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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Shah Rukh Khan's 'Jawan' Beats 'Pathaan' To Score Highest Opening Day Advance Booking For A Bollywood Movie
1014 days ago
Bollywood

Shah Rukh Khan's 'Jawan' Beats 'Pathaan' To Score Highest Opening Day Advance Booking For A Bollywood Movie

Mumbai, September 6 - Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan is competing with himself at the box office as his upcoming action thriller Jawan is set for a monstrous start and is likely to beat his "Pathaan" to emerge the biggest opener. ## Directed by Atlee Kumar, "Jawan" has already surpassed "Pathaan" in the advance booking and is now the highest opening day pre-sales scorer for a Bollywood movie of all-time. As of 4 PM on September 6, the movie has scored approximately 32.50 crores advance gross collection with 12.30 lakh tickets sold in all languages.## "Pathaan", directed by Siddharth Anand, had scored 32 crores advance gross collection for the opening day with 10.80 lakh tickets got sold in all versions. The Hindi language pre-sales of "Jawan" is approximately 30 crores gross with 10.20 lakh tickets sold while "Pathaan" Hindi pre-sales was 31.20 crores with 10.23 lakh tickets. ## Meanwhile, at the worldwide box office, "Jawan" advance booking for the opening day has crossed 50 crores gross mark. The final worldwide pre-sales is expected to be around 60 crores gross. The movie is looking to score over 125+ crores worldwide on the opening day which will be a new record for a Bollywood title.## About movie Jawan## The movie is directed by Atlee Kumar and produced by Red Chillies Entertainment. It tells the story of a person who sets out to rectify the wrongs in society with help from a group of women. It stars Shah Rukh Khan in a dual role, alongside Nayanthara, Vijay Sethupathi, Priyamani, and Sanya Malhotra while Deepika Padukone play a special appearance. Sensational Anirudh Ravichander has scored the music for the film that is scheduled to release on September 7 in Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu, languages.## Stay tuned...

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Shah Rukh Khan's 'Jawan' Sold 1+ Million Advance Tickets On BookMyShow For All Days
1014 days ago
Bollywood

Shah Rukh Khan's 'Jawan' Sold 1+ Million Advance Tickets On BookMyShow For All Days

Mumbai, September 6 - Book My Show, the Indian leading online ticketing platform, is having a bumper response for Shah Rukh Khan-fronted action thriller Jawan in the advance booking, and creating new records for an outright Hindi movie.## The advance booking of "Jawan" was opened on September 1st, and in just 5 days, the movie has sold over 1.1+ million tickets on Book My Show for all days. On its first day of pre-sales opening, it BMS sold 254K tickets, followed by 181.3K tix on the second day, 182.4K tix on the third day, 201.7K tix and 286.3K tix on the 4th and 5th day, respectively. ## Directed by Atlee Kumar, "Jawan" is expected to record its biggest day in advance booking today (September 6) on Book My Show as well as overall. BMS is expected to sold over 350K tickets alone today. ## The overall advance booking collection of the movie is nearing 30 crores gross for the opening day only with over 1 million tickets already sold while entire weekend pre-sales is over 40 crores. In three national chains (PVR, INOX, and Cinepolis), the movie has sold around 400K tickets for the first day. ## About movie Jawan## The movie is directed by Atlee Kumar and produced by Red Chillies Entertainment. It tells the story of a person who sets out to rectify the wrongs in society with help from a group of women. It stars Shah Rukh Khan in a dual role, alongside Nayanthara, Vijay Sethupathi, Priyamani, and Sanya Malhotra while Deepika Padukone play a special appearance. Sensational Anirudh Ravichander has scored the music for the film that is scheduled to release on September 7 in Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu, languages.## Stay tuned...

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Exclusive: 'Jawan' Sold One Million Advance Tickets For The Opening Day In India
1015 days ago
Bollywood

Exclusive: 'Jawan' Sold One Million Advance Tickets For The Opening Day In India

Mumbai, September 6 - The highly-anticipated Bollywood action thriller Jawan starring superstar Shah Rukh Khan in the lead role is having an excellent response in the advance booking, be it in India or overseas. The advance booking is nearing 45 crores mark globally which is phenomenal to say the least.## It has become the second outright Bollywood movie to score 1 million advance tickets, after SRK's own movie "Pathaan" which sold 1.08 million tickets for the opening day. "Jawan", with still more than 20 hours left for the first show, has sold more than a million tickets and is likely to top "Pathaan" by the end of the day to become the number one Bollywood movie of all-time the highest pre-sales for the opening day.## "Jawan" is targeting the biggest opening for a Hindi movie. The movie is tracking to score over 80 crores gross in India and over 125 crores worldwide. "Pathaan" is currently the biggest Bollywood opener ever with 67 crores gross domestically and 105 crores gross worldwide.## About movie Jawan## The movie is directed by Atlee Kumar and produced by Red Chillies Entertainment. It tells the story of a person who sets out to rectify the wrongs in society with help from a group of women. It stars Shah Rukh Khan in a dual role, alongside Nayanthara, Vijay Sethupathi, Priyamani, and Sanya Malhotra while Deepika Padukone and Sanjay Dutt play special appearances. Sensational Anirudh Ravichander has scored the music for the film that is scheduled to release on September 7 in Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu, languages.## Stay tuned...

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Jawan Advance Booking Nears 40 Crores Worldwide; Set For Biggest Bollywood Opening Ever
1015 days ago
Bollywood

Jawan Advance Booking Nears 40 Crores Worldwide; Set For Biggest Bollywood Opening Ever

Mumbai, September 5 - Superstar Shah Rukh Khan is all set to re-write Bollywood box office history with his upcoming action thriller Jawan. Directed by Atlee Kumar, the movie is having an excellent response in the pre-sales, not just in India but in international markets as well.## The movie, slated to release on September 7, is nearing 40 crores gross advance collection globally. In India, it has crossed 25 crores gross with approximately 910K tickets sold, as of 8 PM on September 5 for the opening day. The original Hindi-language is leading the pre-sales with approximately 23.75 crores gross with 815K tickets while Tamil version has generated 88 lakh with 57.4K tickets and Telugu version has grossed 46 lakh with 35.2K tickets so far.## In three national chains (PVR, INOX, and Cinepolis), "Jawan" has sold 340K tickets as of 6:15 PM on September 5. PVR and INOX have sold 280K tickets while Cinepolis has sold 60K tickets. At the time of writing this, the movie has crossed "Thugs of Hindostan's" 346K national chains tickets sold for the opening day. "Jawan" is likely to beat "Pathaan" (556K tickets) to score the highest-ever pre-sales for the opening day for a Bollywood movie.## Meanwhile, the advance booking response in the international markets for the movie is also sensational as it has so far sold tickets worth $1.56 million (13 crores), according to Pinkvilla. North America is leading the international pre-sales with $600K so far, followed by GCC with $450K, and the UK with $225K. The overall overseas advance booking of the movie is expected to be around $3 million for the opening day and around 60 crores worldwide.## "Jawan" is likely to emerge the biggest outright Bollywood opener of all-time at the domestic as well as the worldwide box office. The movie is projected to score 125+ crores worldwide on the opening day, which will beat the current record holder "Pathaan" (105 crores) which is the only Bollywood movie to date to take 100+ crores opening. ## Stay tuned...

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Box Office: Shah Rukh Khan's 'Pathaan' Scored Good Opening Weekend In Japan
1015 days ago
Bollywood

Box Office: Shah Rukh Khan's 'Pathaan' Scored Good Opening Weekend In Japan

Tokyo, September 5 - Superstar Shah Rukh Khan's all-time blockbuster "Pathaan" has had a good opening weekend at the Japanese box office. Directed by Siddharth Anand, the movie was released on September 1st in the country and took the biggest opening for an Indian movie in 2023.## The spy action thriller movie scored ¥14.6 million (₹83 lakh) in the opening weekend with 8873 admits. This is the biggest opening for an Indian movie this year in Japan, beating Ram Charan's "Rangasthalam" which grossed ¥10.1 million (₹60 lakh) with approximately 7200 admits.## "Pathaan's" total worldwide collection has now reached 1055 crores, including 397 crores overseas collection (updated). Pathaan is the 5th highest-grossing Indian movie at the worldwide box office while overseas, it is 4th highest-grossing India movie after "Dangal" (1535 crores), "Secret Superstar" (831 crores), and "Bajrangi Bhaijaan" (489 crores).## The movie, produced by Yash Raj Films, is the part of studio's ambitious spy universe. It stars Shah Rukh Khan in the titular role with Deepika Padukone, John Abraham, Dimple Kapadia, and Ashutosh Rana. In the film, Pathaan (Khan), an exiled RAW agent, works with ISI agent Rubina Mohsin (Padukone) to take down Jim (Abraham), a former RAW agent, who plans to attack India with a deadly virus.## Stay tuned...

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Kiara Advani In Talks To Play Female Lead Opposite Dhanush In 'Tere Ishk Mein'
1015 days ago
Bollywood

Kiara Advani In Talks To Play Female Lead Opposite Dhanush In 'Tere Ishk Mein'

Mumbai, September 5 - National award winning actor Dhanush is reuniting with director Anand L Rai for a love story film, titled Tere Ishk Mein. The movie was in June this year with the first look teaser on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of "Raanjhanaa".## Now, according to Tamil industry tracker Amutha Bharathi, the makers are in talks with one of the leading Bollywood actresses, Kiara Advani to play the female lead role. The talks are said to be in the final stage and the actress is more or less confirmed for the role. ## "Tere Ishk Mein" is a love story reportedly set in the backdrop of air force. It will mark Dhanush and Kiara's maiden collaboration if happens. As reported recently, the shoot of the movie is expected to commence in November this year in Utter Pradesh and it will be shot in a straight three-month schedule. ## The movie is helmed by Aanand L Rai and its story, dialogues, and screenplay are penned by Himanshu Sharma and Neeraj Yadav. Himanshu has produced the movie while AR Rahman is on board to score music and Irshad Kamil for lyrics. The remaining cast of the film is yet to be disclosed.## Kiara Advani was recently seen in romantic drama "Satyaprem Ki Katha" opposite Kartik Aaryan. The movie was a box office hit and grossed over 125 crores at the worldwide box office. The actress will next be seen in Pan India movie "Game Changer", fronted by Ram Charan and directed by Shankar. The shooot of the movie is currently in progress and it will be released next year.## Dhanush, meanwhile, is gearing up for his next release, "Captain Miller". Directed by Arun Matheshwaran, the movie is set in the pre-Independence era in the 1940s. It is scheduled to release on December 15, 2023, in multiple languages.## Stay tuned...

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'Jawan' Crosses 'Gadar 2' To Score Second Biggest Opening Day Advance Booking of 2023 In Hindi; Next Target 'Pathaan'
1016 days ago
Bollywood

'Jawan' Crosses 'Gadar 2' To Score Second Biggest Opening Day Advance Booking of 2023 In Hindi; Next Target 'Pathaan'

Mumbai, September 4 - It's Shah Rukh Khan vs Shah Rukh Khan at the Bollywood box office 2023. The superstar's upcoming action thriller Jawan is continuing to score the impressive numbers in the pre-sales, and has crossed 20 crores collection in the advance booking for the opening day.## Directed by Atlee Kumar, "Jawan" has crossed Sunny Deol-fronted "Gadar 2" to score the second biggest opening day advance booking in Hindi in 2023. As of 8 PM on September 4, "Jawan" minted 18 crores gross advance collection in Hindi language, beating G2 which scored 17.60 crores advance booking gross for the opening day.## "Jawan" is now behind only Shah Rukh Khan's own movie "Pathaan" which scored approximately 31 crores pre-sales for the opening day. Pathaan is not only has the highest pre-sales for a 2023 movie but also is the number 1 Bollywood movie of all-time.## Produced by Red Chillies Entertainment, "Jawan", with more than two days still left for the first show, will easily cross "Pathaan" opening day advance booking number to score the highest pre-sales in Hindi in 2023. The final pre-sales for the opening day is expected to be around 40 crores gross. ## About movie Jawan## The movie is directed by Atlee Kumar and produced by Red Chillies Entertainment. It tells the story of a person who sets out to rectify the wrongs in society with help from a group of women, and stars Shah Rukh Khan in a dual role, alongside Nayanthara, Vijay Sethupathi, Priyamani, and Sanya Malhotra while Deepika Padukone and Sanjay Dutt play special appearances. Sensational Anirudh Ravichander has scored the music for the film that is scheduled to release on September 7 in Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu, languages.## Stay tuned...

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Akshay Kumar's 'Housefull 5' To Be His And Producer Sajid Nadiadwala's Most Expensive Film Ever
1016 days ago
Bollywood

Akshay Kumar's 'Housefull 5' To Be His And Producer Sajid Nadiadwala's Most Expensive Film Ever

Mumbai, September 4 - The fifth installment of the blockbuster comedy film franchise "Housefull" is set to be the most expensive movie in the franchise yet and one of the costliest ever in Bollywood, according to the investment plans revealed by producer Sajid Nadiadwala to Variety.## During the interview with the Hollywood website, producer Sajid Nadiadwala revealed that he is investing INR10 billion ($121 million) in U.K.-based projects featuring industry A-listers. Akshay Kumar-fronted "Housefull 5", which is gearing up to commence the filming later this year, is budgeted at $48 million (~400 crores) to be produced under the banner of Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment.## "Housefull 5" will be Akshay and producer Nadiadwala's most expensive movie to-date. Interestingly, the combined budget of the previous four films in the franchise approximately 235 crores and they together grossed around 800 crores worldwide. ## Apart from "Housefull 5", Sajid Nadiadwala is also currently filming sports drama "Chandu Champion", starring Kartik Aaryan ("Satyaprem Ki Katha") and directed and co-produced by Kabir Khan ("83"), and it recently wrapped a month-long shooting schedule in the U.K. ## Nadiadwala is also planning to continue his association with Saudi Arabia, where the first three instalments of the Baaghi franchise, headlined by Tiger Shroff, were filmed. "Baaghi 4", which is at script stage, will also be shot in the kingdom and will commence filming next year.## The fifth installment of the Housefull franchise will feature a massive star cast in the form of new addition as well as original characters. It will commence shooting later this year and will be released in cinemas worldwide on Diwali 2024.## Stay tuned...

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'Jawan' Advance Booking Continuing With Strong Momentum; Targets 40 Crores For The Opening Day
1016 days ago
Bollywood

'Jawan' Advance Booking Continuing With Strong Momentum; Targets 40 Crores For The Opening Day

Mumbai, September 4 - After taking an excellent start and creating all-time first 24-hours record, the advance booking of superstar Shah Rukh Khan's action thriller Jawan is continuing with the strong momentum, hinting at a massive opening at the box office. ## "Jawan" has been one of the most anticipated Bollywood movies, and when advances opened on September 1st, it got sensational response. At the end of the first day of pre-sales opening, "Jawan" sold over 200K tickets for the opening day which is an all-time record for a Bollywood movie in the first 24-hours.## As compared to the first day, the pace of the advance booking has slowed down a bit but that is because of the initial fan rush and now, neutrals are coming on board which is keeping the momentum going. As of 10 AM on September 4, "Jawan" has sold over 600K tickets (excluding block seats) worth approximately 17.50 crores gross for the opening day.## In the three national chains (PVR, INOX, and Cinepolis), the movie has sold around 250K tickets. With still more than two and a half day left for the first show to begin, "Jawan" advance booking is on track to reach around 40 crores gross which will be an all-time record for a Bollywood movie.## The movie is chasing history at the Bollywood box office. The current advance booking trend indicates that it is heading for an all-time record opening for an outright Bollywood movie, not just in India but also at the worldwide box office. "Pathaan" currently holds the biggest opening record in India and worldwide with 68 crores and 105 crores gross, respectively.## About movie Jawan ## The movie is directed by Atlee Kumar and produced by Red Chillies Entertainment. It tells the story of a person who sets out to rectify the wrongs in society with help from a group of women. It stars Shah Rukh Khan in a dual role, alongside Nayanthara, Vijay Sethupathi, Priyamani, and Sanya Malhotra while Deepika Padukone and Sanjay Dutt play special appearances. Sensational Anirudh Ravichander has scored the music for the film that is scheduled to release on September 7 in Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu, languages. ## Stay tuned...

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Box Office: Dream Girl 2 Crossed 100 Crores Worldwide
1017 days ago
Bollywood

Box Office: Dream Girl 2 Crossed 100 Crores Worldwide

Mumbai, September 3 - Director Raaj Shaandilyaa's social comedy drama film Dream Girl 2 has crossed the 100 crores gross mark at the worldwide box office, becoming the 11th Bollywood movie of the year to reach the milestone.## The movie, starring Ayushmann Khurrana in the title role, crossed the century box office mark on its second Saturday. In India, it has grossed 92 crores while overseas collection is approximately 12 crores for total 104 crores worldwide in 9 days.## "Dream Girl 2" is the fifth movie of Ayushmann Khurrana to enter 100 crores worldwide gross club, and first since "Bala" (2019). For Ananya Pandey, who plays the female lead role, "Dream Girl 2" is her second film after "Pati Patni Aur Woh" (2019) to hit this box office mark.## Produced by Balaji Motion Pictures, the movie is a spiritual sequel to the 2019 film "Dream Girl". It stars Ayushmann Khurrana, alongside an ensemble supporting cast, including Ananya Panday, Paresh Rawal, Annu Kapoor, Rajpal Yadav, Vijay Raaz, Asrani, Abhishek Banerjee, Manjot Singh and Seema Pahwa.## Stay tuned...

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Box Office: Gadar 2 Becomes The Third Film To Enter 500 Crores Net Club In Hindi; Fastest To Do So
1017 days ago
Bollywood

Box Office: Gadar 2 Becomes The Third Film To Enter 500 Crores Net Club In Hindi; Fastest To Do So

Mumbai, September 3 - Sunny Deol-fronted period action drama film Gadar 2: The Katha Continues is continuing to rewrite box office history as it officially becomes the 3rd film ever to hit 500 crores net collection in Hindi or in a single language in India. ## Directed by Anil Sharma, "Gadar 2" entered the 500 crores net club on its 4th Sunday. The movie collected 7.8 crores net on its 24th day which took its total net collection to 501.17 crores. It joins SS Rajamouli's "Baahubali 2 The Conclusion" (2017) and Shah Rukh Khan-fronted "Pathaan" in the rare prestigious club.## The mega blockbuster sequel achieved this historic milestone on its 24th day, making it the fastest among all three movies to hit the landmark. Previously, "Pathaan" was the fastest to enter 500 crores club with 28 days while "Baahubali 2" took 34 days for the same.## "Gadar 2" has also crossed 650 crores with today's collection at the worldwide box office, becoming the 10th highest-grossing Indian movie of all-time. It has beaten "Baahubali - The Beginning" which had scored 650 crores worldwide in 2015. G2 reached 590 crores gross in India and 65 crores overseas for 655 crores total cume through 4th Sunday. It is currently the second highest-grossing Indian movie of the year, behind "Pathaan" (1050+ crores).## Produced by Anil Sharma Productions in association with Zee Studios, G2 is a sequel to "Gadar: Ek Prem Katha" (2001). It stars Sunny Deol, Ameesha Patel and Utkarsh Sharma, who reprised their roles from the previous film while Manish Wadhwa, Simrat Kaur (Bollywood debut) and Gaurav Chopra are the new addition. In the film, Tara Singh returns to Pakistan in order to rescue his imprisoned son during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.## Stay tuned...

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YRF Unveils First Look Official Poster of Salman Khan's 'Tiger 3'; Confirms Diwali 2023 Release
1018 days ago
Bollywood

YRF Unveils First Look Official Poster of Salman Khan's 'Tiger 3'; Confirms Diwali 2023 Release

Mumbai, September 2 - The wait and speculations finally end as Yash Raj Films unveiled the first look official poster of Salman Khan-fronted highly-awaited spy action thriller film "Tiger 3". The poster is excellent, promises nothing short of another mega blockbuster for the studio.## Directed by Maneesh Sharma, "Tiger 3" will follow the events of "Tiger Zinda Hai", "War" and "Pathaan", confirmed by YRF. The poster features Salman Khan as Tiger, an ex-RAW agent and Katrina Kaif as Joya, an ISI agent, and both are in action mode.## Salman Khan took to Twitter to unveil the poster and also confirmed Diwali 2023 release date in Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu. Produced by Aditya Chopra of Yash Raj Films, the third installment of the "Tiger" franchise also stars Emraan Hashmi as the main antagonist. Shah Rukh Khan is playing a cameo appearance as Pathaan in the movie. ## Aa raha hoon! #Tiger3 on Diwali 2023. Celebrate #Tiger3 with #YRF50 only at a big screen near you. Releasing in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu. #KatrinaKaif | #ManeeshSharma | @yrf pic.twitter.com/3bMBWyPVGm— Salman Khan (@BeingSalmanKhan) September 2, 2023 ## Stay tuned...

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