Zee Studios’ Manikarnika -The Queen of Jhansi rules at the box office

Gallops past Rs 60 crores NBOC in week 1, inching closer to 100 crores worldwide 

Crosses over USD 2 MILLION in overseas markets 

Becomes the biggest opening weekend of 2019 till now

Zee Studios announced that their magnum opus, Manikarnika -The Queen of Jhansi, which released to thunderous response from audiences and raving reviews on January 25 has crossed Rs 60 crores NBOC in India and crossed USD 2 million in major overseas markets in its first week. Starring Kangana Ranaut as Rani Lakshmi Bai, the film released in over 3000 screens in India and over 700 screens worldwide in Hindi, Telugu and Tamil.

Zee Studios gave their magnum opus the biggest ever mainstream release seen by any woman-led film in the history of Indian cinema. The film is doing exceptionally well in Delhi NCR, UP, Punjab and Central India and holds steady in rest of the circuits/states.

Speaking on the response to the film, Shariq Patel, CEO, Zee Studios says, “We are humbled and thankful to the audiences for showering their love and appreciation upon the film. Following extremely positive word of mouth, the film has shown unprecedented growth, closing week 1 with over Rs 60 crores NBOC. We have retained more than 60% of the screens in key markets in India and gearing up for a bumper second weekend". 

Vibha Chopra, Head, Zee Studios International (Distribution, Marketing & Acquisitions) added on the film’s overseas performance, “The film tells the epic story of heroism, sacrifice and indomitable strength of a woman that transcends borders. The film has received tremendous positive word of mouth in major markets worldwide. We have retained more than 80% screens in USA and UAE and more than 65% screens in rest of the world". 

Produced by Zee Studios and Kamal Jain, Manikarnika -The Queen of Jhansi, directed by Kangana Ranaut and Radha Krishna Jagarlamudi, is running successfully in theatres worldwide. The film also stars Jisshu Sengupta, Ankita Lokhande, Danny Denzongpa, Atul Kulkarni among others.

Stree Power! - a total winner at the box office

Dinesh Vijan's horror comedy, Stree, has set a record breaking number on its first weekend. The film has seen a massive growth from Friday to Sunday and has garnered a sum total of 32.07 crore in the first three days!

The makers are even more elated since the entire weekend collection is pure profit, they had recovered the money pre release through other avenues such as music, digital and satellite.

A visibly excited Dinesh Vijan says “We expected to open well as the entire campaign got a fantastic response and we were confident that the audiences would love the film. But this kind of love and appreciation is overwhelming! This year has been super for the industry and I am elated that Stree could be part of it!”

The Rajkummar Rao and Shraddha Kapoor starrer had intrigued audiences and critics alike and the strong  word of mouth has increased footfalls this weekend. 

With the positive response film has been  receiving, it is expected to hold strong over the week!

The horror comedy produced by Dinesh Vijan, Raj & DK and directed by Amar Kaushik is in theatres now!

Weekend Collection:Friday 6.82cr
Saturday 10.87cr
Sunday 14.38 cr
Total: 32.07 cr

Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Padmaavat- the highest grossing film of the year so far!

Sanjay Leela Bhansali is the undisputed movie moghul as Padmaavat crossed over 585 crores at the worldwide box office , making it the highest grossing Indian film of the year so far.

The visual extravaganza broke box office records both on home turf and overseas and the filmmaker went on to outdo his last box office numbers, surpassing the collections of his previous blockbusters .

Padmaavat's phenomenal run at the box office stands testimony to why Sanjay Leela Bhansali continues to remain one of the most sought after filmmakers in the country.

Says a trade analyst , "Padmaavat managed a record breaking 525 cr in 3 weeks and currently stands at 585 cr , despite the fact that it was banned in a few states in India and was not headlined by a Khan."

The top 2 Hollywood films now belong to Disney India!

Marvel Studios' Avengers: Infinity War becomes the highest Hollywood grosser in India. With this, the studio now has the nation's top two Hollywood films - Avengers: Infinity War and The Jungle Book to its credit

Over the course of 11 days, Avengers: Infinity War has clocked 192.38 crs NBOC and ( 246.51 cr GBOC) and counting since the movie is still ruling the hearts of fans across the country.

Avengers: Infinity War is currently in theaters  

Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety surpass Padman

Kartik Aaryan’s Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety settles comfortably at the second spot, beating Padman at the Week 2 Collections race. 

Kartik Aaryan, the Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety star has charmed not just audiences with his good looks and talent but also the box office collections. His latest hit, Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety (SKTKS), directed by Luv Ranjan Sen has taken the Bollywood Box office by storm by holding its ground at the box office in Week 2 and has also managed to surpass the Akshay Kumar film PadMan in second week collections. 

SKTKS closed the second week with a cool 29.7 crores in their kitty while the R.Balki film showed a collection of 13.78 crores. Audiences everywhere are loving Kartik Aaryan in his chocolate boy avatar and can’t seem to get enough of the film. 

The film has already surpassed Sonakshi Sinha and Diljit Dosanjh starrer ‘Welcome to New York’ and Anushka Sharma’s ‘Pari’ since its release.  Won’t be long before it reaches the 100 crore mark.

Sony Pictures Entertainment India leads Top 5 Biggest Hollywood releases of 2017

‘Spiderman: Homecoming’ and ‘Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle’ in the top five grossing movies of the year!  

Sony Pictures Entertainment India, one of the leading production and distribution studios in India has had a very successful 2017 with two of its blockbusters films ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’, ‘Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle’, making it to the top 5 of the Biggest Hollywood Grossers of 2017.

Ever since its release ‘Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle’ is leading the charge at the India Box Office. The film has grossed over Rs.62.6 crores at the box office making it the biggest opener. Jumanji’s India Box Office was also ahead among the Asia markets that opened day and date with India. 

In July 2017, 'Spider-man: Homecoming' hit the Indian theatres with a mighty score garnering a total business of Rs.70 crores. The film achieved the highest ever opening of all the Spidey movies released in India.

Not just that, SPE India’s first release of 2018, the horror thriller Insidious: The Last Key has also received a great deal of appreciation from the audience for its intriguing storyline and narrative.  The film has grossed Rs.14.5 Crores so far and is still counting.

Vivek Krishnani, Managing Director, Sony Pictures Entertainment, India says, “We are glad that Sony has demonstrated its market leadership by delivering two of the biggest Hollywood hits of 2017 in India.  Our aim has been to bring highly content driven and entertaining films to the audiences, that are backed by localized and focused marketing strategy and aggressive distribution. Up next is our Hindi co-production, R Balki’s Pad Man that stars Akshay Kumar, Sonam Kapoor and Radhika Apte. It’s one of the most powerful and unbelievable real- life stories to come out of Indian cinema in a long time and we can’t wait to bring the film to the audiences globally”.

The studio's diverse Hollywood line up of 2018 includes animation biggies Peter Rabbit, Hotel Transylvania 3, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse, Tom Hardy starrer 'Venom', crime thriller 'The Girl in the Spider's Web' to Live Action horror comedy 'Goosebumps 2' and many more. On the Bollywood front there is the much awaited and in the news Pad Man.

Ittefaq collection of tuesday

Ittefaq held well on Tuesday, collected 2 cr, cumulative for 5 days is 20.3 cr 

Friday- 4.05 cr 

Saturday- 5.5 cr

Sunday- 6.5 cr

Monday- 2.25

Tuesday- 2 cr

पाकिस्तान बॉक्स ऑफिस की टॉप फाइव फ़िल्में

पाकिस्तान की १ सितम्बर २०१७ को रिलीज़ उर्दू फिल्म पंजाब नहीं जाऊंगी ने उम्मीद से कहीं ज़्यादा बॉक्स ऑफिस कलेक्शन किया था।  इस समय यह पाकिस्तानी फिल्म बॉक्स ऑफिस पर टॉप ३ फिल्मों में जा पहुंची हैं।  हालाँकि, पाकिस्तान के बॉक्स ऑफिस पर टॉप कलेक्शन करने वाली पहले नंबर पर फिल्म इस समय भी जवानी फिर नहीं आनी ही बनी हुई है।  यह फिल्म भी पाकिस्तान के टॉप स्टार हुमायूँ सईद की ही फिल्म है। जवानी फिर नहीं आनी का लाइफ टाइम कलेक्शन ३४ करोड़ का है।  पाकिस्तानी फिल्म के बाद दूसरे नंबर पर बॉलीवुड की फिल्म सुल्तान है।  सलमान खान और अनुष्का शर्मा अभिनीत फिल्म सुल्तान को जिओ फिल्म्स ने पाकिस्तान में रिलीज़ किया था।  इस फिल्म का लाइफ टाइम कलेक्शन ३३ करोड़ है।  पंजाब नहीं जाऊंगी अब तक २६.८ करोड़ का कलेक्शन कर चुकी है।  यह आंकड़े २४ सितम्बर तक है।  पंजाब नहीं जाऊंगी से पीछे २६.७ करोड़ के कलेक्शन के साथ दो फ़िल्में- उर्दू फिल्म एक्टर इन लॉ और हॉलीवुड फिल्म फ़ास्ट ८ है।  पंजाब नहीं जाऊंगी पाकिस्तानी फिल्मों के बॉक्स ऑफिस कलेक्शन के लिहाज़ से दूसरे नंबर पर है।  इस फिल्म ने लाहौर, स्यालकोट, मुल्तान और सरगोधा में सर्वकालिक सर्वाधिक ग्रॉस किया है।

Vivek Anand Oberoi’s Vivegam crosses Rs 100 crores worldwide in its opening weekend

Vivek Anand Oberoi’s debut Tamil film Vivegam has witnessed a thunderous response in its opening week in India and overseas (UK, Australia and France). 

Also featuring south superstar Ajith Kumar, the intense action film has grossed over Rs 100 crores worldwide in just three days, breaking the record held by Rajinikanth’s Kabali for being the highest opening day collection at the Chennai box office. The movie was released in over 3000 theatres worldwide and 800 theatres in Tamil Nadu and other states. 

The film that marks Vivek’s major entry into the South industry has been touted to be the fastest Tamil film to have reached such a phenomenal number over the weekend. As for the India collections, the film grossed Rs 48 crore in addition to Rs 18 crore in the overseas market. This sums up to Rs 66 crore in the first two days! 

Riding high on the success of his latest web series, Inside Edge that once again cemented Vivek’s position as one of the most versatile actors of Bollywood, the talented actor is thrilled with the humongous response for his menacing act in Vivegam.  

Directed by Siva, Vivegam had Ajith playing the role of a spy who is seen fighting a friend-turned-foe played by Vivek. Those who have seen Vivegam couldn’t stop raving about the dare-devil stunts and action scenes pulled off brilliantly by Ajith and Vivek at the exotic locales of Europe. The fans are equally excited to witness the two stars from different industries locking horns in this intense action film.

Toilet Ek Prem Katha Three day Box-Office collection is 51.45Cr

Friday :-      ₹13.10 Cr

Saturday:-   ₹ 17.10Cr

Sunday:-     ₹ 21.25Cr 

Total Collection: 51.45Cr

अभी भी टॉप पर बाहुबली २

साल २०१७ में बॉक्स ऑफिस पर पहले दिन सबसे ज़्यादा ग्रॉस करने वाली चार हिंदी फिल्मों में बाहुबली २ अभी भी टॉप पर है।  इस फिल्म के हिंदी संस्करण ने पहले दिन ४१ करोड़ का बिज़नेस किया था।  अभी तक किसी भी खान की फिल्म इस रिकॉर्ड के आसपास तक नहीं है।  सलमान खान की ईद वीकेंड पर रिलीज़ ट्यूबलाइट तो केवल २१.१५ करोड़ का ग्रॉस ही कर सकी।  शाहरुख़ खान की फिल्म रईस ने ट्यूबलाइट से थोड़ा काम २०.४२ करोड़ का ग्रॉस किया। इसी शुक्रवार रिलीज़ बॉलीवुड के कथित बादशाह खान शाहरुख़ की फिल्म जब हैरी मेट सेजल आक्रामक प्रचार के बावजूद सिर्फ १७.२५ करोड़ की ओपनिंग ही ले सकी है।

Guest iin London welcomed by the audience earns 2.10cr on day one

A day since the release and Guest iin London seems to have stolen the hearts of the audience. The comedy starring Paresh Rawal, Kartik Aaryan, Tanvi Azmi and Kriti Kharbanda has garnered a lot of appreciation from its audience earning 2.10 crores on its opening day.The film which is a laughing riot has been getting a lot of appreciation from all quarters. The relatable concept off the film has made an easy connect with the audience.Panorama Studios presents, A Kiaan Entertainment Ltd (UK) production, produced by Kumar Mangat Pathak and Abhishek Pathak, Guest iin London is written and directed by Ashwni Dhir. Starring Paresh Rawal, Kartik Aaryan, Kriti Kharbanda and Tanvi Azmi, Guest iin London is in theaters now.

Marvel's Doctor Strange makes a phenomenal debut!

Benedict Cumbebatch is now the world's unlikeliest superhero of the hour, with Marvel's Doctor Strange packing a strong Global box office at INR 2180 cr (USD 325 Million) till date. Despite the strong presence of Two Bollywood biggies, India saw an incredibly strong start with a weekend GBOC at 14.03 cr ( 10.10 cr NBOC total till date). In fact, Sunday was 52% stronger than day 1 accumulating a GBOC of 5.57 cr (4.01 cr NBOC) on Sundayalone! Given the strong word of mouth screens / shows were added during the course of the weekend and this is Marvel's 14th consecutive hit!

From Marvel Studios comes “Doctor Strange,” the story of world-famous neurosurgeon Dr. Stephen Strange whose life changes forever after a horrific car accident robs him of the use of his hands. When traditional medicine fails him, he is forced to look for healing, and hope, in an unlikely place—a mysterious enclave known as Kamar-Taj. He quickly learns that this is not just a center for healing but also the front line of a battle against unseen dark forces bent on destroying our reality. Before long Strange—armed with newly acquired magical powers—is forced to choose whether to return to his life of fortune and status or leave it all behind to defend the world as the most powerful sorcerer in existence. 

“Doctor Strange” stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rachel McAdams, Benedict Wong, Michael Stuhlbarg, Benjamin Bratt and Scott Adkins, with Mads Mikkelsen and Tilda Swinton. Scott Derrickson is directing with Kevin Feige producing. Louis D’Esposito, Stephen Broussard, Victoria Alonso, Charles Newirth and Stan Lee serve as executive producers. Jon Spaihts and Scott Derrickson & C. Robert Cargill wrote the screenplay. Join Strange on his dangerous, mystifying and totally mind-bending journey.

MSG The Warrior Lionheart 1st day creates history with 18.07cr within 24 hour shows and blockbuster collection

MSG The Warrior Lionheart has become the first film in Bollywood ever to run its opening shows for 24 hours on a trot. The film released at 12 midnight Thursday, and has gone on in theatres non stop in several locations in North India. On Friday, the film has done the best business out of all Friday releases raking in 18.070 Crores gross at the box office. Independent trade websites and magazines have corroborated the excellent performance of the film and it's extreme fan craze. 

MSG The Warrior Lionheart has gathered unexpected momentum. An independent and objective analysis of public reviews and fan craze shows extreme fan craze. Bollywood film websites have independently confirmed and uploaded videos of joyous fans of MSG celebrating as they queue up in hordes.On the collections front, MSG has also started on a very strong footing.The distributor of Mumbai, Ashish Wagh, East Punjab distributor, Pankaj Khemka, Brijesh Tandon from Delhi and UP, Sanjay Marudhar from Rajasthan territory have all confirmed that houseful footfall are the norm in every MSG release and this one has upped the ante.MSG The Warrior Lionheart is a family entertainer that engages the youth and children with its unique storyline and grand panorama. The visuals are engrossing and there is never a dull moment throughout.

Yash Raj Films’ SULTAN Sets New Benchmarks - Breaks Opening Weekend Records Grossing INR 345 CR / $51M Worldwide!

SULTAN - WORLDWIDE BOX OFFICE COLLECTIONS
DOMESTIC - OPENING WEEKEND
Wednesday	INR 36.54 Cr
Thursday	INR 37.32 Cr
Friday	INR 31.67 Cr
Saturday	INR 36.62 Cr
Sunday	INR 38.21 Cr
DOMESTIC - NBOC	INR 180.36 Cr
DOMESTIC - GBOC	INR 252.5 Cr	$ 37.7 M
INTERNATIONAL - OPENING WEEKEND
Wednesday	INR 20.4 Cr
Thursday	INR 18.5 Cr
Friday	INR 18.8 Cr
Saturday	INR 19.8 Cr
Sunday	INR 14.5 Cr
INTERNATIONAL - GBOC	INR 92.0 Cr	$ 13.7 M
WORLDWIDE GROSS BOX OFFICE	INR 344.5 Cr	$ 51.4 M

DOMESTIC BOX OFFICE:

#Highest Advance Booking Of All Time.

#Widest Screen Count Of All Time. (Hindi Version Only)

#Highest Pre-Eid Opening Day Collections.

#Highest Three Day Weekend Collections. (Hindi Version Only)

#Most Consecutive Days Over INR 30.00 Cr NBOC. (Five Days)

#Most Number Of Days Above INR 35.00 Cr NBOC. (Four Days)

#Averaging INR 36.07 Cr NBOC Per Day Over The Opening Weekend.

#Fastest Movie To Cross INR 150 Cr NBOC. ( 5 Days)

#Fastest Movie To Cross INR 175 Cr NBOC. ( 5 Days)

#Highest Opening Weekend Collection Of All Time. (INR 180.36 Cr NBOC & INR 253 Cr GBOC)

#Highest Opening Weekend Collection Of Salman Khan.

#Highest Opening Weekend Collection Of Yash Raj Films.

#Highest Opening Weekend Collection Of An EID Release.

#First Movie To Gross INR 345 Cr Worldwide Over The Opening Weekend.

INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE:

UAE-GCC

#Highest Advance Booking For Any Movie Ever – Hollywood or Indian.

#Biggest Opening Day Ever.

#Highest Opening Weekend Ever.

#Fastest $ 5 Million In Five Days.

U.S. & CAN

#Biggest Non-Holiday Opening Day Collection.

Pakistan

#Biggest Opening Day Ever.

#Highest Opening Weekend Ever.

#Fastest $ 1 Million in Three Days.

U.K. & IRE

#Biggest Opening Day Ever.

#Highest Opening Weekend Ever.

Australia

#Highest Opening Weekend Ever.

New Zealand

#Highest Opening Weekend Ever.

After a stunning start on Wednesday, SULTAN continues to be unstoppable at both the Domestic and International Box Office!

Finding Dory is all set to reach the coveted mark of 400 Million Internationally

Collection Update: Disney's 'Finding Dory' remains steady with 9.29 Crores in 2nd weekend in India

Alien invaders were no match for cute fish at the box office this weekend, as Finding Dory dominated for a second week in a row. Finding Dory continues to power along with a second global weekend over $100M, taking the estimated cume to date to almost $400M already.  In North America, the cume is already up to an amazing $287M after just 10 days of release, posting a strong hold of -46% this weekend and holding the #1 spot.  Internationally, Finding Dory is following a staggered release to take advantage of local holidays and has opened in only a few key markets.  New openings were strong in France and Spain while Finding Dory plays extremely strongly in Australia and New Zealand while in China it is about to be the #1 Pixar release of all-time.  Like the US, holds in the second weekend were strong, especially across Latin America.

With the gross to date earned on Finding Dory, that now means that Pixar releases have grossed over $10Bn globally over 17 movies starting in 1995 with Toy Story.

The Jungle Book continues to swing along strongly in Korea, taking the global cume to $929M with Japan still due to open in August.

Zootopia continues to perform well in Japan, with an 8th consecutive weekend as #1 Western releases and no drop-off from last weekend.

The animated sequel has now earned $396.9 million globally.

As expected the film has done well at the box office despite local competition India!

Finding Dory collected 2.79 Crores GBOC (Gross box office collection) in the second weekend.

Cumulative total GBOC - 13.46 Cr

2.01 Crores NBOC (Net Box Office Collection)

Cumulative total NBOC - 9.29 Cr

Saturday was 139% of Growth of Friday and Sunday's growth over Friday is 170%

And it hold the #1 position for Disney-Pixar animation movie in India

Dory has been steady and is swimming consistently!The fun family film has been loved by people across all ages!!

The industry is abuzz about the historic DORY results globally.

The records that Finding Dory broke in just the initial few days are impressive and include the opening weekend record for an animated film, the largest single day and opening day for an animated film. It also took the record for the largest per-theater average for a wide opening animated release.

Good content always "finds" its audiences!! FINDING DORY is currently in theaters.

Housefull 3 grosses 100 cr worldwide in the opening weekend

     Eros International & Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment’s Housefull 3 laughs its way to the box office to gross 100 crore                   worldwide in its opening weekend

      Grosses Rs. 73.02 crores in India and Rs. 27.01 overseas

                 Biggest opener of the year

                Akshay Kumar’s biggest opener

Eros International, India’s leading global company in the Indian film industry announced the record breaking success of one of the biggest franchises, Housefull 3 at the box office. The film has collected over Rs. 100.03 crores (USD 15 million) across the globe in the opening weekend with Rs. 73.02 crores gross (Rs. 53.31 crores Net box Office) in India and Rs. 27.01 crores overseas. Produced by Sajid Nadiadwala & Eros International and directed by Farhad-Sajid, the film starring Akshay Kumar, Riteish Deshmukh and Abhishek Bachchan opened worldwide on 3rd June 2016.

One of the most anticipated films of the year, Housefull 3 set the cash registers ringing with the release day (Friday) collecting over ₹ 15.21 crores in India and continued to witness the upward trend on Saturday with ₹ 16.30 crores. Courtesy a blockbuster Sunday, the film saw an unprecedented response raking in ₹ 21.80 crores, taking the total weekend net to Rs. 53.31 crores.The film opened to an impressive start in the overseas markets as well with phenomenal collections in the US and Canada with USD 700000 plus in 3 days. The film collected approximately F$141,000 in Fiji in 4 days, creating a new record to become the highest ever Bollywood grosser in the country, beating Bajrangi Bhaijaan’s collections of F$125,000. 

Commenting on the film’s success, Nandu Ahuja, Sr. VP, India Theatrical, Eros International Media Ltd said, “We are elated with the response Housefull 3 has garnered across India. The film is a complete laugh riot, a family entertainer that has appealed to audiences of all age brackets and the weekend box office collections are a testimony to that. This marks the return of comedy and the film has lived up to the huge hype and expectations from the successful franchise”. 

Commenting on the overseas success, Pranab Kapadia, President - Marketing and Distribution, Eros International Plc, says, “Housefull 3 was one of the most awaited films of 2016 in the overseas markets and a perfect start to the summer. The film has opened tremendously across UK, US, Canada and UAE. We are confident that the film will continue its winning streak at the box office this week as well.”

Eros International now gears up for its  next release with Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment, buddy cop action adventure Dishoom, starring John Abraham, Varun Dhawan and Jacqueline Fernandez and directed by Rohit Dhawan, slated to release worldwide on 29th July 2016.