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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Warner Bros. India Announces Date For 'Blue Beetle' Fan Screening
1032 days ago
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Warner Bros. India Announces Date For 'Blue Beetle' Fan Screening

Mumbai, August 13 - Warner Bros. Pictures is getting ready to release the next DC Superhero movie "Blue Beetle" this upcoming Friday, August 18. Directed by Angel Manuel Soto, "Blue Beetle" is the latest and overall the fourteenth film in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU). ## "Blue Beetle" will release in English, Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu languages in India on August 18. The studio, however, has announced fans screenings of the movie a day before the official release, August 17 in Mumbai and Delhi. ## Warner Bros. announced a quiz contest in which fans won a free pass to watch the movie in the special fans' screenings. The contest has been closed and the studio has already announced the names of the fans who have been selected for the screening, scheduled for August 17 in Mumbai and Delhi.## The film stars Xolo Maridueña as Jaime Reyes/Blue Beetle alongside Adriana Barraza, Damián Alcázar, Raoul Max Trujillo, Susan Sarandon, and George Lopez in key roles. It had a special screening in which it received an excellent response.## In Blue Beetle, Xolo Maridueña stars as Jaime Reyes, a recent college grad that returns home with aspirations for his future, but finds out his home is not the same. As he searches to find his purpose in the world, fate intervenes when Jaime unexpectedly finds himself in possession of an ancient relic of alien biotechnology: the Scarab.## Congratulations to all the winners! ​List in the following thread.For further details please check your email. Kindly share your confirmation by replying to our email before August 14, 5 PM & get ready to watch #BlueBeetle ONE DAY before the official release!​#WarnerBrosIndia pic.twitter.com/Vs5yxNAa2n— Warner Bros. India (@WarnerBrosIndia) August 12, 2023 ## Stay tuned...

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DC's 'Blue Beetle' Box Office Projection Revealed
1037 days ago
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DC's 'Blue Beetle' Box Office Projection Revealed

Los Angeles, August 8 - Warner Bros. Pictures and DC Studio will look to put the recent box office failures as the studios are gearing up for the next DC Superhero movie "Blue Beetle" on August 18. The movie was once considered for direct digital release, but things got changed after many at Warner Bros. believed it could turn out to be a potential box office blockbuster.## The box office prospects of the movie are also looking brighter as compared to what it was tracking nearly a month ago. The Angel Manuel Soto-directed pic is touted to be very hot with Latino and Hispanic moviegoers, on the box office tracking. ## According to Deadline, the Xolo Maridueña-led superhero movie is tracking $30 million in the opening weekend at the domestic (North America) box office. The current projections are much better than the earlier projections of a $15 million debut. ## "Blue Beetle" is tracking lower than "The Flash" which opened at $55 million in June this year, but that movie hugely underperformed due to all the negativity around it and it couldn't recover from its low opening weekend and ended up as a box office failure for Warner Bros.## Deadline reports that "Blue Beetle" aimed at Hispanic and Latino moviegoers who can over-index in their first weekends due to walk-up business. There is a high chance that the movie could open to the higher end of the projections as it has more awareness than some of the recent movies which surprised trade with very good starts. ## In Blue Beetle, Xolo Maridueña stars as Jaime Reyes, a recent college grad that returns home with aspirations for his future, but finds out his home is not the same. As he searches to find his purpose in the world, fate intervenes when Jaime unexpectedly finds himself in possession of an ancient relic of alien biotechnology: the Scarab.## Stay tuned...

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Greta Gerwig's 'Barbie' Officially Hits $1 Billion At The Worldwide Box Office
1039 days ago
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Greta Gerwig's 'Barbie' Officially Hits $1 Billion At The Worldwide Box Office

Los Angeles, August 6 - Greta Gerwig creates history by becoming the first female director (solo) to deliver a $1 billion grossing movie as her latest blockbuster, fantasy comedy "Barbie" officially surpassed the box office milestone worldwide.## The Margot Robbie-led movie reached the billion-dollar mark on its third Sunday, becoming only the second movie of the year and 53rd of all time to do so. The last movie to enter this coveted box office club was Universal Pictures' "The Super Mario Bros." which grossed $1.35 billion worldwide earlier this year.## At the domestic (North America) box office, "Barbie" has grossed $459.4 million (INR 3800 crores) while overseas, it has minted a staggering $574.2 million (INR 4750 crores) for a worldwide cume total of $1.03 billion (INR 8515 crores) through the third Sunday. ## The top 5 international markets of the movie are as follows - 1. the UK with $87.9M, 2. Mexico with $48.9M, 3. Australia with $41.1M, 4. Brazil with $39.5M, and 5. Germany with $33.7M. In India, the movie has minted approx. $6 million (49.50 crores).## "Barbie" also ended Warner Bros. Pictures' long search for the billion-dollar movie. The last tentpole movie of the studio to reach the mark was the Joaquin Phoenix-led DC film "Joker" which grossed $1.07 billion in 2019. "Barbie" is also the first movie for Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling to score $1 billion worldwide.## Based on the Barbie fashion dolls by Mattel, it is the first live-action Barbie film after numerous computer-animated direct-to-video and streaming television films. The film follows Barbie (Margot Robbie) and Ken (Ryan Gosling) on a journey of self-discovery following an existential crisis.##

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Box Office: Oppenheimer Crosses $500 Million Worldwide
1039 days ago
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Box Office: Oppenheimer Crosses $500 Million Worldwide

Los Angeles, August 6 - Christopher Nolan's atom bomb movie "Oppenheimer" has crossed the $500 million mark at the worldwide box office, becoming the filmmaker's fifth highest-grossing movie of all time. The latest blockbuster reached $556.20 million through the third Sunday.## At the domestic (North America) box office, "Oppenheimer" grossed $229 million through the third Sunday. Overseas, the Cillian Murphy-led movie is estimated to gross $327.2 million through the third Sunday, which is 129% above Dunkirk, 169% above Interstellar, 212% above Tenet, and 25% above The Dark Knight Rises at the same point in like-for-like markets.## The Top 5 markets of "Oppenheimer" through the third Sunday are as follows - 1. the UK/Ireland with $50.30M, 2. Germany with $28.30M, 3. France with $24.20M, 4. Australia with $18.20M, and 5. India with $16.20M. In India, it has become the highest-grossing Hollywood movie of the year, beating "Fast X".## "Oppenheimer" is the biggest Nolan film of all time in 41 markets including the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, India, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE. It is Nolan's top non-Batman pic in 55 markets, including Mexico, Brazil, Turkey, Austria, Poland, and Malaysia, according to Deadline.## Stay tuned...

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Barbie Becomes The Highest-Grossing Film Solely Directed By A Female At The Worldwide Box Office
1042 days ago
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Barbie Becomes The Highest-Grossing Film Solely Directed By A Female At The Worldwide Box Office

Los Angeles, August 3 - Warner Bros. Pictures' fantasy comedy film "Barbie" starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling is fast approaching the $1 billion mark at the global box office. It will be the first $1 billion grosser for the studio since "Joker" (2019). ## Directed by Greta Gerwig, "Barbie" has crossed $850 million worldwide, and it is now the highest-grossing movie ever solely directed by a female. It has surpassed Patty Jenkins-directed DC superhero movie "Wonder Woman" which grossed $822 million worldwide in 2017.## "Barbie" has so far grossed $382 million at the domestic (North America) and approx. $470 million at the international box office. It is now the biggest solely female-directed movie of all time, not counting "Captain Marvel" ($1.13 billion) which was co-directed by Anna Boden with Ryan K. Fleck. ## Apart from being the biggest grosser for a female director, "Barbie" has already become the highest-grossing film of Margot Robbie, who plays the titular role, as well as Ryan Gosling. The movie will top $1 billion by Sunday and will become the second billion-dollar movie of the year. ## Based on the Barbie fashion dolls by Mattel, it is the first live-action Barbie film after numerous computer-animated direct-to-video and streaming television films. The film follows Barbie (Margot Robbie) and Ken (Ryan Gosling) on a journey of self-discovery following an existential crisis.## Stay tuned...

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Box Office: Christopher Nolan's 'Oppenheimer' Tops 100 Crores Net In India
1042 days ago
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Box Office: Christopher Nolan's 'Oppenheimer' Tops 100 Crores Net In India

Mumbai, August 2 - Blockbuster Hollywood filmmaker Christopher Nolan's atom bomb movie "Oppenheimer" has crossed the 100 crores net mark at the Indian box office, becoming the first movie of the director to achieve the feat in the country.## "Oppenheimer" tops the 100 crores net mark on its 13th day (2nd Wednesday) in both the versions - English and Hindi. The original English version has contributed approx. 90% of the total collection while the Hindi version has done the remaining. It didn't release in other languages.## Based on the life of American theoretical physicist and polymath J. Robert Oppenheimer, "Oppenheimer" is the 3rd Hollywood movie of the year after "Fast X" and "Mission Impossible 7" while it is the 13th Hollywood movie ever to reach the century mark at the Indian box office.## Check out day-wise collection of the movie here## "Oppenheimer" has done exceptionally well in the IMAX and has grossed approx. 23 crores so far which is around 20% of the total collection. The total gross collection of the movie is approx. 119 crores in 19 days. It will cross "MI7" in the next couple of days to become the second-biggest Hollywood grosser of the year in India. ## Cillian Murphy as Oppenheimer and Robert Downey Jr. as Strauss, with the remaining ensemble supporting cast including Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Florence Pugh, Josh Hartnett, Casey Affleck, Rami Malek, and Kenneth Branagh.##

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Christopher Nolan's 'Oppenheimer' Crosses Huge 20 Crores Gross In IMAX In India
1044 days ago
Hollywood

Christopher Nolan's 'Oppenheimer' Crosses Huge 20 Crores Gross In IMAX In India

Mumbai, July 31 - Blockbuster filmmaker Christopher Nolan's atom bomb movie "Oppenheimer" is having a blast at the Indian box office. The movie is nearing the 100 crores net mark while it has already crossed this milestone in gross collection. ## "Oppenheimer" has been shot entirely in IMAX cameras and not so surprisingly, it is proving to be an IMAX wonder around the globe. In India, the movie has been exceptional as far as the IMAX format is concerned. On its second Monday, it is running with over 60% occupancy in IMAX, and the same response is expected for the next couple of weeks. ## In IMAX, "Oppenheimer" has crossed a huge 20 crores gross mark in just 11 days in India, the fastest movie ever to reach this mark. In the first week, it grossed 13.10 crores in IMAX while in the second week, the movie scored 7.50 crores gross (4 days) for a total of 20.60 crores gross in 11 days. It will reach 25 crores mark by the end of the second week and this will be almost 1/4 of its total collection.## Meanwhile, Tom Cruise's "Mission Impossible 7" was also released in IMAX and it grossed just 8.15 crores in 9 days before all the IMAX screens were shifted for "Oppenheimer". "MI7", however, got terrific response in the regular format and has crossed 100 crores net mark already.## At present, there are just 24 IMAX theaters in India, and at least 5 more are expected to be added this year. IMAX has been planning to add more screens in the coming years which shows the growing interest of Indians to watch movies in this premium format for rich visual quality. ## Meanwhile, "Oppenheimer" has so far grossed approx. 113 crores (~95 crores net) in India in 11 days. It is already the highest-grossing film of Christopher Nolan in the country. ## Stay tuned...

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Christopher Nolan's 'Oppenheimer' Creates A Box Office Milestone For An R-Rated Movie
1045 days ago
Hollywood

Christopher Nolan's 'Oppenheimer' Creates A Box Office Milestone For An R-Rated Movie

Los Angeles, July 30 - It was another weekend ruled by Barbenheimer, the collective force of "Barbie" and "Oppenheimer" at the global box office. While Margot Robbie-led doll movie crossed $700 million, Nolan's atom bomb flick hit $400 million worldwide through the second weekend. ## Based on the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, an American theoretical physicist who was pivotal in developing the first nuclear weapons as part of the Manhattan Project, "Oppenheimer" is now the first R-Rated movie to gross more than $10 million for seven days in a row — and counting at the domestic (North America) box office, according to Universal Pictures (via Variety). ## "Oppenheimer" has grossed $174 million in the first 10 days, and it is yet to drop below the $10 million mark, which is an all-time record. The $174 million includes an excellent $47.2 million second weekend, which is the biggest 2nd weekend total for any drama or an R-Rated movie post the covid-19 pandemic. ## Meanwhile, the movie is also performing really well at the Indian box office and has crossed the 100 crores gross mark in just 9 days. It is set to top 100 crores net by the end of the second week to become the first film for Nolan to achieve this milestone in India. It currently stands at approx. 92 crores net through the second weekend (10 days). The total worldwide collection of "Oppenheimer" stands at $400.4 million and it is projected to finish at over $750 million in its lifetime run.## Stay tuned...

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Margot Robbie's 'Barbie' Creates A New Letterboxd Record
1046 days ago
Hollywood

Margot Robbie's 'Barbie' Creates A New Letterboxd Record

Los Angeles, July 30 - Margot Robbie-led fantasy comedy film "Barbie" is putting up a show at the box office and crossed the $700 million mark worldwide on its second Saturday. The movie is fast heading toward the $1 billion box office mark, which will make it the first movie of the year to do so. ## While the movie is breaking records at the box office, the Greta Gerwig's directorial has also set a new record on Letterboxd, an online social networking app focused on sharing opinions about and love of film. "Barbie" has become the fastest film to join the Letterboxd One Million Watched Club — 11 days since its theatrical release. It means, over 1 million Letterboxd members have watched the movie in a record time.## Christopher Nolan's Oscar-winning sci-fi action film "Inception" was the first movie to be watched by 1 million Letterboxd members, and it took 3391 days since its theatrical release in July 2010. Letterboxd was launched in 2011 which is why it took so long to get there. Oscar-winning South Korean movie "Parasite" is the first movie to be watched by 2 million members and it took 1244 days for the same.## Talking about "Barbie", it is the first live-action Barbie film after numerous computer-animated direct-to-video and streaming television films. The film follows Barbie (Margot Robbie) and Ken (Ryan Gosling) on a journey of self-discovery following an existential crisis. It features an ensemble cast, including America Ferrera, Kate McKinnon, Issa Rae, Rhea Perlman, and Will Ferrell.## Stay tuned...

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Marvel Studios 'The Marvels' Will Release Without The IMAX Format
1046 days ago
Hollywood

Marvel Studios 'The Marvels' Will Release Without The IMAX Format

Los Angeles, July 30 - Marvel Studios' next theatrical tentpole "The Marvels" is getting ready to release in November this year. Directed by Nia DaCosta, the movie is the sequel to "Captain Marvel" (2019), which grossed over $1.10 billion at the global box office. It is the first female-led superhero movie to top a billion dollars at the box office.## "The Marvels" is expected to be another money spinner for Marvel and Disney, however, it will have to perform exceptionally well to top come close to its predecessor. In a major setback to the film, it won't be playing in the IMAX format due to Warner Bros. Pictures' sci-fi epic "Dune - Part 2" which is releasing on November 3. ## Warner Bros. has partnered with IMAX to play "Dune 2" for 5-6 weeks which means "The Marvels" will have to be without this premium format. IMAX has been a major contributor to Marvel movies so its absence will definitely make a big impact on "Captain Marvel 2's" overall box office.## In good news for the superhero movie, there are strong reports within the Hollywood media that Warner Bros. might postpone the release of "Dune 2" to next year if the SAG-AFTRA strike last longer than expected. In this case, "The Marvels" will be taking IMAX screens. ## "Right. Dune, specifically, I mean, there's another great movie coming out around [that] time, which is The Marvels from Marvel, and we can't play it because we are committed to Dune. So, Dune moves will just go over to The Marvels, and having a Marvel movie as a backup is not the worst position to be in the world", Richard Gelfond, the Chief Executive Officer, IMAX said in a recent earning call. ## "The Marvels" stars Brie Larson as Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel, Teyonah Parris as Monica Rambeau, and Iman Vellani as Kamala Khan, alongside Zawe Ashton, Park Seo-joon, and Samuel L. Jackson. In the film, Danvers, Rambeau, and Kamala team up after they begin swapping places with each other every time they use their powers.## The movie is scheduled to release on November 10, 2023. In India, it will release in English, Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu languages.## Stay tuned...

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Box Office: Christopher Nolan's 'Oppenheimer' On Course To Score 100 Crores Net In India
1046 days ago
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Box Office: Christopher Nolan's 'Oppenheimer' On Course To Score 100 Crores Net In India

Mumbai, July 29 - One of the finest filmmakers ever, Christopher Nolan set to have his first 100 crores net movie at the Indian box office as his latest atom bomb flick "Oppenheimer" is fast approaching the milestone. ## Based on the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, an American theoretical physicist who was pivotal in developing the first nuclear weapons as part of the Manhattan Project, "Oppenheimer" scored over 73 crores net in the first full week in India.## The movie started the second week with a strong approx. 4.35 crores net on the second Friday before showing a jump of over 66% on the second Saturday for a 7.25 crores net collection. Sunday's collection is in the same range as Saturday, pushing the total collection of the movie to 92 crores net in 10 days.## The super solid second weekend has confirmed that the movie will cross 100 crores net and it is most likely to get there by the end of the second week. ## It will be the third Hollywood movie of the year, after "Fast X" and "Mission Impossible 7" to achieve this box office milestone. It has emerged as a huge success at the Indian box office and extended Hollywood's domination over Indian audiences. ## Stay tuned...

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Box Office: Tom Cruise's 'Mission Impossible 7' Hits 100 Crores Net In India
1047 days ago
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Box Office: Tom Cruise's 'Mission Impossible 7' Hits 100 Crores Net In India

Mumbai, July 29 - Tom Cruise-led action thriller "Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning - Part One" has become the second Hollywood movie of the year to cross the 100 crores net mark at the Indian box office after Vin Diesel's "Fast X". ## The 7th installment in the blockbuster Mission Impossible franchise crossed the century mark on its 18th day in all versions. The movie got affected due to the release of "Oppenheimer" in its second week but did well enough to hit the box office milestone. ## "Mission Impossible 7" is the first movie for Tom Cruise to achieve the 100 crores net mark milestone at the Indian box office. The actor's previous highest-grossing film in India was "Mission Impossible 6 - Fallout" (2018) which scored approx. 81 crores net collection in its entire box office run. ## Directed by Christopher McQuarrie, "MI7" is the 12th Hollywood movie ever to reach the 100 crores net mark in India and six movies of them have been released in the post-pandemic era. It is currently the 12th highest-grossing film and will end up in the top 10 by tomorrow.## Dead Reckoning Part One sees Tom Cruise return as Ethan Hunt, whose IMF team matches wits with a powerful rogue AI known as "the Entity". The ensemble cast also features Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Vanessa Kirby, Esai Morales, Pom Klementieff, Mariela Garriga, and Henry Czerny. ## Stay tuned...

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