Author: Milton Milton
In the year 2021, there was not only conflict within the Indian film industry but throughout all of world economy. Covid-19 had caused chaos in every facet of life when it erupted around three months ago. Now, after most people had given up hope and lost their lives to Covid-19 halfway through the year, December brought about fresh hope from a slew of entertaining Bollywood films. Surprisingly though, this phenomenon hasn’t happened often before – out of the past 93 movies to make more than 100 crores at theaters worldwide, 83 has managed to set an example for others by…
The Indian-filmed movie Chhichhore opened in China just last week and has already seen moderate success. The opening weekend saw a gross of 1.7 million USD [Rs. 12.60 cr] for the film – ranking 16th among other similar films that were released before it. Collecting more money than ventures such as Kaabil (USD1.85million or Rs 13, 710,000) and Sultan (USD3.01million or Rs 22,310,000), Chhichhore has been predicted to do even better during its first few days at the Chinese box office before seeing numbers fall off from thereon out due to inflation rates rising over time post its release date…
First it was Sooryavanshi, now it’s Pushpa: The Rise – Part 1 (Hindi). Till the time the Akshay Kumar starrer was playing in theaters, there was a chance that it would enter the Rs. 200 crore club. It’s a different matter that release of Spider-Man: No Way Home and Pushpa meant that it had to end its run at Rs. 197 crore. Now, Pushpa (Hindi) is going through a very similar run. The film is contention for Rs. 100 crore club entry and it would be a photo finish for it as it keeps its drive on for an even…
Spider-Man: No Way Home has received critical acclaim for its awe-inspiring visuals and compelling storyline. It has been widely praised for doing justice to the classic Peter Parker story while also serving as an entertaining introduction for those unfamiliar with his origins. The film opened big, crossing over $1 billion within six days of its release and debuting at number two on the global box office charts behind Avengers: Endgame. It currently holds a 93% score on Rotten Tomatoes and continues to flourish both domestically and internationally with bookings around the world. Now, 18 days after it began running Spider-Man:…
After collecting Rs. 7.73 crores on its second Saturday, the film had a shaky yet steady second Sunday by bringing in Rs. 7.31 crores; but this could have been even greater had not Delhi and Gurgaon theatres been shut down since they are regions where it was performing better than all others before this issue arose. Without those 2 days with considerably less earnings (maybe around 1-2 crore less), the total weekend earnings now appear much higher when they would be nothing special without those 2 days included; so far, the Reliance Entertainment, Sajid Nadiadwala, Vishnu Induri, Deepika Padukone and…
After a pleasantly surprising start at the box office, Pushpa: The Rise – Part 1 continued to perform well during the year-end festive season even after many hurdles were put up against it. On its third week of release, Pushpa managed to rake in another Rs. 15.85 crores, raising it’s current total box office collections to an impressive Rs. 62.94 crores (1). Interestingly, the third weekend collections of Pushpa: The Rise has been reported to be higher than its second weekend which had a collection worth Rs. 12.68 cr due to the postponement of the Shahid Kapoor starrer Jersey and…
Interestingly, Pushpa: The Rise accumulated better totals in its third weekend than during its second. Experts attribute this to the postponement of Jersey that had originally been slated for release on New Year’s Eve; saving some time for Pushpa to play out over the holidays at theaters. It also enjoyed a higher number of screens running into its third weekend compared with before; which has since then decreased because of others movies such as 83 releasing soon after it. With competition from Ranveer Singh’s 83 movie failing drastically and enjoying sluggish response, it is projected that up to Rs. 80…
An unbelievable scenario has occurred at the box office- a dubbed South film has done far better business than a blockbuster Hollywood release and a mega budget Hindi film which released a week later. On Monday, Pushpa: The Rise (Hindi) was the highest collecting film, with collections staying over the Rs. 2 crores mark. No other films in contention managed to match these numbers- this marks an incredible change in Indian cinema industry. The film earned an estimated 2.75 Crores this past weekend for a decent hold even after looking at Friday’s grosses of 3.5 Crores. As it stands, the…
On Monday, 83 fell to number two on the charts bringing in only 2.01 crore rupees – practically nil compared to what it brought in just days before. The decline seems inevitable after this past week, although Sunday performances gave hope that 82 would still hold up enough to keep its presence strong through Friday. It could not though and the overall decline is nearly 60% of what it started off with last Wednesday night at 4.36 crores over three days. Lower ticket prices on Saturdays may account for some of this drop off; however, there’s no denying that people…
Pushpa (Hindi) is now a one horse race as it is collecting more than the combined collections of Spider-Man: No Way Home and 83 on a daily basis. The film is running at lesser count of screens than 83 at least, though it’s a tad greater than the Marvel superhero film. Still, the footfalls are the highest and theatre occupancy also the strongest. What makes the film’s run all the more impressive is that it is playing in theaters that have less than half the average ticket prices that most films play at and still collections are higher for them…