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Slumdog Millionaire
What is the resistance to or problem with adding this film to this list? The total being cited by the people attempting add it, $377.9m USD, is not unsourced, except perhaps by the editor adding it: that number is available from the Wiki article on Slumdog Millionaire, and is correctly cited there from BoxOfficeMojo.com, which, given that it is a subsidiary of IMDB.com, I would say is incontrovertibly a reliable, third-party source, and this film clearly eclipses every other film currently on this list by a large margin.
The only thing I can figure is that it was apparently produced by a UK studio, in which case, I must ask, what is the definition being used here for "Indian films"? This is not specified in the article itself, and there is even another article specifically for a list of highest-grossing Bollywood films, which implies to me that this article is or should not be limited specifically to films made in India, and rather about films by or about India/Indian peoples. The movie takes place in India, was filmed in India with Indian actors, is based on a novel by an Indian author, and apparently nearly a third of its dialogue is in Hindi, which to my line of thinking makes this an unquestionably "Indian" movie, even if the studio that filmed it wasn't based in India, thus I see no good reason why it should not be added. besiegedtalk 18:42, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
- According to the film WP:WikiProject Film, what determines which country a film is from is the country of the production company. It has been discussed many times Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Film/Archive_index. BollyJeff | talk 19:15, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
Does this list include gross income from DVDs and music licensing?
If the numbers at BOI include DVD and music, then the following can be added to the lead (reference that it is originally from Cinema of India)-- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 16:54, 24 February 2013 (UTC)
Earnings from DVD and overseas showings accounting for some 12% of the revenue generated by a mainstream film, contribute substantially to the overall revenue of Indian cinema, the net worth of which was found to be US$1.3 billion in 2000.[1] Music in Indian cinema is another substantial revenue generator, with the music rights alone accounting for 4–5% of the net revenues generated by a film in India.[1]* Potts, Michel W. (2006), "Film Industry", Encyclopedia of India (vol. 2), Thomson Gale, ISBN 978-0-684-31351-1.</ref>
sourcing
For those not on the BOI top 10 grossing list, other reliable sources will need to be provided. It looks like they often mix a domestic in crores with international in $ so it will take someone to do the appropriate math. I will just drop some stuff here. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 17:30, 24 February 2013 (UTC)
Enthiran
from our article Enthiran:
However, independent sources like Box Office India remained skeptic and put the earnings at about ₹255.5 crore (US$31 million) with ₹186.50 crore nett and ₹202 crore gross while overseas earnings are around US$12 million.[2][3]
- I think we should by the figure reported by the Box Office India JK (talk) 07:04, 25 February 2013 (UTC)
- your BOI estimate is made only one month after release, other estimates in many other reliable sources made later have different values. why should we believe the BOI future crystal balling is accurate and everybody else looking at later data is wrong?-- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 08:14, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
You can not edit on your personal opinion. News paper articles that you are giving, don't specialise in boxoffice data.They gave the data reported by Enthiran producers. Box office india is an independent source,whose sole work is to track boxoffice data. If you do like this,I can give articles giving different box office figures for different films. We should follow a common parameter for ranking.I think you are bias is areflecting in you edits. Please refrain from this..Kumarila 17:43 02 april 2013 —Preceding undated comment added 12:17, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
- It is your editing to your personal belief that older estimates by a single source should be treated as more accurate than multiple more recent estimates. We can take this to the Reliable source notice boards if you like. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 18:24, 3 April 2013 (UTC)
references
- ^ a b Potts, 75
- ^ "Endhiran - The Robot Expected Lifetime Business-Boxofficeindia.com". Box Office India. 1 November 2010. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
- ^ "CNN-IBN Indian of the Year in entertainment: Shankar – Videos – Movies – Tamil-IBNLive". Ibnlive.in.com. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
Billa 2
The editor 111.92.22.36 is probably right. There is no cite for the total gross of Billa 2. JK (talk) 06:29, 25 February 2013 (UTC)
3 idiots is no.1
3 idiots has the most grossing but still it is given 2nd rank while enthiran the first. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 61.3.130.0 (talk) 17:06, 15 July 2013 (UTC)