Talk:List of highest-grossing Bollywood films, adjusted for inflation

Conflicting information
BOI IBOS
 * This article currently uses this source:
 * But there is also this source available:

The lists are quite different, especially in the #1 spot. Sholay is listed at the top in one, and does not even appear in the other. How can that be? It appears that the BOI list does not show anything older than the 1990s, whereas the IBOS list covers more time. Does anyone think that the source should be changed? BollyJeff ||  talk  18:02, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

That BOI list only shows inflation figures of movies after Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (1994) which was a landmark moment in the history of the bollywood box office. Older movies like Sholay also have inflation adjusted figures on BOI but they have not been compiled into one section. The IBOS list shows only net collection figures and the adjusted figures are also only for the net collections, so we can't use that. Besides it's not been updated for the last 3-4 years during which time we had 4-5 all time blockbuster movies. The current wiki article is wrong of course, Sholay should make it to somewhere near 8th or 9th on the list. I'll start working to correct this. Cliniic (talk) 18:13, 26 December 2010 (UTC)

Well I've been checking out all the sources and it's quite a mess. Damn those net figures!!! Sholay is currently sitting 3rd all time adjusted in my new calculations. Cliniic (talk) 18:55, 26 December 2010 (UTC)


 * Yes, it is all very confusing. Even using the smaller net figures though, IBOS still comes up with more than double the amount that you are quoting, while BOI comes up with about half. Maybe their conversions for inflation are way different? And I am not sure that you can use IMDB and a forum posting as a valid ref on WP. It is good that you added "non-definitive". BollyJeff  ||  talk  01:52, 27 December 2010 (UTC)

That forum quotes an article from the times of India, I think that's a valid reference but I suppose I better link the article directly. Also I used IMDB because I've seen varius figures citing total gross over 30 crore but none but IMDB putting a definite total. IBOS's 700 crore inflation figure for Sholay is plain crazy, no way any bollywood film inflation or not can amount to that. I think BOI inflation figures are correct, all online articles + newspapers cite 300 crore + business for 3 Idiots. It's fact that 3 idiots is the all time blockbuster regardless of inflation so it validates the 300 crore inflation figure for Sholay I've seen on the net. Cliniic (talk) 22:04, 27 December 2010 (UTC)

Leading actors/actresses
Is it really necessary to include the leading actors/actresses in the table? This list is about the highest-grossing Bollywood films and cast is not relevant to the subject. One can take a look at the respective articles to see the cast. ---   Managerarc    talk  23:30, 31 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Agreed. It is not needed and only clutters the table. BollyJeff  ||  talk  23:57, 31 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the quick reply. I have removed the cast.---   Managerarc    talk  10:58, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

What?
This page doesn't make sense to me. Why are there only five films? Why do the ranks skip so many numbers? What is the point of this "list" if it doesn't include many more films and the intermediate ranks? Alphius (talk) 00:49, 13 October 2011 (UTC)


 * I suggest you see Talk:List_of_highest-grossing_Bollywood_films as this list suffers from the same problems. Long story short, the list is copyrighted and this is the best we can currently do.  Dpmuk (talk) 01:18, 13 October 2011 (UTC)