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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Ranbir Kapoor's 'Animal' Score Record Viewership On Netflix In The Opening Weekend
867 days ago
Bollywood

Ranbir Kapoor's 'Animal' Score Record Viewership On Netflix In The Opening Weekend

Mumbai, January 31 - After the glorious box office journey, Ranbir Kapoor-led Animal is proving to be a jackpot for Netflix with record viewership. Directed by Sandeep Reddy Vanga, the action drama film was put on streaming on January 26, eight weeks after the theatrical release in all versions. ## Animal, a topic of discussion on social media over its sensitive subject, scored a massive 20.8 million viewing hours from 6.2 million views in the first 3 days. It is easily the most-viewed post-theatrical release on Netflix in the opening weekend and it could become the most-viewed Indian film for the streamer. ## The movie has comfortably beaten the viewership of the recently released Pan India movie Salaar: Part 1 - Ceasefire, which has scored 10.30 million viewing hours from 3.5 million views in the first 10 days. Interestingly, Salaar was made available only after 4 weeks of theatrical run in South Indian languages. The Hindi version of the film will stream later. ## Previously, superstar Shah Rukh Khan's Jawan was reportedly the most viewed post-theatrical Indian release on Netflix with approximately 15 million viewing hours in the first weekend, and now, Animal has taken the top spot by a very good margin in terms of viewing hours though the long runtime of the film has helped it in a big way. ## Animal has been trending in the top 10 in 16 countries, including number 1 India, UAE, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Qatar, and Mauritius. Salaar, on the other hand, is trending in 9 countries in its second week in the top 10.## Stay tuned...

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Hrithik Roshan's 'Fighter' Emerged Number 1 Movie Globally For The Weekend
869 days ago
Bollywood

Hrithik Roshan's 'Fighter' Emerged Number 1 Movie Globally For The Weekend

Mumbai, January 29 - Bollywood star Hrithik Roshan and Deepika Padukone's Fighter emerged as the number 1 film globally for the weekend. It is the first Indian film of 2024 to top the worldwide box office weekend chart, beating Hollywood biggies. ## Directed by Siddharth Anand, the aerial action thriller grossed around 142 crores at the domestic box office over a 4-day weekend and overseas collection is an estimated 61.50 crores for a worldwide 203.75 crores gross box office. North America is the best-performing overseas market for the film with an estimated $4.3 million (36 crores). ## Fighter beats the Hollywood romantic comedy "Anyone but You" which scored $19 million (158 crores) this weekend at the worldwide box office, including $4.8 million (40 crores) in the USA alone. "The Beekeeper" was the third-best weekend grosser $18.3 million (152 crores) worldwide. ## Produced by Viacom18 Studios and Marflix Pictures, Fighter surpassed the lifetime worldwide gross box office collection (both domestically and overseas) of Hrithik Roshan's last film "Vikram Vedha" (135.50 crores) in just three days. With today's collection (5th day), it has become Hrithik's 4th highest-grossing film worldwide. ## The film stars Hrithik Roshan, Deepika Padukone and Anil Kapoor alongside Karan Singh Grover, Rishabh Sawhney, Akshay Oberoi, Sanjeeda Sheikh, and Ashutosh Rana in key roles, and serves as the first instalment in a planned aerial action franchise. It is inspired by the Balakot Air Strike conducted by the Indian Air Force. ## Stay tuned...

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'Sam Bahadur' Final Worldwide Box Office Collection and Records
869 days ago
Bollywood

'Sam Bahadur' Final Worldwide Box Office Collection and Records

Mumbai, January 28 - Actor Vicky Kaushal was one of the few actors who succeeded at the box office in 2023. The actor hasn't had much success since Uri: The Surgical Strike (2019) until last year in which two of his three theatrical releases emerged as box-office hits and he also played a vital cameo in Shah Rukh Khan's Dunki. ## One of the successful films of the actor was biographical drama Sam Bahadur. The Meghna Gulzar's directorial film was released on December 1, 2023, in a direct clash with mega blockbuster Animal. Despite the juggernaut of Ranbir Kapoor-starrer, Sam Bahadur managed to get the love of its target audience. ## Produced by RSVP Movies, Sam Bahadur opened to a decent collection of 6.25 crores net and with positive word of mouth, the film managed to clock around 25.50 crores net in the first weekend and approximately 39 crores net in the full week. The movie showed a good hold in the second weekend earning around 26 crores net, followed by another good hold in the third week for 17.35 crores net. ## Sam Bahadur, after the arrival of Dunki and Salaar, found things tough but still kept pushing due to the positive word-of-mouth as it scored around 12 crores net in the next 5 weeks. At once, it looked like the film might touch the 100 crore net mark but competition from new releases kept it under the magical mark. ## The movie has almost completed its box office journey with a net collection of around 94 crores which can be called hit numbers. Overseas, the movie minted around 18.50 crores gross for a worldwide gross of over 130 crores against a budget of around 50 crores. The movie scored around 47 lakh footfalls. ## Here is the final box office breakdown of Sam Bahadur## India Net Collection - 94.00 Cr. Approx.## India Gross Collection - 111.80 Cr.## Overseas Collection - 18.50 Cr. (estimated)## Worldwide Collection - 130.30 Cr.## Box Office Verdict - Hit## Stay tuned...

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Mega Blockbuster 'Animal' Final Worldwide Box Office Collection and Records
871 days ago
Bollywood

Mega Blockbuster 'Animal' Final Worldwide Box Office Collection and Records

Mumbai, January 25 - Bollywood star Ranbir Kapoor and director Sandeep Reddy Vanga's action drama Animal, which marked the duo's maiden collaboration, has started playing on Netflix, but not before setting new box office benchmarks for Indian cinema.## Animal was released on December 1, 2023, and instantly caught the moviegoers' attention despite the criticism from a section of society for the subject of the movie. The movie was censored with adult adult-only certificate and despite age restrictions, it opened to historic numbers at the box office by taking the opening of 76 crores gross (63.80 crores net) in India. ## The opening of the film was just a trailer for what was coming next as it went on the score over 200 crores net (240+ crores gross) in the 3-day opening weekend and 337+ crores net (402 crores gross) in the first full week. In Hindi, the movie scored over 300 crores net and became the 3rd biggest net grosser of the first week. ## The box office juggernaut of Animal continued in the second week in which the movie grossed 167 crores (139 crores net) with a drop of under 60%, followed by another rock-solid hold in the third week with 65 crores gross (54.50 crores net). Animal had a big drop in the 4th week due to the arrival of Shah Rukh Khan's Dunki and Prabhas-fronted Salaar, but since then, the movie showed strong legs and remained steady for the next couple of weeks. ## The steady performance of the film eventually helped the original Hindi version to go past the magical milestone of 500 crores net, making it only the 5th film after Baahubali, Pathaan, Gadar 2, and Jawan to achieve the feat. ## The movie has now almost finished its box office journey with a domestic gross collection of 660 crores. Overseas, the movie did excellent business to score over 250 crores. Animal was one of the most-watched Indian films of 2023 with an estimated footfall of around 3.30 crores in all versions.## Here is the final box office breakdown of Animal## India Net Collection - 553.90 Cr. Approx. (all language)## Hindi Net Collection - 503 Cr. Approx.## India Gross Collection - 660.00 Cr.## Overseas Collection - 255.00 Cr. (estimated)## Worldwide Collection - 915.00 Cr.## Box Office Verdict - All-Time Blockbuster## Animal is produced by T-Series in association with Bhadrakali Pictures and Cine1 Studios. It was the third highest-grossing Indian film of 2023, and during its box office journey, the movie shattered many records and ended up as one of the biggest Indian blockbusters of all time. Have a look at some of the major box office records scored by Animal. ## - Highest-grossing A-rated Indian film of all-time at the domestic and worldwide box office.## - Highest-grossing film of Ranbir Kapoor.## - Highest-grossing film of director Sandeep Reddy Vanga.## - First and only A-rated film to score 500 crores net collection.## - Highest-grossing Bollywood film in dubbed Telugu version.## - Fourth highest-grossing Bollywood film of all-time.## - Third highest-grossing Indian film of 2023.## Stay tuned...

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Hrithik Roshan, Deepika Padukone's 'Fighter' Opening Day Box Office Expectations
873 days ago
Bollywood

Hrithik Roshan, Deepika Padukone's 'Fighter' Opening Day Box Office Expectations

Mumbai, January 24 - Bollywood star Hrithik Roshan and Deepika Padukone's aerial action thriller Fighter, which reunites the duo with director Siddharth Anand, is all set to hit the big screens tomorrow, January 25, amid a lot of expectations. ## Touted as one of its kind aerial actioner in Indian cinema, "Fighter" was censored with a 'U/A' certificate with an approved runtime of 2 hours and 43 minutes. The movie is expected to have a wide release on over 4200 screens nationwide, as per the industry buzz. ## "Fighter" was expected to be a frontloaded opener at the box office and keeping that in mind, the makers opened the bookings on January 20. The movie did receive a very good response in advances in the first 24 hours but the pace got slow as the release date got nearer. ## With a few hours to go for the first show to begin, the pre-sales are nearing 7 crores gross with over 214K tickets sold. The final sales are expected to be around 8 crores which is much better than Hrithik's last film "Vikram Vedha", but is still underwhelming as the scale of "Fighter" is huge, plus director Siddharth is coming after the mega-blockbuster success of "Pathaan" with superstar Shah Rukh Khan. ## The pre-sales trend of "Fighter" is indicating an opening in the range of 25 crores net and if it receives positive word of mouth, there is a good chance of it going beyond this mark as January 26 is the Republic Day holiday which means evening and night shows could go houseful on the opening day.## The star power involved will drive the opening of the film that initially looked like a frontloaded one. The Republic Day weekend should work in favour of it but the overall box office prospects beyond the Holiday frame will depend on what kind of reception it gets from paying audiences in the first 4-days. ## Stay tuned...

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Netflix Top 10: Prabhas-Fronted 'Salaar: Part 1 - Ceasefire' Scored 1.5+ Million Views In The First Weekend
874 days ago
Tollywood

Netflix Top 10: Prabhas-Fronted 'Salaar: Part 1 - Ceasefire' Scored 1.5+ Million Views In The First Weekend

Mumbai, January 24 - Pan India superstar Prabhas-fronted action drama Salaar: Part 1 - Ceasefire scored a decent viewership on its Netflix debut after concluding the box office journey with over 600 crores gross worldwide. ## Directed by Prashanth Neel, "Salaar: Ceasefire" was made available to watch digitally on 20 January in South Indian languages, 28 days after the theatrical release. In the first two days, the movie scored 4.7 million viewing hours from 1.6 million views. ## It was the third most-watched non-English film worldwide on Netflix during the week of January 15 - January 21. While the numbers are decent, Netflix would have hoped for more considering the film's box-office performance. The viewership of "Salaar" is in the lines of any other mid-range Indian film on the streamer. ## "Salaar" is trending only in 4 countries in the top 10, including number 1 in India. This is another sign that the movie failed to reach wider audiences outside India and this was also reflected in its overseas box office performance as it grossed around 130 crores, which is less compared to most of the recent Pan India biggies. ## Stay tuned...

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Mohanlal's 'Malaikottai Vaaliban' Set To Open Big At The Box Office
875 days ago
Mollywood

Mohanlal's 'Malaikottai Vaaliban' Set To Open Big At The Box Office

Kochi, January 23 - Malayalam superstar Mohanlal must be on cloud nine after scoring a big blockbuster success at the box office in the form of courtroom drama "Neru". Jeetu Joseph's directorial movie grossed over 85 crores at the worldwide box office while total business including OTT and satellite is over 100 crores. ## After Neru, Mohanlal could score another big commercial success in under two months with his upcoming period action drama Malaikottai Vaaliban, directed by Lijo Jose Pellissery. The movie is seen as a potential blockbuster by the Malayalam trade and as far as the opening is concerned, the movie is set for a big start. ## The bookings for Malaikottai Vaaliban are pretty good at around 2.60 crores gross (including block seats) for the opening day, which is one of the biggest for a Malayalam title. With still more than a day left for the release, the pre-sales of the movie should easily finish over 3 crores for the opening day. ## The pre-sales trend is good enough for the movie to open with 5+ crores gross at the domestic box office. In fact, this is the highest advance for a Mohanlal movie in recent times, so that is a positive sign for the film and if it gets a positive reception, then it can emerge as one of the biggest Malayalam hits ever. ## The film is jointly produced by John & Mary Creative, Century Films, Maxlab Cinemas and Entertainments, and Yoodlee Films, along with Amen Movie Monastery. The film stars Mohanlal in the title role alongside Sonalee Kulkarni, Hareesh Peradi, Danish Sait, and Manikandan R. Achari, among others in key roles. ## Malaikottai Vaaliban is scheduled to be released on January 25, during the Republic Day weekend. ## Stay tuned...

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Box Office: Hanuman Emerges Big Sankranthi Winner; Tops 200 Crore Worldwide
876 days ago
Tollywood

Box Office: Hanuman Emerges Big Sankranthi Winner; Tops 200 Crore Worldwide

Mumbai, January 22 - Director Prashanth Varma's superhero movie Hanuman has emerged as a big Sankranthi 2024 winner at the domestic and worldwide box office. The film not only surpassed bigger titles but is also on course to become the biggest Sankranthi winner ever in Telugu cinema. ## Hanuman was released on January 12 with superstar Mahesh Babu's action drama "Guntur Kaaram" which is a much bigger movie in terms of star power and scale. Hanuman overcame the initial obstacles to become the big blockbuster and eventually topped Guntur Kaaram at the domestic as well as the worldwide box office. ## Starring Teja Sajja in the lead role, Hanuman scored approximately 198 crores worldwide in the first 10 days, and with today's collection, it has crossed the 200 crore gross mark and becomes the first Indian movie of the year and first ever for director Varma and actor Teja to do so.## The movie, apart from its original Telugu version, has emerged as a success story in the dubbed Hindi version. It has scored around 34 crores net (40+ crores gross) in Hindi in the first 10 days and is on course to finish over 50 crores net mark which is a massive win for the film. ## Hanuman is trending above all other movies at the moment, and it is expected to cross the 250 crores mark by the next week. It was made on a budget of around 30 crores, and considering this, it has emerged as the biggest Telugu box-office blockbuster ever released at the Sankranthi festival. ## Produced by Primeshow Entertainment, the film stars Teja Sajja, Amrita Iyer, Varalakshmi Sarathkumar, Raj Deepak Shetty, and Vinay Rai in key roles. The film is set in the fictional village Anjanadri. This will be the first film of Prashant Varma Cinematic Universe (PVCU). ## Stay tuned...

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Box Office: Mahesh Babu's 'Guntur Kaaram' Leads Among Sankranthi Releases After First Week; Hanuman To Overtake Soon
879 days ago
Tollywood

Box Office: Mahesh Babu's 'Guntur Kaaram' Leads Among Sankranthi Releases After First Week; Hanuman To Overtake Soon

Hyderabad, January 19 - Superstar Mahesh Babu's action drama Guntur Kaaram is leading among the Sankranthi 2024 releases after the first week. The Trivikram Srinivas' directorial has done well during the festive season, despite the mixed word of mouth. ## Released on January 12, the Haarika & Hassine Creations' produced venture has managed to score approximately 157 crores at the worldwide box office in the first 7 days. In India, the movie has minted around 127 crores gross while the overseas collection is approximately 30 crores. ## Guntur Kaaram needs to hold decently in the coming days to emerge as a successful venture which is now looking very much possible. After the second day, on which the collection dropped by around 70%, the break-even target was looking difficult but the festive season helped the movie to find stability and now, it is in a much better position at the box office. ## Director Prashant Varma's superhero movie Hanuman is giving tough competition to Guntur Kaaram and it will soon overtake the latter at the worldwide box office. The movie has been a revolution since its debut on January 12, and despite getting far fewer screens, the movie is not far behind Babu's film at the worldwide box office.## In the first 7 days, Hanuman grossed approximately 142.50 crores at the worldwide box office, including approximately 104 crores at the domestic box office. Hanuman has already taken the lead over Guntur Kaaram at the overseas box office with approximately 38.50 crores gross after the first week. The movie is headed for finishing well over 200 crores globally, emerging as one of the biggest success stories in Telugu cinema. ## Nagarjuna Akkineni's action drama Naa Saami Ranga, which was released on January 14, has done well so far to emerge as a box office hit. The movie was released amid decent expectations and it has lived up its whatever hype it had to score around 27 crores gross at the worldwide box office in the first 5 days. ## Saindhav, starring Venkatesh Daggubati, has been underwhelming at the box office so far and is unlikely to reach its break-even target. In the first 6 days, the movie grossed approximately 18 crores at the worldwide box office, including around 16.25 crores domestically. The tight competition and mixed word-of-mouth come as a roadblock for it. ## Stay tuned...

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Hrithik Roshan's 'Fighter' Overseas Advance Booking Opens On Strong Note
880 days ago
Bollywood

Hrithik Roshan's 'Fighter' Overseas Advance Booking Opens On Strong Note

Mumbai, January 18 - Bollywood star Hrithik Roshan and director Siddharth's Fighter is getting ready to release on January 25, during the Republic Day weekend. The aerial action thriller marks the third collaboration between the duo and is easily one of the most-anticipated Bollywood films of 2024. ## The bookings for Fighter have already opened in some overseas territories and the initial response is strong. According to overseas collection trackers, the movie's pre-sales are nearing $100K for the opening day with more than 7 days left for the release. ## The exact pre-sales details will be known shortly once the full-fledged bookings open. However, looking at the early reception, Fighter is up for a big start at the overseas box office. In India, the tickets will go on sale by January 20, and as said, it is expected to open with big numbers. ## Produced by Viacom18 Studios and Marflix Pictures, Fighter is an aerial action thriller which takes inspiration from Balakot Air Strike, launched by the Indian Air Force to target terrorist camps in PoK after the cowardly 2019 Pulwama attack on the Indian Army which claimed the lives of 40 brave soldiers.## The film stars Hrithik Roshan, Deepika Padukone, and Anil Kapoor in prominent roles as Air Force officers alongside Karan Singh Grover, Akshay Oberoi, Sanjeeda Sheikh, Rishabh Sawhney (main villain), and Ashutosh Rana. It will be released on January 25, in the regular and the IMAX format. ## Stay tuned...

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Netflix Announces Post-Theatrical Streaming Slate of Upcoming Tamil Films
880 days ago
Kollywood

Netflix Announces Post-Theatrical Streaming Slate of Upcoming Tamil Films

Mumbai, January 17 - Netflix has been on an announcement spree regarding the post-theatrical streaming slate of South Indian films. The streamer recently announced several Telugu films which will stream on its platform after their theatrical run and now, it has announced Tamil titles. ## One of the biggest Tamil films to stream on Netflix after its theatrical release is superstar Ajith Kumar's VidaaMuyarchi, directed by Magizh Thirumeni and produced by Lyca Productions. The theatrical release of the film is yet to be announced but it is expected to release either Diwali this year or Sankranthi 2025. It will stream in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada. ## Netflix also has Lyca's Indian 2, starring legendary Kamal Haasan and directed by Shankar. A sequel to the 1996 blockbuster "Indian", it is easily one of the Tamil films of the year, scheduled to release during summer. It will be available to stream on Netflix in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, and Hindi, post its theatrical release. ## Chiyaan Vikram's period action drama Thangalaan, directed by directed by Pa. Ranjith and produced by Studio Green, is also grabbed by Netflix. The movie is announced for theatrical release in April 2024. Sony Pictures International Production's debut in Tamil cinema, tentatively titled SK21, also produced by Kamal Haasan's Raaj Kamal Films International, starring Sivakarthikeyan and Sai Pallavi, is also part of the Netflix lineup. ## Among the other films, Vijay Sethupathi's Maharaja directed by Nithilan Saminathan along with Keerthy Suresh-led Passion Film Factory and The Route's Revolver Rita directed by K. Chandru, Dream Warrior Pictures’ Kannivedi, SNS Productions' Sorgavaasal, and AGS Entertainment's Conjuring Kannappan is also part of Netflix's line-up. ## The unreleased films will debut on Netflix after their theatrical releases. All the films will also be available in versions dubbed in the other three southern Indian languages — Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada — and in most cases in the northern Indian language Hindi as well.## Stay tuned...

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Netflix Announces Post-Theatrical Streaming Telugu Films In 2024
882 days ago
Tollywood

Netflix Announces Post-Theatrical Streaming Telugu Films In 2024

Hyderabad, January 15 - Netflix has acquired the post-theatrical streaming rights of some of the biggest Telugu Pan-Indian films in 2024 and beyond. The streamer has been putting efforts to make a mark in the Indian digital space and its upcoming South Indian slate is the first major push. ## The biggest film Netflix has acquired is the upcoming Pan India movie Pushpa - The Rule. Starring superstar Allu Arjun, the action drama film is scheduled to release theatrically on August 15, 2024, in multiple languages and it is likely to be available on Netflix after an 8-week theatrical window in Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam, Kannada, and Tamil. ## Superstar Jr. NTR's action drama Devara - Part 1, directed by Koratala Siva, is another big Telugu Pan India film acquired by Netflix after its theatrical release, which is on April 5. The movie, just like Pushpa 2, is expected to be ready to stream after 8 weeks of the theatrical window in Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam, Kannada, and Tamil. ## Director Prashanth Neel and superstar Prabhas' Salaar: Part 1 - Ceasefire, which was released during Christmas 2023 weekend, will also be streaming on Netflix soon. The movie has emerged as a big box office success with a worldwide gross collection of over 600 crores. Netflix will stream it in Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, and Tamil language. ## The line-up also includes Vijay Deverakonda's untitled action drama film VD 12, directed by Gowtam Tinnanuri. The theatrical release date of the movie is not locked yet. Veteran Nandamuri Balakrishna's untitled action drama NBK 109, directed by Bobby will also be streaming on Netflix after its theatrical run. ## Other films on Netflix's Telugu slate are Sithara Entertainments' Tillu Square a sequel to 2022 hit "DJ Tillu", starring Siddhu, Studio Green's Buddy, starring Allu Sirish; Sithara Entertainments' Gangs of Godavari starring Vishwak Sen, GA2 Pictures' Production No. 9, and UV Creations' Production 12, starring Kartikeya Gummakonda. ## All of the upcoming Telugu films announced by Netflix will first be released in theatres before they become available for streaming in the original languages, along with other dubbed versions. ## Stay tuned...

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