The document analyzes the generic business model in Bollywood through a diagram and provides industry metrics. It then compares the business of two films - Gangs of Waseypur and Dabangg. While Gangs of Waseypur had a lower budget of 9.20 cr and returned a profit of 18.32 cr with an ROI of 199%, Dabangg had a higher budget of 45 cr but also earned more in profits and ROI due to its star-studded cast and pre-release publicity despite being scripted versus a true story for Gangs of Waseypur.
2. Diagrammatic representation of the
generic business model in Bollywood
Location , Caste Analysis of the
SCRIPT
& Crew Movie
Distribution
Launch Investors
Rights
3. Industry Metrics
? Nearly 80% of Indian Industry revenues come from Domestic and
Overseas Theatrical.
? Fourteen million Indians go to the movies on a daily basis (about
1.4% of the population of 1 billion) and pay the equivalent to the
average Indian's day's wages to see any of the over 800 films
churned out by Bollywood each year. That's more than double the
number of feature films produced in the United States.
4. ? The lead star in a film often receives as much as 40% of
the US $2 million budget for the typical masala film.
? The success rate for Bollywood films is only 15-20% a
year.
? The number of prints made for Bollywood films is more
than 500 or so, including prints to be sent abroad.
? As much as 65% of the total box office collections in the
country comes from non metros
6. V/s
Bases Gangs of Waseypur Dabangg
Investment 9.20 cr. 45 cr.
Box office collection 27.52 cr. 142 cr.
Profit 18.32 cr 97 cr.
ROI 199% 215%
Directors Anurag Kashyap Abhinav Kashyap
Star Cast Not that famous except Star studded !
Manoj Bajpai
Distributors Viacom 18 Shree Ashtavinayak &
Arbaaz Khan Productions
7. ? Despite not having a star studded crew Gangs of
Waseeypur was critically acclaimed and also gave a an
excellent response
? Whereas Dabangg was known for its crew and it
remained in headlines through its gossips thought its
release and Salman Khan afcos
? Gangs of Waseeypur was based on a true story whereas
Dabangg was a scripted story