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Box office: Heropanti 2 and Runway 34 open below expected levels, hope to grow over the weekend
Plus, Jersey fails to gather steam, KGF: Chapter 2 (Hindi) heads for 400 Crore Club.
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Box office collections: 'Jersey' starts off slow, 'KGF - Chapter 2' (Hindi) within kissing distance of 300 Crore Club
Shahid Kapoor starrer 'Jersey' takes Rs 4 crore in Day1 box-office earnings, 'KGF - Chapter 2' (Hindi) crosses Rs 280 crore in 9 days, RRR (Hindi) aims for Rs 270 crore in lifetime earnings in theatres.
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'KGF - Chapter 2' (Hindi) makes Rs 143.64 crore in 3 days; on track to breach 200 Crore Club in record time
'KGF - Chapter 2' shows how tent-pole films from south are set to dominate on a regular basis.
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After 9 hits in 5 years, will Ajay Devgn continue the streak with 'Runway 34'?
Runway 34 is slated to release in theatres on April 29.
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'KGF - Chapter 2' (Hindi) demolishes advance booking record of 'RRR' (Hindi)
'KGF - Chapter 2' releases in theatres on Thursday. Advanced bookings have already brought in about Rs 10 crore over 3 days.
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Blockbuster March for Bollywood, as over Rs 500 crore come in through the box office
March 2022 releases 'The Kashmir Files', 'RRR', 'Bachchan Pandey', 'Radhe Shyam' and 'Jhund' brought in Rs 455.83 crore collectively. February release 'Gangubai Kathiawadi' earned Rs 81.69 crore in March alone.
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The Kashmir Files is among Indian cinema's fastest entrants into the Rs 200 crore club
'The Kashmir Files' beats Salman Khan’s 'Bharat' and Shah Rukh Khan’s 'Chennai Express', joins Shahid Kapoor’s 'Kabir Singh', and is just behind Ranveer Singh’s 'Simmba' as it enters the 200 Crore Club.
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Vidya Balan: The commercial, critical and OTT milestones so far
Vidya Balan has been completing and releasing one film a year on the digital medium during the pandemic. After 'Shakuntala Devi' and 'Sherni', 'Jalsa' started streaming this month.
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Box office: 'RRR' Hindi set for a weekend of over Rs 70 crore
That ticket prices were increased at certain centres also helped improve first-weekend collections.
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Box office collection: Terrific Holi weekend for Bollywood, courtesy 'The Kashmir Files' and 'Bachchan Pandey'
A big opening day for 'Bachchan Pandey' and an even bigger second weekend for 'The Kashmir Files' set box office earnings expectations at more than Rs110 crore over the Holi weekend.
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Alia Bhatt scores a century with Gangubai Kathiawadi
Box office collections: Amitabh Bachchan’s 'Jhund' started slow, 'Radhe Shyam' relies on word of mouth, and 'The Kashmir Files' gains momentum quickly.
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Alia Bhatt, Kangana Ranaut, Rani Mukherji, Taapsee Pannu, Tamannah Bhatia to bring their female centric films next
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'The Kashmir Files' nets over Rs 12 crore in 2 days; its super success takes Bollywood by surprise
'The Kashmir Files' breaks 5 key trade myths.
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'Pathaan', 'Tiger 3' release date announcements raise spirits, and hopes for the business of Bollywood
'Pathaan' starring Shah Rukh Khan to release on January 25, 2023 (Republic Day weekend). 'Tiger 3' to arrive on April 21, 2023 (Eid release), and 'Kabhi Eid Kabhi Diwali', also starring Salman Khan, is releasing on December 30, 2022.
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Box office: Gangubai Kathiawadi surpasses Manikarnika - The Queen of Jhansi's Rs 61.15 crore in Week 1 earnings
'Gangubai Kathiawadi' has the biggest first week ever for a female-centric film.
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Box office: Will 'Gangubai Kathiawadi' pass with flying colours or will the pandemic play spoilsport - again?
'Gangubai Kathiawadi' is the first project that director-producer Sanjay Leela Bhansali and actor Alia Bhatt have done together. The result: the film is bringing pandemic-weary audiences back to theatres.
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Alia Bhatt on 'Gangubai Kathiawadi': "So much money is involved, expectations are so huge"
"I have got so many reactions for my 'China' dialogue... Sanjay sir used to tell me that this one is for the gentry who sit at the front stall."
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Valentine's Day 2022 | Business of Bollywood in the season of love
Deepika Padukone, Siddhant Chaturvedi, Ananya Panday and Dhairya Karwa’s 'Gehraiyaan', and Rajkummar Rao and Bhumi Pednekar’s 'Badhaai Do' release ahead of Valentine’s Day 2022; Ranveer Singh's 'Gully Boy' holds record for biggest hit in the season of love.
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Karan Johar and Dharma Productions deliver 4th straight OTT success with 'Gehraiyaan'
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Box office : Pushpa (Hindi) surpasses 'Uri - The Surgical Strike' and 'Baahubali: The Beginning' on key metric
So far there are only four films where lifetime collections are 20 times or more of the opening day number: Pushpa, Baahubali, Chhichhore and Uri - The Surgical Strike.
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Deepika Padukone's 'Gehraiyaan' to test Indian audiences' readiness for mature content on OTT
'Shershaah' and 'Laxmii' were made for audiences aged 6-60. 'Gehraiyaan' is different - and it's letting audiences know that.
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100 Crore Club: Will Allu Arjun starrer 'Pushpa: The Rise' (Hindi) make it through?
Whether the Allu Arjun-starrer enters the 100 Crore Club or misses it by a sliver, he won't be the first - or last - movie star to be in this nail-biting situation. A look at who else has been here in recent times.
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Gangubai Kathiawadi to open in theatres on Feb 18; Laal Singh Chaddha and KGF: Chapter 2 on Apr 14
Bachchan Pandey, RRR, Laal Singh Chaddha announcements bring back action in the film industry; hundreds of crores at stake.
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Taapsee Pannu set to hit a six, has half a dozen releases lined up for 2022
Furthermore, Taapsee Pannu is the main lead in practically all the films - she is driving the show. She is perhaps the only actress at this time with such volume of work as a central protagonist.
