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Losses mount as film-makers are forced to postpone big releases - yet again
More than Rs 1,000 crore notional loss at the box office in January as release of RRR, Prithviraj, Jersey, Valimai, Radhe Shyam and Attack is postponed again; industry set to rebound from March.
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Ranveer Singh's '83 scores a century, to become the actor's sixth Rs 100 crore film
Ranveer Singh joins Aamir Khan and Hrithik Roshan at the fifth spot in terms of Bollywood actors with the most 100 Crore Club films.
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Ajay Devgn has over Rs 1,000 crore riding on him across 5 films, and a web series
Remake of Kaithi, Runway 34, Maidaan, Thank God, Singham 3 and Rudra - The Edge of Darkness are the big projects Ajay Devgn, 52, has lined up in 2022-23.
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'Anni: The Honeymoon Murder' review: True crime, in the age of CCTV
'Anni: The Honeymoon Murder' revisits the murder of an Indian-origin woman in South Africa, the attempted cover-up and the investigation.
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2021 round-up: Bollywood's commercial hits and superhits in the year gone by
'Sooryavanshi' and 'Pushpa: The Rise' are superhits, 'Tadap' and 'Roohi' recover investments, 'Antim: The Final Truth' does okay business.
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Box office: Spider-Man grabs a podium spot in India
'Spider-Man: No Way Home' is now the third-highest grossing Hollywood film in India, next only to films from the Avengers franchise.
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'Jersey' postponed; Christmas weekend collections from 'Spider-Man: No Way Home', 'Pushpa: The Rise' and '83' raise spirits
Around Rs100 crore more generated over the Christmas weekend, courtesy Ranveer Singh’s '83, Tom Holland’s Spider-Man: No Way Home and Allu Arjun’s Pushpa. This week, Spider-Man: No Way Home became the first Hollywood film to earn over $1 billion globally in 2021.
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Allu Arjun starrer 'Pushpa: The Rise' (Hindi) continues its ascent; sets the stage for Jan-Feb releases
Adivi Sesh’s 'Major' and Sudeep’s 'Vikrant Rona'; NTR Jr-Ram Charan’s 'RRR' and Prabhas’ 'Radhe Shyam' are set to storm theatres next.
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Box office: 'Spider-Man: No Way Home' and 'Pushpa: The Rise' bring cheer ahead of Christmas
'Spider-Man: No Way Home' and 'Pushpa: The Rise' sent ticket sales soaring across the country. They made over Rs200 crore, to give the industry its best (extended) weekend of 2021.
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Ranveer Singh’s '83 is set to challenge M.S. Dhoni - The Untold Story as Bollywood’s highest grossing cricket film
From 'Lagaan; in 2001 to 'M.S. Dhoni - The Untold Story' in 2016 and Sachin: A Billion Dreams (2017), these are the biggest earners among Bollywood cricket films.
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Box office collections: Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui, Pushpa, and Spider-Man: No Way Home
Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui has a fair weekend, all eyes on Spider-Man: No Way Home to take an excellent start at theatres, Pushpa is primarily for South.
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'RRR' pushes small-screen release to 75-90 days after it opens in theatres. Will other big films follow suit?
The moment it is announced that a film will be available on OTT just 2-4 weeks post theatrical release, there is a segment of the audience that makes its decision there and then.
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'Inside Edge 3' seems edgier now, with real-life cricket mirroring the show
Vivek Oberoi, Tanuj Virwani, Aamir Bashir, Richa Chadda and Sapna Pabbi impress in 'Inside Edge 3'.
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Box Office: 'Sooryavanshi' may fall short of double century; 'Tadap', 'Antim - The Final Truth' and 'Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui' look promising
'Tadap' made Rs13.5 crore at the box office in just 3 days, 'Antim - The Final Truth' is aiming for Rs40 crore, and 'Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui' is expected to open in the Rs4-5 crore range.
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Shahid Kapoor and Ranveer Singh set to resume their blockbuster run with Jersey and '83
After months of delay, ''83' will release on December 24, and 'Jersey' on December 31 - they will be the last two big-ticket film releases of 2021.
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Karan Johar, Aditya Chopra... Sajid Nadiadwala? Who are the star makers of Bollywood today?
Sajid Nadiadwala, with a career spanning three decades, has groomed a second star child - Ahan Shetty - for an out and out 'masala' launch in Bollywood.
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'Dhamaka' and 'Bunty aur Babli 2' to put coexistence of OTT and big screen releases to the test
Kartik Aaryan's Dhamaka will release on Netflix, and Saif Ali Khan and Rani Mukerji's 'Bunty aur Babli 2' in theatres this Friday.
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'Annaatthe', 'Eternals' and 'Sooryavanshi' bring in Rs200 crore at the box office during Diwali weekend
Opening weekend collections for 'Eternals' crossed Rs19 crore at the Indian box office, making it the biggest Hollywood film of 2021 in the country so far.
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Box office: 'Sooryavanshi' is Bollywood's fifth biggest opener in the last 3 years
The opening day numbers have made 'Sooryavanshi' the highest Day 1 grosser in Bollywood in 2020 and 2021.
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Akshay Kumar: “Overwhelming is just the beginning of how this feels”
"I wish Bollywood created more films with multiple heroes... The energy, the banter and the nonstop stories just makes every day so much more enjoyable." - Akshay Kumar
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Box office 2021: 'Sooryavanshi', 'Satyameva Jayate 2', 'Antim', 'Tadap', 'Bunty Aur Babli 2' may save the year yet
Right now, what's important is getting audiences back to the cinema halls. As long as that starts happening at a steady pace, things should fall in place for 2022 as well.
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Akshay Kumar, Kartik Aaryan, John Abraham take on terrorists in films that could become top grossers in the genre
Akshay Kumar is no stranger to the terrorism genre. Ditto for John Abraham, whose 'New York' and 'Batla House' are still among the top 10 Hindi films on terrorism, based on box-office collections.
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It's time for the box office to get rocking again
'Hum Do Hamaare Do', 'Dhamaka' and 'Chhorii' may be the last three notable direct-to-digital releases on OTT platforms, as theatres reopen.
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Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt already have 10 films between them in 2022
2022 may well become the year of reel and real life couple Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt.
