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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Ram Pothineni's 'Double iSmart' Worldwide Theatrical Business Details
677 days ago
Tollywood

Ram Pothineni's 'Double iSmart' Worldwide Theatrical Business Details

Hyderabad, August 14 - Telugu star Ram Pothineni's much-awaited sci-fi action drama film Double iSmart is finally hitting the big screen on August 15 and the movie is looking to make big at the box office during the long holiday weekend due to Independence Day and Raksha Bandhan.## Directed by Puri Jagannadh and also starring Sanjay Dutt and Kavya Thapar, Double iSmart has managed to fetch record theatrical business for Ram Pothineni-starrer. According to T2BLive, the sequel's worldwide theatrical business has been valued at 48 crores and it will need to score around 80 crores gross to emerge as a box office hit.## In Telugu states (Andhra Pradesh and Telangana), the theatrical rights of Double iSmart have been locked at 39 crores, including 15.50 crores for the Nizam area, 6 crores for Ceeded and 17.50 crores for Andhra regions. Outside Telugu states, the film's business is 6 crore while overseas business is 3 crore. ## Double iSmart is the sequel to iSmart Shankar which was a big box office blockbuster. Given the long holiday period, it should be a cakewalk for the sequel to repeat the first film's success if it manages to score positive word of mouth which is a must as business is high for a tier-2 hero film.## Produced by Puri Connects, in the movie, Big Bull, a notorious assassin, wants to achieve immortality and decides to transfer his memories to "iSmart" Shankar, who already has another person's memories transferred to him, thus setting the stage for the intense confrontation between Shankar and Big Bull.## Stay tuned...

Marvel Studios Scrapped Plans For 'Eternals 2'
677 days ago
Hollywood

Marvel Studios Scrapped Plans For 'Eternals 2'

Mumbai, August 14 - Marvel Studios has reportedly scrapped plans to develop Eternals 2 after the first movie didn't do well at the box office. The movie was directed by Chloé Zhao and introduced new superheroes in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.## While the ending (hailed as one of the best in the MCU) of Eternals suggested the character would return in the sequel, Marvel boss Kevin Feige recently said that there are no immediate plans to make Eternals 2 and now, as per Variety, the studio has dropped plans to develop it.## The news of scrapping Eternals 2 comes from Variety reporting on actor Kit Harington discussing his MCU role. The post-credit scene of Eternals was supposed to set up Kit Harington to appear in Blade along with Mahershala Ali, however, Blade has been delayed multiple times and is presently getting retooled.## Eternals was the 26th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and it starred an ensemble cast including Gemma Chan, Richard Madden, Kumail Nanjiani, Lia McHugh, Brian Tyree Henry, Lauren Ridloff, Barry Keoghan, Don Lee, Kit Harington, Salma Hayek, and Angelina Jolie. ## The film met with disappointing critics reviews and above-average audience score. Released in November 2021, the movie grossed $402 million at the worldwide box office, well below Marvel's standards. ## Stay tuned...

Box Office: 'Laila Majnu' Re-Release Outgross Its Original Run In 5 Days
678 days ago
Bollywood

Box Office: 'Laila Majnu' Re-Release Outgross Its Original Run In 5 Days

Mumbai, August 13 - The re-release box office collection of romantic drama Laila Majnu has outgrossed its original run in the flat 5 days, scoring a big achievement amid the new release duds over the last couple of weeks. ## The Triptii Dimri and Avinash Tiwary-starrer heartbreaking tale of romance has scored an estimated 75+ lakh on its 5th day (Tuesday) which takes its total re-release collection to over 3.60 crores gross in 5 days. The movie had grossed an estimated 3.20 crores in its lifetime original run. ## The day 5 collection of Laila Majnu's re-release is bigger than day 4 (Monday) and day 2 (Saturday) which is excellent. At first, it looked like the movie would run out of time to beat its original run due to the arrival of new releases on August 15 but it did unthinkable to achieve the feat.## The movie is trending much better than anticipated as it went almost unnoticed during its original run back in 2018. Its performance so far indicates a long run at the box office, however, a lot will depend on how much it gets affected by new releases. ## At this point, Laila Majnu is trending better than Ranbir Kapoor-fronted's recently re-released Rockstar and if it manages to stand strong amid the new releases, the movie can surely go past the Ranbir Kapoor-starrer which grossed over 10 crores in India. ## Day-Wise Gross Collection of Laila Majnu (re-release) - Updated -## 1st Day (Friday) - 30 lakh approx.## 2nd Day (Saturday) - 75 lakh approx.## 3rd Day (Sunday) - 1.15 crore approx.## 4th Day (Monday) - 70 lakh approx.## 5th Day (Tuesday) - 85 lakh approx.## Stay tuned...

Shraddha Kapoor's 'Stree 2' Scores Biggest Advance Booking of 2024 In Hindi
678 days ago
Bollywood

Shraddha Kapoor's 'Stree 2' Scores Biggest Advance Booking of 2024 In Hindi

Mumbai, August 13 - Maddock Films' horror-comedy Stree 2 is a one-horse race in the much-talked-about clash with Akshay Kumar's Khel Khel Mein and John Abraham's Vedaa on August 15.## Starring Shraddha Kapoor and Rajkummar Rao, Stree 2 is looking at a massive opening at the box office and easily the biggest of 2024 for a Bollywood title after the record-breaking pre-sales of the year for any movie in the Hindi version.## The Amar Kaushik's directorial has beaten Prabhas-fronted Kalki 2898 AD (8.65 crores gross) and Hrithik Roshan's Fighter (8.40 crores) to score the biggest opening day booking of 2024 in Hindi. As of 9 PM on August 13, the total opening day (excluding previews) pre-sales of Stree 2 is approximately 9 crores gross with over 300K tickets sold (without block seats).## With still more than a day left, Stree 2 is looking to score over 15 crore gross advance sales and it will most likely beat Shah Rukh Khan's Dunki which scored approximately 15.50 crore pre-sales on the opening day. If it does, Stree 2 advance will be the biggest for a Bollywood title since Ranbir Kapoor's Animal. ## The excellent booking of the film has ensured the biggest opening of 2024 in Hindi beating Fighter and Kalki's 22.50 crores net. At this point, Stree 2 is looking to score in the range of 30 crores net on the opening day (without previews) while having all the possibilities of going further keeping the anticipation among the audiences.## Stay tuned...

Suriya's 'Kanguva' Trailer Scored 19+ Million Views In The First 24 Hours
678 days ago
Kollywood

Suriya's 'Kanguva' Trailer Scored 19+ Million Views In The First 24 Hours

Chennai, August 13 - The much-anticipated trailer of Tamil star Suriya's fantasy action thriller film Kanguva was released on August 12 and it largely met with positive reception. Directed by Siva, the movie also stars Bobby Deol and Disha Patani in prominent roles.## Produced by Studio Green and UV Creations, the Kanguva trailer scored 19+ million views in the first 24 hours and it was the most-viewed video on YouTube in the world in the past 24 hours. Additionally, the trailer scored 700K+ likes during the same period.## The trailer of the movie was released in multiple languages in a single video on the Saregama Tamil YouTube channel. It said it is available in five languages - Tamil, along with the dubbed versions of Telugu, Hindi, Malayala, and Kannada versions.## Scheduled to be released on October 10, Kanguva's reportedly story travels 500 years from the 1700s to 2023 about a Hero who has to fulfil a mission left unfinished. It features Suriya in the title role while Bobby Deol plays the antagonist Udhiran.## ## Stay tuned...

Box Office: 'Laila Majnu' Re-Release First Monday (Day 4) Collection
678 days ago
Bollywood

Box Office: 'Laila Majnu' Re-Release First Monday (Day 4) Collection

Mumbai, August 13 - Avinash Tiwary and Triptii Dimri's romantic drama Laila Majnu is having a fantastic re-release run at the domestic box office and is all set to surpass its lifetime original run in the flat 5 days which is an incredible achievement.## The Sajid Ali's directorial movie scored approximately 70 lakh gross collection on its first Monday (4th day) which is almost 3X of the opening day (25 lakh gross). The total collection of the movie is now approximately 2.85 crores gross in 4 days which is already higher than the film's first week total of the original run.## Laila Majnu will outgross its final original run of approximately 3.20 crores gross in India in the flat 5 days which is an outstanding achievement. The movie is trending much better than anticipated as it went almost unnoticed during its original run back in 2018.## The film's trend indicates a long run, however, it might be cut short due to the arrival of the hugely-awaited Stree 2 along with Khel Khel Mein and Vedaa on August 15. However, the film's re-release run has so far shown that there is a demand for it which may help it retain enough shows amid the intense box office fight to keep running. ## If Laila Majnu manages to stay strong amid the new releases, it can surely go past the recently re-released Ranbir Kapoor's Rockstar which grossed over 10 crores in India. ## Stay tuned...

Box Office: Mahesh Babu's 'Murari' Re-Release Opening Weekend (3 Days) Collection
679 days ago
Tollywood

Box Office: Mahesh Babu's 'Murari' Re-Release Opening Weekend (3 Days) Collection

Hyderabad, August 12 - Superstar Mahesh Babu's Murari has become the record Telugu re-release grosser after the excellent opening weekend at the worldwide box office. ## Directed by Krishna Vamsi, Murari was re-released on August 9 on Mahesh Babu's 49th birthday and it scored approximately 5.25 crores worldwide on its opening day. The movie remained solid on Saturday to score another approximately 1.85 crores gross. ## On Sunday, the collection further dropped but it was solid with approximately 90 lakh which took its total re-release worldwide cume to 8 crores gross. In India, it has minted approximately 7.30 crores while overseas collection is 70 lakh.## As said, Murari's re-release collection of 8 crores is now the highest for any Telugu re-release title, surpassing Pawan Kalyan's Kushi which scored around 7.50 crores worldwide. It is heading towards finishing in the double-digit collection which is an excellent result.## Murari features Mahesh Babu in the title role along with Sonali Bendre in her Telugu debut, Lakshmi, Sukumari, Kaikala Satyanarayana, and Gollapudi Maruthi Rao in the key roles. In the movie, a family is under a curse due to an old sin; due to which a male is bound to die every 48 years.## Stay tuned...

Shah Rukh Khan Officially Confirms 'King' As His Next Film
679 days ago
Bollywood

Shah Rukh Khan Officially Confirms 'King' As His Next Film

Mumbai, August 12 - Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan has officially confirmed that King is his next. Though it was already known to everyone, the superstar made it official during a recent interaction at the 77th Locarno Film Festival, where he was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement award. King will be directed by Sujoy Ghosh, and it will also star SRK's daughter Suhana Khan in her big-screen debut. Talking about the movie, the Pathaan star said, "The next film that I am doing is King. I have to start working on it, lose some weight, stretch a little so my groin doesn't get caught while I am doing action". To be produced by Shah Rukh Khan's Red Chillies Entertainment and Siddharth Anand's Marflix, King is said to be one of its one-of-a-kind action thrillers in which King Khan is reportedly playing the role of Don. The actor said that he wanted to do this kind of film for many years and finally has the script for the same. "There's a certain kind of film I want to do, where, maybe, it is more age-centric, and I want to try something. For 6-7 years, I have been thinking about it. I mentioned it to Sujoy one day, and he said, 'Sir, I have a subject," he added. King will start rolling by the end of this year, and it will be released in the second half of 2025. Meanwhile, Shah Rukh Khan also has Pathaan 2 and Tiger vs Pathaan in the pipeline. Stay tuned...

Box Office: 'Laila Majnu' Re-Release Scores Very Good Opening Weekend
679 days ago
Bollywood

Box Office: 'Laila Majnu' Re-Release Scores Very Good Opening Weekend

Mumbai, August 12 - Avinash Tiwary and Triptii Dimri's romantic drama Laila Majnu was recently re-released amid the growing trend and to everyone's surprise, the movie has been doing fantastically at the box office unlike its original run back in 2018.## The Ekta Kapoor-produced heartbreaking tale of romance went unnoticed when it was first released in 2018 and grossed just a little over 3 crores at the Indian box office. However, the film's popularity grew over the years and it found appreciation among the audiences, thanks to television and OTT platforms.## In the 3-day opening weekend of its re-release, Laila Majnu grossed approximately 2.15 crores which is higher than the first weekend of its original run. The movie started with approximately 25 lakh net collection before jumping by 200% on Saturday to 75 lakh net. On Sunday, the movie crossed the 1 crore gross mark, to around 1.15 crores. ## This is the first instance in recent times that a Bollywood re-release has touched the 1 crore mark in a single day at the domestic box office. It will be interesting to see how the movie trends during the weekdays, also it is running out of time in its pursuit to top its original run as there are multiple big releases scheduled from August 15. ## The movie, however, can take inspiration from Ranbir Kapoor's recently re-released Rockstar which grossed over 10 crores in India. It will be a big win for Laila Majnu if it manages to outgross its original run as there haven't been many films in the past to have done the same.## Stay tuned...

Box Office: 'Deadpool and Wolverine' Crosses $1 Billion Globally; Second Film of 2024 To Do So
680 days ago
Hollywood

Box Office: 'Deadpool and Wolverine' Crosses $1 Billion Globally; Second Film of 2024 To Do So

Mumbai, August 11 - Marvel Studios returns to the billion-dollar club after the superhero comedy Deadpool and Wolverine crossed this coveted box office mark on its third Sunday at the worldwide box office, becoming only the second movie of 2024 to achieve the feat.## The Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman-fronted blockbuster has grossed $1.03 billion (8645 crores) at the worldwide box office through the third weekend. In North America, the movie has minted $494.3 million (4150 crores) while the overseas collection is $535.2 million (4495 crores) over 52 markets.## Notably, Deadpool & Wolverine is only the second movie of 2024 after Inside Out 2 to top $1 billion globally. IO2 is currently the biggest grosser with $1.59 billion as the 10th highest-grossing movie of all time, behind The Lion King ($1.65 billion).## Deadpool 3 has broken into the top 50 movies ever and is currently the 48th highest-grossing title. In another amazing feat, it will soon top Joker ($1.07 billion) to become the highest-grossing R-rated title of all time. These two are the only R-rated movies to reach a billion dollar mark.## As said, the third Deadpool instalment is the first Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) title since Spider-Man: No Way Home ($1.92 billion) in 2021 and the first Dinsey-backed MCU movie since 2019's Avengers: Endgame ($2.79 billion) to top $1 billion at the global box office.## Stay tuned...

Box Office: Triptii Dimri and Avinash Tiwary's 'Laila Majnu' Re-Release Crosses 1 Crore Gross In 2 Days
680 days ago
Bollywood

Box Office: Triptii Dimri and Avinash Tiwary's 'Laila Majnu' Re-Release Crosses 1 Crore Gross In 2 Days

Mumbai, August 11 - Very few critically acclaimed films get a second life to succeed at the box office after failing on the first occasion. Avinash Tiwary and the new Bollywood sensation Triptii Dimri's romantic drama Laila Manju can be one of those few films. ## Released in 2018, Sajid Ali's directorial largely went unnoticed in its original run with a domestic collection of approximately 3.25 crores gross despite getting critical acclaim. It was re-released a couple of days back amid the growing popularity of the re-release of classic films, and to everyone's surprise, the movie is doing well.## After playing with a couple of shows for over a week since August 2, Laila Majnu grossed approximately 25 lakh on the first day of its proper re-release (August 9, Friday). As the word of mouth grew, the movie witnessed a 200% jump on Saturday to gross approximately 75 lakh collection.## Laila Majnu has topped a 1 crore gross collection in the first 2 days of its re-release which is an excellent figure. Sunday is expected to be the biggest so far for the movie as it is eyeing 2 crores gross collection in the opening weekend. ## Considering the trend, Laila Majnu would have easily topped the final gross collection of the film's original run but the time might be running out for it as it won't get much showcasing once the arrival of the hugely-awaited Stree 2 along with Khel Khel Mein and Vedaa on August 15. ## The movie, however, can take inspiration from Ranbir Kapoor's recently re-released Rockstar which grossed over 10 crores in India. It will be a big win for Laila Majnu if it manages to outgross its original run. ## Stay tuned...

Mahesh Babu's 'Murari' Re-Release Second Day Box Office Collection
680 days ago
Tollywood

Mahesh Babu's 'Murari' Re-Release Second Day Box Office Collection

Hyderabad, August 11 - Telugu superstar Mahesh Babu's 2001 romantic drama thriller film Murari was re-released on August 9 and scored one of the biggest openings for a Telugu re-release title. ## Directed by Krishna Vamsi, Murari grossed approximately 4.75 crores in India and 5.25 crores worldwide on its first day of re-release, and continuing this momentum, the movie remained rock solid on its second day as well. ## On its second day (Saturday), the movie minted approximately 1.75 crores gross collection at the domestic box office. This takes the movie's total domestic collection to approximately 6.50 crores, and including 60 lakh overseas gross, the movie has scored 7.10 crores worldwide in the 2 days of its re-release.## Among the recent Telugu re-release films, Murari is already the second-biggest-grosser, as per the Telugu box office portal T2BLive. It will become the re-release grosser by topping Pawan Kalyan's Kushi which was re-released last year.## Murari features Mahesh Babu in the title role along with Sonali Bendre in her Telugu debut, Lakshmi, Sukumari, Kaikala Satyanarayana, and Gollapudi Maruthi Rao in the key roles. In the movie, a family is under a curse due to an old sin; due to which a male is bound to die every 48 years.## Stay tuned...