Since many of you are planning to spend the New Year quietly at home, away from the hustle bustle of the city, with just your family members. Are you looking for ways to make this New Year’s Eve special? If so, your plan must include a dip into the best of what Bollywood has offered this year. We have got you a list of top 10 highest-grossing Bollywood films of 2024 of different genres-from horror and comedy to action-drama that will for sure sprinkle some enjoyment and a pinch more thrill into your celebrations.
1. Pushpa 2: The Rule (2024)
Directed by Sukumar and starring Allu Arjun, Pushpa 2: The Rule continues the gritty tale of Pushpa, a sandalwood smuggler facing opposition from the police. With a budget of 550 crore the movie’s worldwide gross earnings was 1646.8 crore, Pushpa the lead, struggles to sustain his sandalwood smuggling business in the face of tough opposition from the police. The film’s success among the masses highlights the growing global reach of South Indian cinema. The movie is still running in the theatre.
2. Kalkii: The Final Avatar (2024)
Directed by Nag Ashwin, Kalki: The Final Avatar is a star-studded epic that fuses mythology with futuristic elements. The film stars Prabhas, Amitabh Bachchan, and Kamal Haasan. Its commercial success at 1052.5 crore indicates India’s trend of integrating spirituality with technology in its stories. With a budget of 550 crore, this film appeals to a vast audience across the globe and thus is a blockbuster.
3. Stree 2: Sarkate Ka Aatank (2024)
This horror-comedy, Amar Kaushik directed became an all-time blockbuster grossing 858.4 crore against 100 crores budget. Film deals with a mystery of abduction of women of a haunted town. The mix of horror comedy and social relevance is given importance in this story. It became a highly relevant and engaging piece of film viewing for audiences and is played out by the star cast including performances of Rajkummar Rao, Shraddha Kapoor and Pankaj Tripathi.
4. The Greatest of All Time (2024)
The film is an intense narrative of a hostage negotiator and spy called Gandhi, directed by Venkat Prabhu and played by Joseph Vijay. The film, with a budget of 350 crore, has grossed 460.3 crore and provided a good combination of action, loyalty, and redemption, a cinematic look at justice for Indian and international audiences alike.
5. Devara Part 1 (2024)
Devara Part 1, an oceanic warrior, action-packed saga is directed by Koratala Siva starring N.T. Rama Rao Jr., Janhvi Kapoor, and Saif Ali Khan. With 250 crore investment and earning around 443.8 crore the film will succeed to hold attention in terms of justice, honor, and legacy making it Super Hit.
6. Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 (2024)
Directed by Anees Bazmee, Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 is a horror-comedy that has been a Super Hit, grossing 396.7 crore on a budget of 150 crore. The performances of Kartik Aaryan, Vidya Balan, and Madhuri Dixit have made the film a fresh take on traditional horror genres for the modern audience. The film has been a Super Hit, redefining how horror-comedy can be both spooky and entertaining.
7. Singham Again (2024)
Ajay Devgan and Deepika Padukone are starring in the action-packed film under the direction of Rohit Shetty in Singham Again along with Akshay Kumar. In this 300-crore-budget film, 378.4 crore went to the movie. It might be a fair commercial success in this film in terms of huge, larger than life heroes surviving well in Bollywood cinema.
8. Fighter 2024
Action-thriller, Fighter, by Siddharth Anand, stars Hrithik Roshan, Deepika Padukone, and Anil Kapoor. With Budget of 225 crore, it collected 355.4 crore. The bollywood film featured elite fighter pilots of Indian Air Force, the movie filled with feeling of patriotism, sacrifice, and teamwork, keeping the audience hooked on cinematic thrills. It was above average and proved that action films are the favorite of Indian moviegoers.
9. Amaran (2024)
Directed by Rajkumar Periasamy, Amaran, which stars Sivakarthikeyan, Sai Pallavi, and Bhuvan Arora, has a budget of 100 crores and has collected 330.2 crores. The movie is special because of its patriotic themes, heroism, and sacrifice and is a box office hit.
10. Hanu Man (2024)
Prasanth Varma directs the film Hanu Man, where mythological elements are brought to life with a superhero twist. The movie starring Teja Sajja and Amritha Aiyer has made 296.5 crore on a budget of just 40 crores. With spirituality infused into the typical superhero tropes, Hanu Man became a hit, and it shows that such imaginative, larger-than-life narratives have mass appeal.
