Vikramaditya Motwane Quotes

I think everybody involved in a movie thinks about the box office. It's the 'biz' part of showbiz.

Film is not just about the art form but also how it fares at the box office.

The box office performance of a film is instrumental in an actor being perceived as saleable.

You don't leave behind box office scores or how many dollars changed hands.

I reckon this could mean another 10 million at the box office.

What eventually counts is whether your film was successful at the box-office or not, or more so if the film has made its money, and 'Race 3' did that.

I know it's easy to say the box-office numbers doesn't matter, but the reality is it actually does.

Box office success definitely matters. I will be lying if say it does not matter.

There's only one barometer for the commercial success of a film and that's the box office. The obsession with box office doesn't annoy me. It's the main part of the business, if you get irritated with the main part then you're in trouble.

I want a certificate that allows me to make as big a box office as possible.

I think, unfortunately or fortunately, the reality of Hollywood is that if your movie makes money, they'll make another one.

They thought in terms of: whatever you had that started you at the box office, this was it.

Minority views expressed in films simply don't sell tickets.

I thought 'Deliverance' was a very good film. But it didn't have the success financially that 'Smokey and the Bandit' did, although that film made more money than 'Star Wars' in the first week.

I want my films to make money first. Awards and all can come later.

You can be taking two steps forward as an actor, but if a movie doesn't make money, you might as well be taking two steps backwards. It's all about economics.

I always say, what really makes a movie commercial is that it makes its money back.

Hollywood expects you to experiment but on a film that makes money and if you don't make money, you're to blame. Your job is to make money.

All my films have been criticised, but here I stand with six superhits and three 100-crore films!

If you look at who drives the box office numbers at these films, it's men.

The only reason why I would like to be accepted? Because if your movies don't do well, after a while you don't get to make any more movies.

I have always tried to make profitable films because people's offices shut down if films fail, and I will do everything to avoid that.

Just because there are celebrities in a movie, it doesn't mean anything. I don't think The Ant Bully did all that well the first week at the box office. Compare the movies that have a lot of celebrities with the Jimmy Neutron movie, which had no celebrity voices and grossed almost one hundred million dollars.

Every Vacation movie didn't just make the studio money. They each made the studio a lot of money.

A financial shift happened with 'Facing the Giants' and 'Fireproof,' where movies that were faith-based films were profitable. And people in Hollywood - like people in downtown U.S.A. - are out to make money.