What are Tamil cinema’s top 10 Highest-grossing films of 2019? Bigil’, ‘Petta’, Or ‘Viswasam’: According to the reports, The five most bankable stars of 2019 of the Kollywood film industry is Rajinikanth, Vijay, Ajith, Dhanush, and Sivakarthikeyan. If it comes to that above 200 movies have been released this year in Tamil language and 19 movies are being surmised that these movies are turned out to be profitable at the Box office and also did a great business. almost 10% of the releases were either profitable or broke even from theatrical collections and other rights. In 2018, over 180 Tamil movies released, and the year before, there were around 206 releases.
Top 10 Tamil Highest Grossing Movies of 2019
Important to know that The movie industry is one of the few sectors in Tamil Nadu which is doing well, despite the country’s economic slowdown and a large number of lay-offs in the auto industry. Tamil Nadu’s auto industry is largely based in Chengalpet-Kanchipuram districts- one of the key territories of the Tamil cinema where national multiplexes like PVR recorded the largest footfall in India. Kamal Gianchandani, CEO of PVR Pictures, says, “The slowdown has helped the movie business. People seem to want to escape the negativity around India’s economic status by going to the cinema.”
As per the information which has been gained by the analysts of the Tamil industry the Tamil cinema Box office has grown by over 10% if it comes to that hitting the 2000 crores mark this year and also compared to the last year’s 1,800 crore business. The top 10 grosser of Tamil cinema depended on the price at which they were sold to distributors. The producers, of course, made money from theatrical and other rights. Distributors who bought movies at exorbitant prices made marginal profits.
In fact, some of the figures mentioned in the Tamil Nadu box-office report cannot be verified by independent box-office trackers. According to sources in the trade circle, the top 10 hits in Tamil Nadu are (in alphabetical order): Asuran, Bigil, Somali, Kaithi, Kanchana 3, LKG, Namma Veettu Pillai, Nerkonda Paarvai, Petta and Viswasam. Apart from this, there are nine other movies on the list, which can be classified as semi-hits.
As per the reports, A leading overseas distributor pointed out that all top-grossing movies were star-driven. He says, “There are newer distributors in the market who are willing to pay whopping prices. Producers sell the rights to the highest bidder. If you look at profits based on return on investment, the three most profitable Tamil films of the year are Kaithi, Somali and LKG.” G Dhananjayan, producer and trade analyst, says, “Thanks to the success of star movies, 2019 is a far better year for Tamil cinema when compared to 2018.”
In other news, leading distributor Tiruppur Subramaniam has warned of a total shut down from March 2020, if the State government does not waive the 8% Local Body Entertainment Tax (LBET), in addition to GST. Speaking about the issue, he says, “We have had a decent year. But the local body tax is preventing the industry from growing. Also, producers have been selling digital rights within days after a movie’s release.
In Bollywood, five of this year’s top-grossing movies featured non-star movies, some of which include Uri: The Surgical Strike, Kabir Singh, Gully Boy, Chhichhore and Bala. Similarly, in Malayalam, superhits were all content-driven movies such as Kumbalangi Nights, Thanneer Mathan Dinangal, Ishq, Virus, and Vijay Superum Pournamiyum.
The highest-grossing movie was Mohanlal’s Lucifer. The five most bankable stars of 2019 are Rajinikanth, Vijay, Ajith, Dhanush, and Sivakarthikeyan, though Karthi and Jayam Ravi are giving them a run for their money at the worldwide box-office.
Now here we have given the entire information about the top fives Tamil movies who did the great business at the Box office.
