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Big Flop: 4 biggest flop movies of Varun Dhawan’s career, which made the makers bankrupt, caused loss of crores

May 22, 2026 by Uma Shankar

Varun Dhawan Flop Movies: Fans are eagerly waiting for Varun Dhawan’s upcoming film ‘Hai Jawaani To Ishq Hona Hai’. In this film made under the direction of David Dhawan, Mrunal Thakur and Pooja Hegde will be seen opposite Varun Dhawan. After the massive success of ‘Border 2’, the audience has high expectations from Varun Dhawan’s next films, because before ‘Border 2’, Varun Dhawan’s ‘Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari’ was average at the box office. Well, Varun Dhawan’s box office record is not that bad and he has given very few flop films so far. However, Varun Dhawan’s films which were flops had caused huge losses to the makers.

Varun Dhawan made his Bollywood debut in the year 2012. In his 14-year career, the actor has done about 18 films, out of which 14 were hits. But there are also 4 films which proved to be big flops and because of them the makers suffered huge losses. Varun Dhawan’s flop films include films like ‘October’, ‘Kalank’ and ‘Baby John’. Let’s take a look at what was the budget and collection of these films.

October 2018

‘October’ comes first among Varun Dhawan’s flop films. This film, released on 13 April 2018, was directed by Shoojit Sircar. This was the first flop film of Varun Dhawan’s career. Before this, all the movies of the actor were either hits or semi-hits. Rs 40 crores were spent in making the 1 hour 15 minutes long ‘October’. This film earned only Rs 67 crore worldwide and flopped at the box office. Artists like Varun Dhawan, Banita Sandhu, Geetanjali Rao and Sahil Vidulia were seen in this film. You can watch this film with 7.8 IMDb rating on Amazon Prime Video.

kalank 2019

‘Kalank’ comes second among Varun Dhawan’s flop films. This film was released on 17 April 2019, exactly one year after ‘October’. Many big stars were seen in this film. But even big stars could not save this movie from sinking. ‘Kalank’, directed by Abhishek Varman, was made with a huge budget of Rs 150 crore. But its condition was so bad that it could not even recover its budget. This film did a worldwide business of Rs 146 crores. You can watch this 2 hour 45 minute film on Amazon Prime Video, which has got a 3.8 rating on IMDb. ‘Kalank’ had stars like Varun Dhawan, Alia Bhatt, Sanjay Dutt, Sonakshi Sinha, Madhuri Dixit and Aditya Roy Kapur.

Street Dancer 3D 2020

After giving a big flop like ‘Kalank’, Varun Dhawan brought the film ‘Street Dancer 3D’ next year. This film, which was released in theaters on January 24, 2020, also proved to be a flop at the box office. Made under the direction of Remo D’Souza, this film is said to be between 80-100 crores. According to Sacknilk, this film had collected only Rs 102 crores worldwide. Artists like Varun Dhawan, Shraddha Kapoor, Sonam Bajwa, Shakti Mohan, Nora Fatehi, Raghav Juyal and Prabhu Deva were seen in this 2 hours 26 minutes film. It has got a 3.8 rating on IMDb and you can watch it on Amazon Prime Video.

baby john 2024

Kalis directed Varun Dhawan’s film ‘Baby John’, which was released in theaters on 25 December 2024. This 2 hours 41 minutes long film was made on a huge budget. It is said that Rs 160 to 180 crores were spent in making ‘Baby John’. But this film collected only Rs 61 crore worldwide and flopped miserably. This film of Varun Dhawan was the Hindi remake of Thalapathy Vijay’s superhit ‘Theri’. This film has received a 5 rating on IMDb and you can watch it on Amazon Prime Video. Stars like Varun Dhawan, Vamika Gabbi, Keerthy Suresh, Khushi Bhardwaj, Jackie Shroff, Sanya Malhotra and Salman Khan were seen in Baby John.

About Uma Shankar

Uma Shankar writes about finance, business, and investment topics. He simplifies complex subjects like stock market, banking, tax, and cryptocurrency to help readers make informed financial decisions. Data-driven reporting is his strength.

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