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630 days ago

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IMDb Unveils Top 10 Most Popular Indian Theatrical Movies of 2023

Mumbai, November 30 - IMDb has unveiled the list of the top 10 most popular Indian theatrical movies of 2023 so far and once again it is dominated by Bollywood titles. The list is determined by page views on IMDb by fans. ## Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan's Jawan and Pathaan are the first two most popular Indian movies of the year, respectively. Both movies grossed over 2100 crores at the global box office and are currently the top two highest-grossing Indian movies of the year. Interestingly, SRK is also the most popular Indian star of the year, as per IMDb rankings. ## Karan Johar's directorial return, Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani, starring Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt, is the third most popular Indian movie of the year so far. The film was a box office success with a worldwide gross collection of over 350 crores.## Thalapathy Vijay's action entertainer Leo takes the 4th spot in the most popular movies list. Directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj, the movie was released in October and ended up as the second highest-grossing Tamil movie of all time with a worldwide gross collection of approx. 605 crores, beating superstar Rajinikanth's Jailer, which is the 6th most popular film of the year. ## Here is The List of The Top 10 Most Popular Indian Films (Theatrical) of 2023 - ## 1. Jawan (Hindi) - Shah Rukh Khan, Nayanthara, Vijay Sethupati## 2. Pathaan (Hindi) - Shah Rukh Khan, John Abrahm, Deepika Padukone## 3. RRKPK (Hindi) - Ranveer Singh, Alia Bhatt## 4. Leo (Tamil) - Vijay, Trisha Krishnan, Sanjay Dutt## 5. OMG 2 (Hindi) - Akshay Kumar, Pankaj Tripathi, Yami Gautam## 6. Jailer (Tamil) - Rajinikanth, Ramya Krishnan## 7. Gadar 2 (Hindi) - Sunny Deol, Ameesha Patel, Utkarsh Sharma, Simrat Kaur## 8. The Kerala Story (Hindi) - Adah Sharma## 9. Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar (Hindi) - Ranbir Kapoor, Shraddha Kapoor## 10. Bholaa (Hindi) - Ajay Devgn, Tabu## Note - Of all the movies released theatrically in India between January 1 and November 6, 2023, that have an average IMDb user rating of 5 or higher with at least 15,000 votes, these 10 titles were consistently the most popular with IMDb users, as determined by the actual page views of the more than 200 million monthly visitors to IMDb worldwide.## Stay tuned...

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634 days ago

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'Animal' and 'Sam Bahadur' To Repeat 'Oh My Gadar 2' Success At The Box Office?

Mumbai, November 26 - The Hindi box office showed its potential when Sunny Deol's "Gadar 2" and Akshay Kumar's "OMG 2" combined grossed approximately 800 crores in India after getting a same-day and date release, on August 11, 2023. This was the highest combined total of two Bollywood movies that were released on the same day.## In Gadar 2 and OMG 2 clash, fondly called "Oh My Gadar 2", the former created records by becoming the highest net-grosser ever in Hindi before the record was broken by Shah Rukh Khan's "Jawan". The Akshay Kumar-starrer sequel too had a big success despite the clash and emerged as much needed hit for the actor. ## Almost three months later, Bollywood is again in the same position when two much-awaited films, Ranbir Kapoor-led Animal, and Vicky Kaushal-starrer Sam Bahadur are releasing on the same day, December 1st. The initial indications suggest that both movies may have success at the box office despite competing against each other, just like "Oh My Gadar 2". ## The advance booking of both films opened yesterday and the initial trend indicates Animal going Gadar 2 way while Sam Bahadur repeating OMG 2. In the Independence Day weekend clash, G2 was the leader in the advances since day 1 while OMG 2 was the second choice and the same is very much expected in the upcoming clash as well. ## It may not be possible for "Animal" to beat the numbers of "Gadar 2" due to the film's adult rating and lengthy runtime but it can still top 400 crores net if the word of mouth is positive. "Sam Bahadur", on the other hand, is likely to play like "OMG 2" and maybe go on to beat its numbers.## In a positive piece of news, both "Animal" and "Sam Bahadur" can play to their full potential for at least three weeks during which no other Hindi film is scheduled to release. The former has the added advantage of South India due to the Sandeep Reddy Vanga factor but there is Nani's "Hi Nanna" scheduled for a December 7 release which can give competition in Telugu. ## As said, if word of mouth is positive for both Hindi films, then "Animal" is expected to win the race while the "Sam Bahadur" team won't be disappointed either if the movie gets what it deserves. The patriotic flavour and the goodwill of Vicky in such roles along with director Meghna Gulzar are big pluses which can work at the box office big time.## Stay tuned...

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658 days ago

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Sunny Deol Reveals He Requested Akshay Kumar To Avoid Box Office Clash Of Gadar 2 vs OMG 2

Mumbai, November 2 - Sunny Deol along with his brother Bobby Deol recently appeared on the second episode of Karan Johar's controversial chat show Koffee with Karan season 8. During the chat, Sunny Deol opened up about the box office clash between his "Gadar 2" and Akshay Kumar's "OMG 2". ## Both the aforementioned films were released on August 11 during the Independence Day weekend this year and Sunny, who hasn't had success in many years, revealed that he requested Akshay to avoid a clash as he wanted a solo release of his movie. ## When Karan Johar asked about the box office clash, the actor said that he wanted Akshay to release "OMG 2" on any other date if he had the power to do it, but Akshay denied saying it was the decision of the studio and he couldn't change that. ## Karan Johar then talked about the time when there was unity within the industry and everyone used to reach out to each other for everything. He then asked Sunny if he felt that his movie wasn't considered good enough, given that he had announced his film much earlier for the Independence Day release?## "It's a very emotional thing if you ask me, frankly, because I thought my film was releasing, and I haven't had success for donkey's years, and I didn't want anybody else to come along with it. Well, but you can't stop anybody. So obviously, it does hurt you. But then I said, I mean, does it matter? Let's go along with it. Doesn't matter. Let's just do it", the actor said (via Pinkvilla).## The box office clash between the two movies, however, didn't affect their prospects as both movies went on to become huge hits with "Gadar 2" turned out to be one of the biggest Indian blockbusters of all-time with the worldwide gross collection close to 700 crores. ## Stay tuned...

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665 days ago

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Superhit 'OMG 2' Final Worldwide Box Office Collection and Records

Mumbai, October 26 - When things were going bad to worst, it was a sequel to a superhit movie that brought Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar, who used to be a box office guarantee a couple of years back, back in the game in the form of social comedy-drama OMG 2. ## Though Akshay Kumar only played an extended role the movie sold on his name and the brand value of the "OMG" franchise. "OMG 2" was released during the Independence Day weekend of 2023 and was up against a tsunami-like "Gadar 2", still, it managed a take a decent opening before word of mouth spread its magic. ## Directed by Amit Rai, the sequel minted over 72 crores net during its extended 5-day Independence Day weekend after taking the opening of over 10 crores. The movie scored the opening week collection of 85 crores net and from there on, it performed consistently well to take the final collection past 150 crores net and became only the 6th film of the year to do so. ## Overseas, "OMG 2" performed reasonably well and grossed approximately 43 crores, for over 221 crores worldwide collection. Made on a controlled budget of around 60 crores, the film emerged as a super hit at the box office. ## Here is the final box office breakdown of OMG 2 -## India Net Collection - 151.16 Cr## India Gross Collection - 178.75 Cr## Overseas Collection - 43.00 Cr## Worldwide Collection - 221.75 Cr## Box Office Verdict - Superhit## Things weren't easy for "OMG 2" as it faced many challenges before hitting screens. The movie got an adult certificate from CBFC though the makers wanted a 'U/A' certificate as the movie had an important social message to tell. The makers relied on the brand value of the franchise and didn't promote much and this strategy worked for the movie that scored a triumph against all odds. It also scored a few milestones at the box office which are as follows - ## - Became the second highest-grossing film for Akshay Kumar in the post-Covid-19 era, after Sooryavanshi (2021).## - Became actor Pankaj Tripathi's highest-grossing film worldwide and the first 100 crores net grosser in a lead role. ## - Became director Amit Rai's highest-grossing film worldwide and first 100 crores net grosser.## - Became Akshay Kumar's 16th 100 crores net grosser, joint highest for an Indian actor with Salman Khan.## Stay tuned...

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680 days ago

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Akshay Kumar Box Office Hit 'OMG 2' Debuts On Netflix With 2.4 Million Views

Mumbai, October 11 - Akshay Kumar's social comedy-drama OMG 2, in which he played the extended cameo role as Lord Shiva's messenger, debuted with super impressive viewership on Netflix. The movie was originally released in theatres and was a big box office success with a worldwide gross collection of over 220 crores. ## Directed by Amit Rai, "OMG 2" was made available to stream on Netflix on October 8, eight weeks after the theatrical release. The movie scored 6.4 million viewing hours with 2.4 views on its opening day, which is one of the biggest opening day viewerships for an Indian movie on Netflix.## "OMG 2" was the 7th most-watched non-English movie worldwide during the week of October 2-8. It was basically just one day of viewership for the movie, otherwise, it could have easily been in the top 3 movies. The movie is trending in the top 10 in 10 countries, including Pakistan, Qatar, and Sri Lanka, among others.## Apart from "OMG 2", Vishal Bhardwaj's spy thriller "Khufiya" debuted at number 5 among the most-watched non-English films on Netflix. Starring Tabu in the lead role, the movie scored 13.2 million viewing hours with 5 million views during October 2-8 week after releasing on October 5. It is trending in the top 10 in 15 countries.## Meanwhile, Kareena Kapoor's "Jaane Jaan" continued with strong viewership in its 3rd week on the streamer. The movie generated 4.4 million viewing hours in the last week, for a total of 38 million viewing hours with 18.9 million views. It is the most-watched Indian movie on Netflix in the first 17 days. ## Stay tuned...

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686 days ago

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Sunny Deol's Mega Blockbuster 'Gadar 2' and Akshay Kumar's 'OMG 2' Announce OTT Release Dates

Mumbai, October 4 - The biggest Independence Day weekend box office blockbuster of the Indian cinema ever, Sunny Deol's period action drama film Gadar 2: The Katha Continues has set the streaming release date.## Directed by Anil Sharma, the movie was released on August 11 this year and grossed 685 crores at the worldwide box office. The mega blockbuster movie has almost completed its box office run and now, it will be streaming on ZEE5 from 6 October, 8 weeks after the theatrical release date.## Gadar 2 is the sequel to 2001's all-time blockbuster, Gadar: Ek Prem Katha. Produced by Anil Sharma in association with Zee Studios, the latest blockbuster stars Sunny Deol, Ameesha Patel, and Utkarsh Sharma, who reprise their roles from the previous film. Simrat Kaur made her Bollywood debut with this while it also features Manish Wadhwa and Gaurav Chopra in crucial roles.## Apart from Gadar 2, Akshay Kumar, Pankaj Tripathi and Yami Gautam's social comedy-drama OMG 2, released on August 11 theatrically, has announced its digital release. Directed by Amit Rai, the movie will be streaming on Netflix from October 8. ## Based on sex education in India, OMG 2 is a spiritual sequel to OMG – Oh My God! (2012). Despite the clash with Gadar 2, the movie was a super box office success and grossed over 220 crores at the global box office. Akshay plays the extended cameo appearance as Lord Shiva while Pankaj Tripathi takes the central role with Yami Gautam.## Stay tuned...

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730 days ago

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Box Office: OMG 2 Second Monday Early Estimates

Mumbai, August 21 - Akshay Kumar's social comedy-drama OMG 2 has a drop of around 70% today on its second Monday which is a bit higher but the overall collection remains decent considering various factors.## Directed by Amit Rai, OMG 2 scored an estimated 3.75 crores net collection on its second Monday/11th day. This takes the total collection to around 117.50 crores net to date. The trend in multiplex centers is strong while mass centers continue to perform low for the movie.## OMG 2 will reach around 125 crores net mark by the end of the second week. The movie will have additional competition in the coming weekend in the form of Dream Girl 2, however, it should be able to retain maximum screens, especially in multiplexes.## It will be interesting to see if OMG 2 can go near the 150 crores mark as that should be its target from now on. Nonetheless, the movie has already emerged as a big box-office success against all odds and should add another 20-30 crores or maybe more to its total which will be a fantastic result. ## Stay tuned...

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732 days ago

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Box Office: OMG 2 Second Saturday Early Estimates; Crosses 100 Crores Net

Mumbai, August 19 - Akshay Kumar's social comedy-drama, OMG 2 has crossed 100 crores net collection after the excellent jump on its second Saturday. The jump today is at least 75% and can go up to 85% depending on the performance of the smaller centers.## The early estimates suggest a second Saturday collection of OMG 2 around 10.50-11 crores net and can go higher which remains to see. This takes the total collection to over 101.50 crores net in just 9 days, becoming the first Akshay Kumar-starrer since "Sooryavanshi" to enter the 100 crores net club.## The second weekend of OMG 2 is eyeing around 28-30 crores net which will be a fantastic hold with a drop of just 40% from the opening weekend. The movie, as has been the trend so far, scored a big jump in the multiplex while non-multiplex also witnessed a decent jump today.## OMG 2 will be around 115 crores after the second weekend and now, it will easily cross the 125 crores net mark and has a genuine shot at reaching 150 crores lifetime collection. The movie has written its own success story against a volcano like Gadar 2 which threatened to sweep all other movies with its excellent trend, but OMG 2 stood like a rock-solid wall and emerged at a big box office.## Stay tuned...

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735 days ago

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Gadar 2 Crosses 300 Crores And OMG 2 Hits 100 Crores Gross At The Worldwide Box Office

Mumbai, August 16 - Independence Day week brings joy to the Indian film industry, especially to Bollywood as two of the long-awaited films "Gadar 2: The Katha Continues" and "OMG 2" emerged as big box office winners. Both the movies have together brought in approximately 355 crores gross over a 5-day weekend at the domestic box office. ## Gadar 2, starring Sunny Deol, has been sensational so far with its day-wise trending. After taking an excellent start of 40.10 crores net, the movie remained rock solid in the following days and eventually scored two 50+ crores net days. On Independence Day, the scored its biggest day with 55.40 crores net which is also the all-time biggest collection on this particular holiday.## "Gadar 2" minted a huge 228.98 crores net (270.20 crores gross) collection, which is the all-time second highest cume net collection for a Bollywood movie in the first 5 days. At the overseas box office, the period action drama film has grossed an estimated 28 crores, for a total worldwide cume of 298.20 crores gross. It has crossed 300 crores mark in the first shows of day 6 and becomes only the 4th Bollywood film of the year to do so.## Akshay Kumar, Pankaj Tripathi, and Yami Gautam-led OMG 2 has also done really well over the extended 5-day Independence Day weekend, considering the blockbuster clash. Directed by Amit Rai, "OMG 2" left with very less chance to score outside non-multiplex chains due to Gadar 2-mani, but still, the social comedy-drama managed to score a very good 72.27 crores net (85.30 crores gross) collection.## The overseas collection of "OMG 2" is an estimated 14 crores gross which takes the total worldwide gross cume to approx. 99.30 crores. The movie has crossed the 100 crores gross mark in the first shows of day 6 and emerged as a clean hit. The movie will also be entering the 100 crores net club, mostly by Saturday. ## Stay tuned...

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737 days ago

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Box Office: OMG 2 First Monday Early Estimates

Mumbai, August 14 - Director Amit Rai's social comedy-drama "OMG 2" starring Akshay Kumar, Pankaj Tripathi, and Yami Gautam has a very good first Monday at the domestic box office, which eventually topped the opening day collection. ## The movie scored a jump of around 13% from Friday for an estimated around 11.50-12 crores net. This takes the total collection of the movie to over 55 crores in 4 days. "OMG 2" will most likely have its biggest tomorrow, which is a national holiday in the form of Independence Day. ## On Independence Day, "OMG 2" could come close to 20 crores in net which will take its total 5-day collection to around 75 crores net which is a fantastic result. The movie is certain to emerge a clean hit and it will top 100 crores net in the second weekend.## "OMG 2" has turned out to be a true success as it withstands the phenomena like "Gadar 2" which is simply running riot at the box office. The excellent word of mouth has made sure "OMG 2" not only remains in the race but also makes performs very well at the box office. ## Stay tuned...

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738 days ago

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Producer Guild and Multiplex Association of India Acknowledged Historic Box Office Weekend (August 11-13) In India

Mumbai, August 14 - The Producers Guild of India and Multiplex Association of India have jointly issued a statement on the historic box office weekend of August 11 to August 13 in India which show collections topping 400 crores gross.## The statement read the August 11-13 weekend proved to be the all-time biggest single weekend in the 100+ years of Indian cinema history in terms of gross box office collection. The same weekend also drew 2.10+ crores in admissions in theaters, which is also the highest combined footfalls in the last 10-year history. ## Shibasish Sarkar, president of GUILD, said in the statement, "Mainstream storytelling executed in the right way has resulted in the box office records being shattered. The turnout at theaters has infused a new energy in our industry, audiences are responding in numbers we have not seen for a long time".## Kamal Gianchandani, president of MAI, added, "It was a historic weekend which proves once again that India loves going to cinemas to see great movies. This weekend is also an undeniable demonstration of cinemas being the ultimate place to be a part of a shared experience. This weekend shows that movies and cinemas are back in a big, big way".## The biggest contributor to this historic collection during the said weekend was Sunny Deol's period action drama film "Gadar 2" which grossed a huge 159 crores, followed by superstar Rajinikanth's "Jailer" which grossed minted approx. 120 crores, Akshay Kumar's "OMG 2" with approx. 51 crores, and Chiranjeevi's "Bholaa Shankar" which contributed approx. 31 crores. ## Meanwhile, the same weekend also created history for PVR Cinemas across the country. It announced PVR cinemas sold approx. 13 lakh tickets worth 39.50 crores gross which is an all-time record for the multiplex chain in a single weekend.## Stay tuned...

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738 days ago

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'Gadar 2', 'OMG 2', and 'Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani' Score Historic Sunday (August 13) At The Hindi Box Office

Mumbai, August 14 - It was a phenomenal weekend (August 10-13) at the Indian box office where all the movies running in theaters brought in over 400 crores gross combined. The Hindi-language box office was particularly on fire, and eventually, scored the biggest single-day ever on August 13, Sunday. ## The three Bollywood films running in theaters currently, "Gadar 2", "OMG 2", and "Rocky And Rani Ki Prem Kahani" combined scored approx. 73.50 crores net (~87 crores gross) which is the biggest single-day collection by Bollywood movies ever, besting the previous record of 68 crores by Shah Rukh Khan's "Pathaan" earlier this year.## All three aforementioned movies clocked massive occupancies throughout the day yesterday with Sunny Deol-led "Gadar 2" going on to record a near-perfect 96% occupancy in the evening shows, the highest tracked occupancy ever for a Bollywood movie. The movie faced capacity issues in many cinemas as it scored one of the biggest single-day collections in Indian cinema.## Gadar 2: The Katha Continues scored approx. 52 crores net (official data awaited) on Sunday (August 13) which is the second biggest first Sunday of all time for a Bollywood title, behind SRK's "Pathaan" (68 crores). The 3-day opening weekend of the latest blockbuster clocked an excellent approx 135 crores net, which is the second biggest of all time. ## OMG 2, the Akshay Kumar, Pankaj Tripathi, and Yami Gautam-starrer social comedy-drama also recorded its biggest day so far on Sunday with a net collection of approx. 17.50 crores (official awaited). The 3-day opening weekend of the movie is approx. 43.50 crores net. ## Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani, also remained rock solid on its 3rd Sunday and clocked approx. 4 crores net. Directed by Karan Johar and starring Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt, RRKPK has already crossed 100 crores net and the third Sunday collection takes its total cum to approx. 131 crores net.## The coming Tuesday (August 15), will most likely topple the biggest single-day collection record for Bollywood. The combined 3-day weekend of the aforementioned movies clocked an impressive approx. 188.50 crores net.##