Sunit Jangir

Sunit Jangir

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As a Senior Editor at Sacnilk, Sunit Jangir leads our coverage on Indian cinema, box office analytics, and global entertainment trends. Passionate about Cricket, Sunit Jangir is an avid sports lover. He finds inspiration in other people's life stories and try to absorb them. Though introvert by nature, he doesn't feel shy when the topic is cinema and sports, particularly cricket.

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'Spider-Man: No Way Home' Becomes The Highest-Grossing Film Of All Time In Mexico
1604 days ago
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'Spider-Man: No Way Home' Becomes The Highest-Grossing Film Of All Time In Mexico

Mumbai, January 18 - Marvel/Sony Pictures' "Spider-Man: No Way Home" is setting new benchmarks at the domestic as well as the international box office. The superhero movie is heading towards a $1 billion overseas box office, that too without a single penny from China. ## The Tom Holland-fronted film has so far grossed $926.3 million through 63 international markets and over $700 million domestically (North America), pushing global cume to $1.62 billion. It is currently the 8th highest-grossing film of all time at the worldwide box office and will grab the 6th spot in the list by the end of next weekend.## Meanwhile, "No Way Home" has become the highest-grossing film of all time in Mexico with $72 million. In Brazil, it is the second highest-grossing film ever with $50.4 million, so in Central America ($12.6M) and Ecuador ($7.9M).## In North America, "Spider-Man: No Way Home" becomes the 4th highest-grossing film ever. After the end of the 5th weekend, it was the 5th biggest-grosser there with $698.7 million and became 4th biggest on Monday by crossing Marvel Studios' "Black Panther" ($700.06 million). ## The Jon Watts-directed is likely to finish with $1.75 billion globally. The number could go higher if it gets a release date in China, which is the biggest movie market in the world. However, the movie has done its job and whatever comes further is a bonus. Sony Pictures has already reportedly made a net profit of a whopping $600 million-plus. ## Stay tuned...

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Warner Bros. India Announces Release Date Of Will Smith-Fronted Biographical Drama 'King Richard'
1605 days ago
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Warner Bros. India Announces Release Date Of Will Smith-Fronted Biographical Drama 'King Richard'

Mumbai, January 17 - Warner Bros. India has announced the release date of the biographical drama film, "King Richard", starring Golden Globe award-winner Will Smith in the title role. It was theatrically released on November 19, 2021, by Warner Bros. Pictures and on the HBO Max streaming service on the same day in North America.## The movie, which follows the life of Richard Williams (played by Will Smith), the father, and coach of famed tennis players Venus and Serena Williams, will be released in Indian cinemas on March 25, 2022. It is directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green and written by Zach Baylin. ## "An epic tale of the journey of a family who believed, persevered, and came out as champions! Watch Will Smith portrays Richard Williams, father of Serena & Venus Williams, in ‘King Richard’ in Cinemas on March 25, 2022", Warner Bros. India tweeted.## An epic tale of the journey of a family who believed, persevered, and came out as champions!Watch Will Smith portray Richard Williams, father of Serena & Venus Williams, in ‘King Richard’ in Cinemas on March 25, 2022. #WarnerBrosIndia #KingRichard pic.twitter.com/zDmkgrXRJQ— Warner Bros. India (@WarnerBrosIndia) January 17, 2022 ## In North America, the movie has had a dismal show at the box office, grossing just $27.6 million in the budget of $50 million. The film, however, received critical acclaim with praise for the performances of Smith, Aunjanue Ellis, and Saniyya Sidney. ## "King Richard" was named one of the best films of 2021 by the American Film Institute, and earned six nominations at the 27th Critics' Choice Awards (including Best Picture). It also received four nominations, winning Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama for Will Smith, in the recently concluded 79th Golden Globe awards.## Stay tuned...

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'Black Panther' Sequel Is On Track For Scheduled Release Despite Delayed Production
1607 days ago
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'Black Panther' Sequel Is On Track For Scheduled Release Despite Delayed Production

Los Angeles, January 15 - Marvel Studios' highly anticipated sequel to "Black Panther" is on track for the scheduled release in November 2022, despite the delayed production. The production of the film got halted due to the injury of British actress, Letitia Wright, who plays Shuri in the film. ## On Friday, Letitia resumed shooting for "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever", almost five months after being injured when a stunt went wrong. At the time of injury in August 2021, it looked she would be resuming work soon but the recovery took longer than the expected time which led to the postponement of the production in November. ## Wright's Princess of Wakanda character is expected to play a bigger part in the blockbuster's sequel. The late Chadwick Boseman led the 2018 film and his role has not been re-cast following his death in 2020. ## While the release dates of 2022 Marvel Movies were already postponed due to the production changes, it was reported that "Black Panther 2" could be further delayed due to Letitia's injury. However, this is not the case as production resumed on schedule and the movie is also very much on track for its 11 November 2022 release. ## Wright's spokesperson told BBC News, "Filming resumed this month as planned and we're on schedule".## "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" is one of the most anticipated films coming in 2022. The original "Black Panther" was a major hit on both, critically and commercially front. It was the highest-grossing solo superhero movie before "Spider-Man: No Way Home" took that spot recently. ## The film is being directed by Ryan Coogler, who co-wrote the screenplay with Joe Robert Cole, and stars Lupita Nyong'o, Danai Gurira, Martin Freeman, Letitia Wright, Winston Duke, Angela Bassett, and Dominique Thorne.## Stay tuned...

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Warner Bros. India Confirmed 'The Batman' Release Date
1608 days ago
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Warner Bros. India Confirmed 'The Batman' Release Date

Mumbai, January 14 - Warner Bros. Pictures India has once again confirmed the release date of its most anticipated superhero film "The Batman". Despite the covid-19 third wave, the studio announced that the movie will be released as scheduled along with its domestic release on March 4, 2022. ## "The Batman", starring Robert Pattinson as Gotham City's enigmatic protector, will be one of the first major Warner Bros. films to have an exclusive theatrical release during the covid-19 pandemic. ICYDK, Warner Bros. had sent its entire 2021 slate day and date on the streamer and in theaters. ## Meanwhile, the movie has landed a PG-13 rating from the Motion Picture Association in North America, despite speculation the Warner Bros. movie could be rated R for its strong and violent language. Directed by Matt Reeves, "The Batman" will remain exclusively in theaters for the first 45-days before it lands on HBO Max. ## Set in his second year of fighting crime, the film sees Batman uncover corruption in Gotham City while pursuing the Riddler (Dano), a serial killer who targets Gotham's elite. It stars Robert Pattinson as Bruce Wayne/Batman alongside Zoë Kravitz as Cat Woman, Paul Dano, Jeffrey Wright, John Turturro, Peter Sarsgaard, Andy Serkis, and Colin Farrell. ## Vengeance lies behind the mask. Check out the new arts for #TheBatman, only in cinemas March 4, in English, Hindi, Tamil & Telugu. pic.twitter.com/vQdLxIOLWl— Warner Bros. India (@WarnerBrosIndia) January 19, 2022 ## Stay tuned...

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Tom Holland Approached To Host 2022 Oscars Ceremony!
1610 days ago
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Tom Holland Approached To Host 2022 Oscars Ceremony!

Los Angeles, January 12 - The 94th Academy Awards is set to take place on 27 March 2022. Scheduled to air on ABC, the coveted ceremony will be the first since 2018 to have a host. ## Jimmy Kimmel was the last host for the awards who hosted the Oscars in 2017 and 2018 before the ceremony went hostless in three editions due to controversy after resurfaced homophobic jokes and tweets caused Kevin Hart to stand down.## According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences did reach 25-year old British Actor Tom Holland to explore the possibility of hosting this year's ceremony. Holland, during a recent interview with THR, had expressed his desire of hosting Oscars. ## The last year's Oscars ceremony couldn't grab the attention of viewers on TV as the viewership plummed to an all-time low of 10.4 million. However, ratings for 2019's hostless Oscars actually rose to 29.56 million, before falling in 2020 to 23.64 million. ## Stay tuned...

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Disney's 'Turning Red' Streaming Announcement Left Pixar Staff In Shock And Disappointed
1611 days ago
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Disney's 'Turning Red' Streaming Announcement Left Pixar Staff In Shock And Disappointed

Los Angeles, January 11 - Walt Disney Company once again left the exhibition sector disappointed by announcing the exclusive Disney+ release of Pixar's upcoming film "Turning Red". On Friday, the studio made it clear that the Pixar movie would be its third title since the pandemic to skip theaters and premiere exclusively on its streaming service Disney+.## "Given the delayed box office recovery, particularly for family films, flexibility remains at the core of our distribution decisions as we prioritize delivering the unparalleled content of The Walt Disney Company to audiences around the world and we look forward to bringing them Pixar's next incredible feature film 'Turning Red'", said Kareem Daniel, Chairman, Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution in a statement to media.## This is Disney's exclusive streaming film after Pixar's Academy Award-winning "Soul" and the critically-acclaimed "Luca". The decision of making "Turning Red" an exclusive Disney+ feature has not only left exhibitors in utter shock but also left the staff at Pixar disappointed and cheated once again.## "It's safe to say that we're all feeling extremely disappointed," one Pixar staffer told Insider and added, "Until today, we all thought 'Turning Red' would be our return to the big screen, and everyone at the studio was so excited about it being this film in particular. It was quite a blow".## Before "Turning Red", Pixar's "Soul" (2020) was the first film in the company's 26-year history to not open in theaters. During that time, the staff of Pixar, including CCO Pete Docter (who is also the director of Oscar-winner "Soul") were not happy that their recent movies weren't getting theatrical releases. ## "Turning Red", which is the first Pixar film to be solely directed by a woman, Domee Shi, is slated to premiere on Disney+ on March 11. In India, it will stream on Disney+Hotstar on the same day in English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam languages. ## Stay tuned...

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'Spider-Man: No Way Home' Enters The List Of Top 10 Highest-Grossing Films Of All Time
1611 days ago
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'Spider-Man: No Way Home' Enters The List Of Top 10 Highest-Grossing Films Of All Time

Mumbai, January 10 - Marvel and Sony Pictures' "Spider-Man: No Way Home" is now on the elite list of the highest-grossing films worldwide of all time. With a $1.53 billion global cume, "No Way Home" is now the 8th highest-grossing film of all time. It surpassed "The Avengers" ($1.518B), and "Furious 7" ($1.516B) to break into the list of top 10 worldwide grosser. ## The Tom Holland-fronted superhero film is the biggest grossing title worldwide since "The Lion King" ($1.662 billion) in summer 2019. If "No Way Home" grosses a little over $100 million more worldwide, then it will cross "The Lion King" and "Jurassic World" ($1.67 billion) to become the 6th highest-grossing film of all time, and most likely to finish with that rank. ## The film's $1.53 billion come through $668.8 million domestically (North America), and $867.5 million overseas. Currently, it is the 6th biggest-grossing title in North America. It is likely to finish domestic box office run with number 4, ahead of "Black Panther" ($700M).## "Spider-Man: No Way Home's" grosses are phenomenal considering many factors. Unlike the other top grossers, this Jon Watts-directed was released amid the covid-19 pandemic and still going strong when the cases are on the rise again due to the highly infectious Omicron variant. Plus, most of the countries have announced fresh restrictions on theaters. Despite all the hurdles, "No Way Home" continues to attract moviegoers worldwide. ## Biggest All-Time Global Box Office Hits -## 1. $2.84B - Avatar## 2. $2.80B - Avengers: Endgame## 3. $2.19B - Titanic## 4. $2.07B - Star Wars - Force Awakens## 5. $2.05B - Avengers: Infinity War## 6. $1.67B - Jurassic World## 7. $1.64B - The Lion King (2019)## 8. $1.53B - Spider-Man: No Way Home## 9. $1.518B - The Avengers## 10. $1.516B - Furious 7## Stay tuned...

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Golden Globe Awards 2022: Full List Of Winners
1612 days ago
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Golden Globe Awards 2022: Full List Of Winners

Mumbai, January 10 - The Hollywood Foreign Press Association is announcing winners of its 79th annual Golden Globe Awards on Sunday in a private ceremony at the Beverly Hilton. The 2022 Golden Globe Awards has been in controversy throughout the last year for the alleged institutional change, resulting in, the award ceremony hasn't been televised or even live-streamed for the first time in 15 years. ## Moving to the winners, actor Andrew Garfield, who has had a steller 2021 with multiple films, wins his first Golden Globes for his portrayal of Jonathan Larson in Lin-Manuel Miranda's film adaptation of 'Tick, Tick... Boom!'. He beats the likes of Leonardo DiCaprio, Peter Dinklage to grab the Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy.## Here is the full list of award winners (Film) -## Best Motion Picture (Drama) - The Power of the Dog## Best Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy) - West Side Story## Best Actor in a Motion Picture (Drama) - Will Smith (King Richard)## Best Actress in a Motion Picture (Drama) - Nicole Kidman (Being the Ricardos)## Best Director - Motion Picture - Jane Campion (The Power of the Dog)## Best Actor in a Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy) - Andrew Garfield (Tick, Tick… BOOM!)## Best Actress in a Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy) - Rachel Zegler (West Side Story)## Best Screenplay - Motion Picture - Kenneth Branagh (Belfast)## Best Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture - Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Power of the Dog)## Best Actress in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture - Ariana DeBose (West Side Story)## Best Original Song – Motion Picture - "No Time to Die" from No Time to Die – Billie Eilish, Finneas O'Connell## Best Motion Picture (Foreign Language) - Drive My Car## Best Original Score - Motion Picture - Hans Zimmer (Dune)## Best Motion Picture (Animated) - Encanto## Stay tuned...

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'Sing 2' Becomes First $100M Grosser Animation Movie In North America During Covid-Era
1613 days ago
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'Sing 2' Becomes First $100M Grosser Animation Movie In North America During Covid-Era

Los Angeles, January 9 - Yet another box office milestone is breached during the covid-19 pandemic era. Universal/Illumination's computer-animated musical comedy film, "Sing 2" has become the first animated movie to reach $100 million at the domestic box office (North America) since the beginning of the covid-19 pandemic. ## Directed by Garth Jennings, the sequel to the 2016 film "Sing" breached the $100 million mark on Saturday in just 17 days of its release. This also becomes the first animated film to pass $100 million domestic since Frozen II ($477 million from a $130 million debut) in November 2019. By the end of its 3rd weekend, "Sing 2" will likely stand at $107 million domestically.## Overseas, the Matthew McConaughey/Reese Witherspoon/Scarlett Johansson-led film has earned approx $68 million, pushing its worldwide box office total to $175 million. The 85M budgeted film was theatrically released in the United States on December 22, 2021. The film received mixed-to-positive reviews from critics and moviegoers alike. ## Like the previous film, Sing 2 features songs from many artists, most of which are performed diegetically. The story is set after the events of the previous film, where Buster Moon and his group put on a show in Redshore City while working to impress an entertainment mogul and enlist a reclusive rock star to perform.## Dinsey's musical fantasy comedy is the second-highest-grossing animated film in North America during the health crisis. It grossed $91.9 million domestically and $115.7 million overseas for worldwide box office total to $207.6 million. It is currently playing on Disney+ for its subscribers. ## Stay tuned...

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From Trailer To Pandemic Box Office - 'Spider-Man: No Way Home' Tops Everything
1613 days ago
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From Trailer To Pandemic Box Office - 'Spider-Man: No Way Home' Tops Everything

Mumbai, January 9 - "Spider-Man: No Way Home" continuous to merry records at the global box office. The superhero flick, headed by 25-year old Tom Holland, has been a massive turnaround as far as box office is concerned. When the global box office needed someone to bell it out from the covid-19 pandemic, "No Way Home" shouldered that responsibility and became the global box office king during the health crisis. ## The Marvel/Sony film has so far earned over $1.40 billion at the worldwide box office, becoming the 11th highest-grossing film of all time. At the domestic box office, it has so far grossed $644 million over 22 days. By the end of the 4th weekend, it will become the 6th highest-grossing film of all time at the domestic box office (North America), leapfrogging "Jurassic World" ($652M), and "Titanic" ($659M).## The overseas box office total of "No Way Home" are even stronger than its domestic total. With $759 million in international markets, it is currently the highest-grossing Hollywood film overseas during the entire covid-19 pandemic. "Spider-Man: No Way Home" is already the highest-grossing film at the domestic as well as the worldwide box office for Sony Pictures and also the first $1 billion grosser since December 2019 and the 3rd fastest ever to reach $1B global mark. ## The box office records aren't the only achievement "No Way Home" has gained. This record-breaking juggernaut had begun in August 2021 with the first trailer of the film. The trailer had received an unprecedented response all across the globe which helped it to break the 24-hours all-time viewership record. ## The trailer racked up 355.5 million views worldwide, far outpacing previous record-holder Avengers: Endgame, which boasted 289 million views for its inaugural trailer over its first 24 hours. Worldwide views for the "Spider-Man: No Way Home" trailer are more than double those of the second trailer for "Spider-Man: Far From Home", which boasted 135 million views worldwide in its first 24 hours.## Directed by Jon Watts, the movie stars Tom Holland as Peter Parker/Spider-Man alongside Zendaya, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jacob Batalon, Jon Favreau, Jamie Foxx, Willem Dafoe, Alfred Molina, Benedict Wong, Tony Revolori, Marisa Tomei, Andrew Garfield, and Tobey Maguire in prominent roles. ## In the film, Parker asks Dr. Stephen Strange (Cumberbatch) to use magic to make his Spider-Man identity a secret again following its public revelation at the end of Far From Home. When the spell goes wrong, the multiverse is broken open which allows visitors from alternate realities to enter Parker's universe.## Stay tuned...

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Sony Extends Theatrical Window For 'Spider-Man: No Way Home' For Two More Months
1614 days ago
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Sony Extends Theatrical Window For 'Spider-Man: No Way Home' For Two More Months

Mumbai, January 8 - "Spider-Man" fans in India will have to wait for a longer period to watch "Spider-Man: No Way Home" on the digital platform after the theatrical window of this global blockbuster has been extended in the country. The Tom Holland-fronted, which has grossed over Rs. 260 crores in India so far, will continue to play exclusively in theaters for at least two more months. ## Vivek Krishnani, Managing Director, Sony Pictures Films India says, "The fact that this is the biggest post-pandemic global hit indicates that the audiences are ready to return to theatres if the film in question offers them everything they are looking for. 'Spider-Man: No Way Home' did exactly that".## He adds, "Even though the franchise already had an enviable fan base, the film exceeded everybody's expectations with a staggering star cast, scaled up, breathtaking action, and multiple twists that took the fans by complete surprise and took their breath away. The film will hence continue to stay in theatres because it is still attracting diehard fans for repeated viewings".## The Marvel/Sony superhero film, which was released on December 16 in India in English, Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu, has played a massive role in bringing people back to theaters. It had the widest release ever for a Hollywood movie in India, which helped it to take a thundering opening at the box office. Multiplex chains too have gone all out to ensure the safety of all the movie-goers and are continuing to adhere to the highest standards of cleaning and sanitization.## Kamal Gianchandani, President, Multiplex Association of India and CEO, PVR Pictures Ltd, says, "The winter 2021 season kickstarted with 'Spider-Man: No Way Home' in India with phenomenal advance bookings, a day before the worldwide release. Shows were programmed as early as 4.15 a.m. even on Thursday and were sold out in minutes, which showed the huge craze among Spider-Man fans wanting to watch their favorite superhero on the big screen".## Directed by Jon Watts, "Spider-Man: No Way Home" at becomes the highest-grossing solo superhero movie of all time at the worldwide box office. It surpassed Marvel Studios' "Black Panther" to claim the number 1 spot. ## Stay tuned...

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Gal Gadot Gives Major Updates On 'Wonder Woman 3' And Controversial 'Cleopatra' Biopic
1615 days ago
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Gal Gadot Gives Major Updates On 'Wonder Woman 3' And Controversial 'Cleopatra' Biopic

Los Angeles, January 7 - While Gal Gadot is gearing up for the big-screen release of the mystery thriller "Death on the Nile", due on 11 Feb. 2022, the actress has her eyes already set on her next biographical drama, "Cleopatra". The movie has been in controversy ever since Gadot was cast as an Israeli actor playing the Ancient Egyptian queen. ## Gal Gadot, however, kept herself focused on the film on the historic icon she "admire so much". In a recent interview with InStyle magazine, Gal Gadot opened up about what people can expect from the film. While she didn't reveal much details but called it the "story the world needs to hear now".## "We're going to show not just how sexy and appealing she (Cleopatra) was, but how strategic and smart, and how much impact she had and still has on the world we're living in today. I've watched all the Cleopatra movies throughout history, but I feel like we're telling the story the world needs to hear now", Gadot said. ## "Cleopatra" biopic was supposed to be directed by Patty Jenkins, however, she back out from the project to focus on the 3rd installment of "Wonder Woman" film with Gal. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier helmer Kari Skogland will now direct the biopic. The shoot of the film is expected to begin sometime this year. ## Meanwhile, Gal Gadot will be returning as Prince Diana/Wonder Woman in the 3rd installment of the franchise. It is easily the most-awaited film of Gadot at the global level. During the interview, Gadot was asked about the film and she revealed that the script of the WW3 is currently in development and the production will commence "in a year and a half or so". ## Stay tuned...

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