a disastrous Box-office performance in 2002 , when only Raaz hit the bull eye at the box office. The year started with an average grosser called Kaante. It was thorns all the way for the multi-starrer featuring Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Mahesh Manjeraker and Kumar Gaurav along with Sunil Shetty and Lucky Ali.

Sunny Deol’s The Hero, shot at a mind-boggling budget of Rs. 55 crore, sank without a trace. The biggest shock came when Sooraj Barjatya’s Main Prem Ki Deewani Hoon bombed. The director’s attempt to glamorise the Rajshri’s traditional mushy-mushy family drama, didn’t go well with the audiences, they gave it a thumbs down. Another big blow for the industry was the sinking of Honey Irani’s directorial debut Armaan. The film had the best of everything—star cast of Amitabh Bachchan, Anil Kapoor and Preity Zinta; script by the director, lyrics by Javed Akhtar and a mega budget of Rs 50 crore. But Armaan still remained the director’s unfulfilled desire.
But it was Boom that got stuck with the dubious distinction of being one of the worst flops ever in Hindi cinema history. Many disgusted cinema owners took the film off midweek and there were reports from places where cinema screens had been stoned People could not digest the extra skin show and verbal blows of Boom. However, all was not gloom and doom as the tides began turning with Jism the inspired version of Madonna’s Body Of Evidence. Pooja Bhatt’s Rs 4-crore project was a runaway hit, Bipasha Basu reconfirmed her position as the hottest babe in the business where as the film gave model turned actor John Abraham the much deserved acceptance

The year witnessed the remarkable comeback of Salman Khan in Tere Naam (one of the biggest hit of the year) which took the record breaking opening at the box- office and Baghban in which he had a guest appearance hit the bull eye at the box office.and Hrithik Roshan in Koi Mil Gaya (the biggest hit of the year) . The star of the year is undoubtedly Ajay Devgan whose three films Qayamat, Bhoot and Gangajal has been declared hits and Zameen ,LOC Kargil has managed to do break even at the box office. It was double lottery for Shahrukh Khan . His home production Chalte Chalte did Super-hit business in bombay and fair elsewhere. And the Shah Rukh-Saif-Preity-starrer Kal Ho Naa Ho started sizzling at the box office from the word go, once again showcasing the magic touch of Karan Johar.

The year 2003 marked sort of comeback for bollywood Koi Mil Gaya is undisputedly the biggest blockbuster of the year. It is only next to Gadar : Ek Prem Katha in terms of business this decade. The hits of the year includes : Kal Ho Na Ho, Qayamat, Andaz .

Tere Naam which took a record breaking opening and has proved to be hit at the box office. Gangaajal has done terrific business in Bihar . The surprise hits of the year were Baghban and Bhoot.