Bhool Bhulaiyaa

2007 | Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller, Foreign Language

Synopsis

An NRI and his wife decide to stay in his ancestral home, paying no heed to the warnings about ghosts. Soon, inexplicable occurrences cause him to call a psychiatrist to help solve the mystery.

Scores

Overall Score
64.7
Popularity Percentile (Year)
60.4%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
74.5%
Review Aggregate
57.1

Critic Consensus

33.3% Fresh • 6 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely negative, with 33% of 6 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize thin plot, scary, funny. Many reviews cite thin plot as the main reasons it falls short.

thin plotscaryfunnysuspensefulcharacter-drivenemotional

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Akshay Kumar2007$45,566,000$68,954,000(est)
Vidya Balan2007$28,049,000$42,446,000(est)
Shiney Ahuja2007$21,118,000$31,957,000(est)
Ameesha Patel2007$17,266,000$26,129,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score33.0
RT critic review count6
Rotten Tomatoes audience score72.0
RT audience rating count5,000
IMDb rating7.5
IMDb votes36,865

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2007$1,097,797$1,661,259
International2007$17,975,298$27,201,402
Worldwide2007$19,073,096$28,862,662

Earnings / Profitability

Estimated net revenues and net expenses for films based on reported and estimated numbers. This income statement should be considered most viable for the first 24 months after the inital movie's release (ie after most lucrative pay windows).
CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Revenues
Theatrical Net Revenue2007$7,739,018$11,711,190
Digital Rentals ?2007$525,000$794,464
Digital Purchases ?2007$196,000$296,600
Physical Rentals ?2007$9,044,000$13,685,975
Physical Purchases ?2007$20,322,000$30,752,586
TV & Streaming Revenue2007$439,119$664,503
Total Revenues2007$38,265,136$57,905,319
Expenses
Budget ?2007$320,000,000$484,245,025
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2007$4,783,000 (est)$7,237,950 (est)
Participations2007$765,000$1,157,648
Residuals ?2007$2,213,000$3,348,857
Interest & Overhead2007$38,400,000$58,109,403
Total Expenses2007$366,161,000$554,098,883
Movie Net Profit or Loss2007$-327,895,864$-496,193,564

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