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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Box Office: 'Interstellar' Becomes The Biggest Hollywood Re-Release Grosser In India
485 days ago
Hollywood

Box Office: 'Interstellar' Becomes The Biggest Hollywood Re-Release Grosser In India

Mumbai, February 13 - Legendary director Christopher Nolan's epic sci-fi adventure Interstellar re-release has proved to be a masterstroke for Warner Bros. Pictures as the movie has become the highest-grossing Hollywood re-release grosser at the Indian box office. ## The film, starring Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway, was re-released in Indian cinemas on February 7 for a limited period of just 7 days. This short run proved to be enough for the movie to beat the maverick director James Cameron's all-time great Titanic 3D re-release gross collection of 18 crores. ## In the 6 days so far, Interstellar has grossed approximately 18+ crores, making it the number 1 Hollywood repeat title in India. In its original release back in 2014, the film was a big success with a gross collection of around 42 crores or $6.85 million (without adjusting to inflation), according to Box Office Mojo. ## At the worldwide box office, Interstellar has grossed $759.4 million, including $681 million in its original run. In India, the total gross of the film stands at around 62+ crores collection after re-release grosses. It is one of the Nolan's biggest grossers. ## Stay tuned...

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Box Office - 'Captain America: Brave New World' Eyes Worldwide Opening of $200 Million
486 days ago
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Box Office - 'Captain America: Brave New World' Eyes Worldwide Opening of $200 Million

Los Angeles, February 12 - This Valentine's Day weekend is expected to shower love at the box office in the form of Marvel Studios' Captain America: Brave New World, the first superhero movie of the year. ## Directed by Julius Onah, the fourth instalment in the Captain America film series had its world premiere yesterday (local time) and the early reactions are coming in as mixed. However, the film is likely to fly at the box office according to the trade projections. ## The Hollywood trade is projecting Brave New World to open in the range of $80 million-$85 million over a 3-day Valentine's Day and about $90 million - $100 million over a 4-day Presidents Day weekend. The film is more of a political thriller and projection indicates almost similar to 2014's Captain America: Winter Soldier which opened at $95 million in 3-day. ## Overseas, the Anthony Mackie-fronted tentpole is projected to hit $100 million - $110 million over a 5-day opening weekend, for a global opening in the range of $200 million which is touted to be superb for a new look Captain America film that is without the OG Captain America, Steve Rogers. ## It is the first Marvel Cinematic Universe movie since the $1.33+ billion mega-blockbuster Deadpool & Wolverine in July 2024, so the momentum is with the Brave New World. The advances for the same are said to be superb so the movie is likely to match or score above the projections. ## Stay tuned...

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Box Office: Top 10 Highest-Grossing Films In A Single Market
489 days ago
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Box Office: Top 10 Highest-Grossing Films In A Single Market

Mumbai, February 9 - In a watershed moment for the box office, the Chinese animated Ne Zha 2 has become the first ever film to score a $1 billion gross collection in a single market. The blockbuster sequel has achieved this rarest of the rare milestones at the China box office, doing this in just 12 days. ## On its 11th day, Ne Zha 2 outgrossed the Hollywood blockbuster Star Wars: The Force Awakens' domestic total of $936.7 million to become the biggest grosser in the single market. China, along with North America is the biggest box office market and both of them have 5 films each in the top 10 highest-grossing films in a single market. ## Here Are Top 10 Highest-Grossing Films In A Single Market (as of February 11, 2025) RankYearTitleTotal GrossMarket 1 2025 Ne Zha 2 $1.10+ Billion China 2 2015 Star Wars: The Force Awakens $936.7 Million North America 3 2021 The Battle at Lake Changjin $893.4 Million China 4 2019 Avengers: Endgame $858.4 Million North America 5 2017 Wolf Warrior 2 $845.0 Million China 6 2021 Hi, Mom $838.0 Million China 7 2021 Spider-Man: No Way Home $814.1 Million North America 8 2009 Avatar $785.2 Million North America 9 2019 Ne Zha $732.2 Million China 10 2022 Top Gun: Maverick $718.7 Million North America ## Data Via - @bulletproofsqui (X/Twitter), Box Office Mojo## Stay tuned...

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'The Fantastic Four: First Steps' Trailer Received 200+ Million Views In The First 24-Hour
491 days ago
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'The Fantastic Four: First Steps' Trailer Received 200+ Million Views In The First 24-Hour

Los Angeles, February 7 - The first teaser trailer of Marvel Studios' highly-awaited The Fantastic Four: First Steps received an amazing 202 million views in the first 24 hours across all social media platforms, according to Deadline. ## The response to the trailer is one of the best for Marvel Studios or any other studio titles in recent times. According to Disney (via THR), the trailer launch in Alabama drew the most views ever for a Marvel YouTube live-stream, in addition to becoming the No. 1 trending video on YouTube. ## Among the top 10 most-watched Marvel movie's teaser/trailers on the first day, The Fantastic Four: First Steps ranks 6th in the list. Deadline reports that it is the best-viewed first trailer of a Marvel Studio title after Deadpool & Wolverine (365M) and Spider-Man: No Way Home (355M).## Directed by Matt Shakman, The First Steps is one of the most anticipated movies of the year as fans have waited years for the studio to make a film starring Marvel's First Family, as the team is known. The last film in the Fantastic Four series was released in 2015. ## It movie is the 4th and the second reboot of the Fantastic Four film series. The previous three Fantastic Four movies for Fox grossed more than $803M at the global box office. The franchise will cross the $1 billion mark with the first latest instalment. ## Starring Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach, the Fantastic Four must protect their 1960s-inspired retro-futuristic world from the planet-devouring cosmic being Galactus. It is scheduled to be released on July 25 this year. ## Stay tuned...

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'Interstellar' Sold 1+ Lakh Advance Tickets; Movie To Have A Limited Run In India
502 days ago
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'Interstellar' Sold 1+ Lakh Advance Tickets; Movie To Have A Limited Run In India

Mumbai, January 27 - Christopher Nolan's cult blockbuster Interstellar is gearing up for a re-release in India on February 7. It has been one of the most hyped re-release titles in the country in recent times, and the pre-sales response suggests the same. ## The science-fiction epic has sold over 100K tickets for the opening weekend with still 10 days to go for the opening which is simply sensational for a re-release title. It is easily heading for a record opening for a re-launch movie in India and will do it with a good margin. ## Warner Bros. India has confirmed that Interstellar will have a limited theatrical run of just 7 days. With the kind of response the movie is getting in the advance sales, it can easily become the biggest re-release grosser in India if the momentum continues. ## Interstellar has been a huge blockbuster at the box office through its original and re-release runs so far. Upon its first release in 2014, the movie grossed $681 million and including re-runs, it has generated $743 million at the worldwide box office.## 1 lakh+ tickets sold and counting! The journey through space and time continues.#ChristopherNolan's #Interstellar returns to cinemas in India and also in IMAX on February 7. Limited run – 7 days only.​​Book your tickets now: https://t.co/7zFC9JBMe8 pic.twitter.com/vBFOx7CRYc— Warner Bros. India (@WarnerBrosIndia) January 27, 2025 ## Stay tuned...

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Box Office: 'Moana 2' Sails Past $1 Billion Worldwide
509 days ago
Hollywood

Box Office: 'Moana 2' Sails Past $1 Billion Worldwide

Mumbai, January 20 - Disney strikes again and completes the lonely hat-trick of a $1 billion worldwide success of 2024 after the studio's animated musical adventure film Moana 2 sailed past the magical box office milestone globally through the 8th weekend. ## To think how big this billion-dollar success is, Moana 2, the sequel to the 2016 blockbuster, was originally conceived as a streaming show before Disney changed plans for good. It is Disney's third 2024 release to join the billion-dollar club following Inside Out 2 ($1.69 billion) and Deadpool & Wolverine ($1.33 billion). ## Moana 2 has grossed $445 million domestically (North America) and $567 million at the international box office, bringing its grand total to $1.01 billion globally. No other film, apart from Disney's other 2 movies, managed to breach the $1 billion mark in 2024 with the closest to being Universal's Despicable Me 4 ($969 million). ## The second film in the Moana franchise is the 9th film after the COVID-19 pandemic and the 55th title of all time to enter the billion-dollar club. It has outgrossed 2022's Jurassic World: Dominion and 2008's The Dark Knight to become the 53rd biggest-grosser ever. Moana 2 is projected to finish its run under the top 50 films. ## Set three years after the first film, Moana 2 follows the titular character reuniting with the demigod Maui and assembling a wayfinding crew to find the lost island of Motufetu, break its curse, and reconnect the people of the ocean.## Stay tuned...

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Christopher Nolan's 'Interstellar' Re-Release Set For Excellent Opening In India
510 days ago
Hollywood

Christopher Nolan's 'Interstellar' Re-Release Set For Excellent Opening In India

Mumbai, January 19 - Maverick filmmaker Christopher Nolan's sci-fi epic Interstellar is gearing up for the re-release in Indian cinemas on February 7. Having already been successfully re-released in the US market, the same level of craze is being seen among the Indian audience. ## There has been demand for the film for some time now but to know how genuine it was could come with the response at the ticket window. Well, it seems the hype for the film is real as the pre-sales response ahead of its release is extraordinary. ## Starring Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway, Interstellar's advance sales opened a couple of days ago in IMAX along with the regular format, and as expected, it is selling tickets like hotcakes. With 18 days still to go for the re-launch, the pre-sales of the film are nearing 75K and fast approaching 100K for the opening weekend. ## Seeing the craze for the film, it is certain that the booking trend will remain strong till the release. It will be released on all IMAX screens which are being sold out rapidly. The record opening for the film is almost guaranteed among the re-release titles in India. ## Interstellar has been a huge blockbuster at the box office through its original and re-release runs so far. Upon its first release in 2014, the movie grossed $681 million and including re-runs, it has generated $743 million at the worldwide box office. ## Stay tuned...

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Marvel Studios 'Captain America: Brave New World' Box Office Projection Revealed
516 days ago
Hollywood

Marvel Studios 'Captain America: Brave New World' Box Office Projection Revealed

Los Angeles, January 13 - Marvel Studios's first blockbuster of the year, Captain America: Brave New World is gearing up for the big screen debut in February. This marks Anthony Mackie's first full-fledged Captain America film in the title role after Chris Evans retired from this duty. ## Directed by Julius Onah, the film hits the screens in less than five weeks, and the first box office projection revealed it is heading for an opening close to 2014's Captain America: Winter Soldier which opened to $95 million over Friday to Sunday weekend at the domestic (North America) box office. ## According to Deadline, The Brave New World, which is a reset of the franchise, is expected to do $86 million to $95 million over the 3-day Valentine's Day Day weekend and $100+ million over Friday to Monday over Presidents' Day weekend domestically. ## There is every possibility of bigger weekend totals for the film as Deadline reports that on the tracking service Quorum, Captain America: Brave New World has the most awareness of movies opening in February 2025 and those debuting in the same weekend. ## Marvel Studios rules the 4-day Presidents' Day weekend openers domestically with the top three with 2018's Black Panther ($242.1 million), Deadpool ($152.1 million) and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania ($120.3 million). Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania posted a 3-day of $106.1 million, Deadpool's was $132.4 million, while Black Panther's was $202 million.## It is intended to be the fourth instalment in the Captain America film series, a continuation of the television miniseries The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021), and the 35th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). In the film, Sam Wilson/Captain America finds himself at the centre of an international incident.## The film is scheduled to be released on February 14. ## Stay tuned...

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Christopher Nolan's 'Interstellar' Confirms Re-Release Date In India
518 days ago
Hollywood

Christopher Nolan's 'Interstellar' Confirms Re-Release Date In India

Mumbai, January 11 - Christopher Nolan's epic sci-fi drama Interstellar is finally re-releasing In Indian cinemas after a delay of a couple of months due to Pushpa 2 - The Rule's nationwide dominance. ## Interstellar was supposed to be re-released in December last year with the US release to mark its 10th anniversary, but the makers had to postpone it as it didn't get enough IMAX screens in India. With Pushpa 2 slowing down, the Hollywood blockbuster gets a date. ## On Friday, January 10, Warner Bros. India took to social media to confirm that Interstellar would be re-released in India on February 7 in the original language and IMAX. It has seemingly been the most demanded Hollywood re-release in the country and the audience finally gets to experience this epic. ## Set in a dystopian future where Earth is suffering from catastrophic blight and famine, the film follows a group of astronauts who travel through a wormhole near Saturn in search of a new home for mankind. It stars Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Bill Irwin, Ellen Burstyn, and Michael Caine in key roles.## The stars are aligning again! Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar returns to cinemas in India and also in IMAX on February 7. Relive the journey beyond time and space! ​#Interstellar #ChristopherNolan #10thAnniversary #AnneHathway #MatthewMcConaughey pic.twitter.com/4tF2jzCc3I— Warner Bros. India (@WarnerBrosIndia) January 10, 2025 ## Stay tuned...

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Box Office: 'Mufasa - The Lion King' Tops 100 Crore Gross In India
532 days ago
Hollywood

Box Office: 'Mufasa - The Lion King' Tops 100 Crore Gross In India

Mumbai, December 29 - Disney's animated adventure Mufasa: The Lion King has topped 100 crores gross collection at the Indian box office, becoming the third Hollywood movie of 2024 to achieve the feat after Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire and Deadpool & Wolverine. ## Directed by Barry Jenkins, Mufasa crossed the 100 crores gross mark on its second Saturday (9th day) as EOD gross is expected to be 108+ crores (including 3D charges). The movie has benefitted from the voiceover of superstars Shah Rukh Khan and Mahesh Babu in Hindi and Telugu languages.## The original English version of the film is the top contributor with around 39 crores gross, closely followed by Hindi with 37 crores gross while Telugu and Tamil have generated around 32 crores gross in 9 days. Mufasa is having a fantastic second weekend in all versions. ## Mufasa is likely to beat Godzilla x Kong (134 crores gross) this week to become the second biggest Hollywood grosser of the year in India and will also look to down Deadpool 3 (169 crores gross) in its lifetime run to claim the top spot. ## Stay tuned...

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Box Office: 'Mufasa - The Lion King' Heads For 100 Crore Gross In India
536 days ago
Hollywood

Box Office: 'Mufasa - The Lion King' Heads For 100 Crore Gross In India

Mumbai, December 24 - Disney's animated adventure film Mufasa: The Lion King is heading towards 100 crores gross collection at the Indian box office. The film has weathered Pushpa 2 - The Rule Storm and has performed better than expected. ## Mufasa, the prequel to 2019's The Lion King, was expected to do well in India due to the franchise's popularity and the voiceover of superstars Shah Rukh Khan and Mahesh Babu. However, the box office carnage of Pushpa 2 threatened Mufasa's prospects, which didn't happen. ## In 7 days so far, Mufasa has grossed around 88 crores (including 3D charges) in India which is a very good collection. It performed brilliantly on Christmas Day (December 25) and Boxing Day. The film is likely to enter the 100 crores gross club by Saturday. ## The Lion King grossed over 190 crores in collection in India in 2019. Mufasa, on the other hand, looks like will fall short of those numbers, however, it can go nearer to The Lion King, depending on how it performs during the weekdays and New Year week. ## Mufasa will be the third Hollywood title of 2024 to enter the 100 crores gross club at the Indian box office after Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (134+ crores gross) and Deadpool & Wolverine (169+ crores gross). It has been a decent year for Hollywood in India which is otherwise becoming a big market. ## Stay tuned...

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Box Office: 'Mufasa - The Lion King' Underperforms With $122+ Million Worldwide Opening; Good In India
537 days ago
Hollywood

Box Office: 'Mufasa - The Lion King' Underperforms With $122+ Million Worldwide Opening; Good In India

Mumbai, December 23 - Disney's animated adventure drama Mufasa: The Lion King was the number 1 movie at the worldwide box office this past weekend, however, it failed to match the high expectations and largely underperformed at the domestic and overseas box office. ## The Barry Jenkins' directorial prequel to The Lion King (2019) grossed just $35 million in its domestic (North America) opening weekend, well behind the industry's projection of $50+ million. Overseas also, the film didn't leave up to the expectations at $87.2 million for a worldwide cume of $122.2 million.## While the movie topped the global box office, it landed far behind pre-release expectations of $130 million overseas and $180 million globally. China was the biggest market for Mufasa with $7.8 million, followed by France with $7.7 million, and Mexico with $7.1 million. ## Meanwhile, the movie did well at the Indian box office, benefitting from the voiceover of superstars Shah Rukh Khan and Mahesh Babu. In its 3-day opening weekend, the film grossed approximately 46 crores (including 3D charges). The original The Lion King grossed 65+ crores in India in its first weekend. ## Mufasa now hopes to regain the lost ground during the Christmas and New Year holidays. However, it is unlikely to get anywhere near the first film which delivered a mighty $1.66 billion at the global box office as one of the biggest grossers ever with a similar kind of reception from critics. ## Stay tuned...

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