Tag: box office

  • Divya Khosla accuses Alia Bhatt of faking box office collections

    Divya Khosla accuses Alia Bhatt of faking box office collections

    Bollywood actress Divya Khosla has recently made some strong claims against fellow actress Alia Bhatt.

    Divya shared a story on her Instagram on Saturday, saying, “Went to Citi Mall PVR for Jigra show. Theatre was totally empty, all theatres going empty everywhere.”

    She continued, stating, “Alia Bhatt me sach mein Bahut Jigra hai.. khud hi tickets karide aur fake collections announce kar diye. Wonder why paid media is silent.”

    The official Instagram account of Dharma Movies posted a picture of Jigra’s box office collection during its opening weekend, which was 16.64 crore Indian rupees.

    Jigra has been produced by Karan Johar and written and directed by Vasan Bala.

    Divya’s comments have sparked significant discussion among fans and people in the film industry, but Alia Bhatt has not yet responded to these claims. However, this situation has definitely caught the public’s attention.

    The film Jigra was released in cinemas on October 11, 2024.

    The film’s cast includes Vedang Raina, Akansha Ranjan Kapoor, Yuvraj Vijan, Manoj Pahwa, Dheer Hira, and Jasan Shah.

    Here is the story of Divya Khosla:

    Here is the teaser of the film:

  • ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ becomes first pandemic-era movie to smash global $1 billion

    ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ becomes first pandemic-era movie to smash global $1 billion

    Hollywood’s young star Tom Holland’s ‘Spider-Man No Way Home’ has become the first pandemic-era movie to cross $1 billion at the global box office.

    Sony’s comic-book epic has eclipsed that milestone in a near-record 12 days, tying with 2015’s ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ as the third-fastest film to reach the billion-dollar benchmark. Only 2018’s ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ and 2019’s ‘Avengers: Endgame’ were quicker, smashing the coveted tally in 11 and five days, respectively.

    The movie managed to blow past $1 billion in ticket sales worldwide given the rapidly spreading omicron variant of Covid-19. It makes Tom’s Marvel superhero adventure the only film since 2019’s ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ to surpass $1 billion globally. No other Hollywood film has come close to nearing those box office revenues in the last two years.

    Prior to Spidey’s reign, MGM’s ‘James Bond sequel No Time to Die’, which grossed $774 million globally, stood as the highest-grossing Hollywood film of 2021 (and the pandemic). As the first film to reach $1 billion worldwide, ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ took the earthly throne from another box-office behemoth, China’s ‘The Battle at Lake Changjin’ ($902 million), to officially cement its place as the year’s highest-grossing film worldwide. It’s also notable that ‘No Way Home’ surpassed that high-watermark without playing in China, which is currently the world’s biggest filmgoing market.

    At the US box office, ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ had another dominating weekend, soaring high above the competition during a crowded Christmas corridor.

    As per Reuters, the newest Spider-Man adventure collected $81 million from 4,336 North American theaters over the weekend. To put that figure in perspective, only select Covid-era releases have managed to generate that kind of coinage in their entire cinematic runs, much less in their second weekend of release. ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ also managed to do so at a time when several new films — ‘The Matrix Resurrections,’ ‘Sing 2’ and ‘The King’s Man’, among others — opened nationwide to decent (and not-so-decent) ticket sales.

    It brings the film’s ten-day total to a mammoth $467 million at the US box office. That tally is more than double the next highest-grossing film in Disney and Marvel’s ‘Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings’, which earned a mighty $224 million domestically.

    At the international box office, ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ added $121.4 million over the weekend and has made $587 million to date, bringing its global revenues to $1.05 billion.

  • Bilal-Sajal’s ‘Khel Khel Mein’ brings back life to cinemas, mints 2.5 crores at the box-office

    Khel Khel Mein starring Bilal Abbas Khan and Sajal Aly became the first Pakistani film to release post the pandemic and it has brought the life back to cinemas which were witnessing a lull since the last two years.

    Based on the fall of Dhaka, the film has garnered good word of mouth from the public.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIprxEg5AQg

    The film has collected a total of 1.85 crores in its first week which considering the limited screens it got and being the first film to come out post the pandemic is a good enough result.

    Daily breakdown:

    Friday: 28lacs

    Saturday: 60lacs

    Sunday: 42lacs

    Monday: 14lacs

    Tuesday: 15lacs

    Wednesday: 14lacs

    Thursday: 12lacs

    Total:1.85 crore

    The numbers indicate two positive factors for the film, a massive jump on Saturday and it has maintained approximately 50% of Fridays collections on weekdays.

    The film opened in a few overseas markets and was able to collect a total of 65 lacs in the first week. With this the Nabeel Qureshi directorial currently stands at a total of 2.5 crores worldwide.

    With little competition in week two, the film is set to add more business in its Kitty. Even with moderate business, it will be remembered for starting the cinema going experience all over again.

    The leading lady of the film, Sajal exclusively told The Current about her experience of working in the film.