Mumbai, July 6 (IANS) As 2009 moves into its second half, the Bollywood box office can look back at just a handful of success stories. While a film producers' strike resulted in a virtual drought of movies for two whole months, the poor quality of the few that were released didn't help either. From January to June, about 55 films hit the screens but only six were able to do good business.

Among them Kabir Khan's directorial venture "New York" tops the list. This John Abraham, Katrina Kaif and Neil Nitin Mukesh starrer is clearly the hot favourite. Not only is the audience still flocking in, it has raked in about Rs.550 million globally till date. Yash Raj Films has refused to divulge budget details as per company policy.

Next is "Dev D", a punk and grunge version of Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's "Devdas". After making the film, Kashyap has ensured one thing - for the next few years at least, no filmmaker will think of remaking "Devdas" the old way.

While the K.L. Saigal, Dilip Kumar and Shah Rukh Khan versions were closer to literature, Kashyap took an altogether tangential route with his version of the film with Abhay Deol.

Made on a budget of around Rs.60 million, "Dev D" turned out to be a crowd puller when it was released Feb 6 on more than 300 screens globally. It struck gold at the box office by raking in around Rs.130 million.

Kashyap's "Gulaal" also did well. Released after "Dev D" March 13, the film got a good initial courtesy. It raked in around Rs.30 million. Made on a low-budget, it released across 400 theatres worldwide with 200 prints.

Director Vikram K. Kumar's small-budget horror film "13B" starring R. Madhavan too finds a place in the list.