for smaller films

2 min read30 Jul 2018
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