Daisy Shah Quotes

Even the multiplex audience wants this flavour. No big-budget film can be a commercial hit until it does well both at multiplexes and single screens. 'Ghajini' and 'Dabangg' are examples.

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

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

Box office does matter. One cannot ignore it.

It's not necessary that every film has to hit Rs 100 crore box office, or the Rs 50 crore budget. If the film makes double of its project budget, we consider that a hit, and that also means that the film is in profit.

I do not keep a track of numbers as such, but I am definitely aware of how a film of mine is doing when it is playing in theatres. More than the numbers, it is important to know how the audience is reacting to the film.

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

It's a happy thing if a film does good business.

I would never want to do a content-driven film with a box office life of Rs 20 crore.

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

I've been lucky because my films have consistently made a profit, almost all of them have made a profit. Never a huge profit, but nobody gets hurt. And therefore I get a lot of freedom.

You want the film to be critically successful - you certainly want the film to be financially successful so that you can...well, because that's how movies like this are made, you know, they need to make money. But as a director, you can only make the movie that you want to make.

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

To make money, it may be important to win the Academy Award, for it might mean another ten million dollars at the box office.

I think the British industry is set up to support British film, if we make films that enable them to support it. If you don't make a commercial film, distributors can't get behind it. If they don't get behind it, the film doesn't do well.

Hard Day's Night was one of those great films that will never happen again to anyone in their lifetime. UA were in profit before we'd even finished shooting - The advance sales on the album - the film was out before the album was out was more than it cost UA to make the film.

I would love it if my films made a lot of money, and may I say that 'The Yards' is the only one that's lost money.

Well, I started thinking about what you were saying about how your movies need to make a profit. Now, what is the one thing, if you put it in a movie, it'll be successful?

I certainly wouldn't mind if 'Jurassic Park' turns out to be commercially successful, and somebody says, 'Hey, you were in a box-office hit, and if you want to do another movie, we'll give you five million dollars to make it.'

Since I got into the movies, 'Running Scared,' that did $40 million. 'Princess Bride,' I got good reviews for the character Miracle Max. 'Memories of Me' didn't do well. 'Throw Mama from the Train' did $70 million. 'Harry and Sally' did 95 or 96. 'City Slickers' did $120 million.

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 to be a commercially viable actor. I want that the distributors and producers should earn the money; then only, you become a bankable actor.

I always make sure my film benefits my producer and earns him a profit.

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

I don't really think about the box office, but I want my films to do well.