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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John Wick: Chapter 4 Becomes The Highest-Grossing Film In The Franchise In India
1172 days ago
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John Wick: Chapter 4 Becomes The Highest-Grossing Film In The Franchise In India

Mumbai, March 26 - The Keanu Reeves-fronted 4th installment of John Wick is turning out to be a sleeper hit in India. Despite having not much pre-release buzz and poor outcomes of the first three films in the franchise, John Wick: Chapter 4 has been able to attract Indian moviegoers in a big way. ## Directed by Chad Stahelski, the latest flick in this neo-noir action thriller series opened to a fantastic 8.75 crores net, including Thursday previews, in India for all languages. It was the biggest opening for the John Wick franchise as well as more than 50% of the total net collection of the first three films. ## With the help of a super solid audience WOM, "John Wick 4" sees a jump of more than 50% on Saturday for approx. 9 crores net, pushing total net collection to approx. 17.50 crores. After this, it has become the highest-grossing John Wick film in India, surpassing the combined net total of approx. 14 crores of the previous films in just two days. ## The first film in the franchise, released in 2014, was a washout in India, scoring just approx. 1 crore net lifetime collection, before "John Wick: Chapter 2" (2017) improved slightly to approx. 2 crore net. "John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum" (2019) was previously the biggest film in the series with approx. 11 crores net. The three films combined did approx. 14 crores net. ## "John Wick 4" will see another big spike in the collection on Sunday. The advance booking for the day was more than 8 crores gross which are higher than most of the Indian films' opening day pre-sales in the post-pandemic times. ## Stay tuned...

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John Wick: Chapter 4 Creates New Records In The Franchise
1173 days ago
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John Wick: Chapter 4 Creates New Records In The Franchise

Los Angeles, March 25 - John Wick franchise is soaring to new highs, not just on the box office front but in every way possible. The Keanu Reeves-fronted action thriller film is still in the early days but it is already proving to be an unstoppable force. ## Directed by Chad Stahelski, "John Wick 4" has created some new records in this blockbuster franchise which is growing with each passing film. The movie scored the biggest opening day in the franchise, grossing a spectacular $29.40 million (including $8.90 million Thursday previews) at the domestic (North America) box office.## The $29.40 million opening day is approx. $7 million higher than the third installment which minted $22.60 million in 2019. The first two films did $5.40 million and $11 million in 2014 and 2017, respectively. The opening weekend collection of the latest outing is estimated to gross $70+ million, which will be the record in the series.## Since the film's premiere a couple of weeks ago, the critics are showering high praise, calling it one of the best action films ever. It is now the highest-rated John Wick film on Rotten Tomatoes with a critics' score of 95% (as of now). "John Wick: Chapter 2" and "John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum" have been rated with 89% scores each while the first film scored 86%. ## The movie is also bonding very well with the audiences, receiving a record "A" CinemaScore which is rare for an R-Rated film. The second and third film in the franchise received an "A-" CinemaScore each while the first film got "B" CinemaScore.## Stay tuned...

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Box Office: John Wick 4 Does Well On The Opening Day
1173 days ago
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Box Office: John Wick 4 Does Well On The Opening Day

Mumbai, March 24 - John Wick is back with a bang and set to create new records at the box office. The Keanu Reeves-fronted action thriller has taken the biggest start of the franchise at the domestic (North America) as well as the overseas box office.## The Chad Stahelski-directed flick opened to an excellent $8.9 million Thursday previews which is just $150K less than the combined previews collection of the first three John Wick movies. The movie is tracking $70+ million opening weekend, which will be the highest in the franchise. ## Impressively, each of the John Wick films has substantially increased its opening weekend release after release. The original "John Wick" (2014) opened with $14 million, followed by 2017's "John Wick: Chapter 2" ($30.4 million) and 2019's "John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum" ($56.8 million).## Meanwhile, the movie has also taken a surprisingly good start at the Indian box office, scoring an estimated 6+ crores gross in all languages. The movie had its paid previews on Thursday in which it collected around 3 crores gross.## The first three John Wick films did a combined lifetime business of around 20 crores and here, "John Wick 4" is on track to surpass those figures in the opening weekend itself. Worldwide, the highly-rated film is tracking a franchise-best $120+ million start, including $50+ million internationally. ## Stay tuned...

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Avatar 2 Swims Past Avengers Infinity War At The North American Box Office
1174 days ago
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Avatar 2 Swims Past Avengers Infinity War At The North American Box Office

Los Angeles, March 24 - James Cameron's mega-blockbuster Avatar: The Way of Water is still minting millions at the domestic (North America) box office despite being in its 14th week.## The sci-fi epic is nearing its spectacular box-office run but before reaching its end, the movie has down another blockbuster domestically. It has become the 7th highest-grossing film of all time in North America, beating Marvel's "Avengers: Infinity War's" entire $678.8 million domestic run. ## "Avatar 2", after its 14th Wednesday, has reached $678.9 million domestically. It will most likely finish as the 7th biggest movie of all time as the next in the list is "Black Panther" which grossed $700.4 million. It is projected to finish its run between $680 million - $690 million. ## Highest-grossing films in North America (as per Box Office Mojo) - ## 1. Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens - $936.60 M## 2. Avengers: Endgame - $858.30 M## 3. Spider-Man: No Way Home - $814.10 M## 4. Avatar - $785.20 M## 5. Top Gun: Maverick - $718.70 M## 6. Black Panther - $700.40 M## 7. Avatar 2 - 678.90 M*## 8. Avengers: Infinity War - $678.80 M## 9. Titanic - $674.20 M## 10. Jurassic World - $653.40 M## The sequel to Cameron's all-time biggest worldwide grosser is currently the 3rd highest-grossing title globally with $2.30 billion, behind "Avengers: Endgame" ($2.79 billion) and "Avatar" ($2.92 billion).##

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Box Office: 'John Wick: Chapter 4' Targets Record Worldwide Franchise Opening
1176 days ago
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Box Office: 'John Wick: Chapter 4' Targets Record Worldwide Franchise Opening

Los Angeles, March 22 - The fourth installment of the neo-noir action thriller franchise John Wick is looking all set to conquer the box office this weekend. ## The Lionsgate/Thunder Road Films/87 Eleven's John Wick: Chapter 4 is aiming at a record opening for the franchise with $120+ million worldwide weekend. At the domestic (North America) box office, John Wick 4 is projected to start with $70+ million and about $55+ million internationally. ## The Keanu Reeves-fronted 'R' rated flick is flying high with critics' reviews. It is the best-reviewed John Wick movie among all four with a critics' score of 96% and certified fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. The all-important audience score too is super solid with 96% currently.## The last film of the franchise, "John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum" (2019) grossed $171 million domestically after scoring the franchise's biggest opening weekend of $57 million. Worldwide, the movie tallied $328 million, becoming the highest-grossing installment in a $589 million grossing franchise. ## Surprisingly, John Wick 4 is having very good pre-sales in India for the opening weekend. The previous 3 films in the series did a gross collection of about 20 crores, and seeing the encouraging pre-sales for the upcoming movie, it should be targeting to cross the entire franchise in the opening weekend itself. The pre-booking for the opening day (including previews) is already near 1 crore.## Directed by Chad Stahelski, the movie stars Reeves as the title character, alongside a supporting ensemble cast including Donnie Yen, Bill Skarsgård, Laurence Fishburne, Hiroyuki Sanada, Shamier Anderson, Lance Reddick (in one of his final roles), Rina Sawayama, Scott Adkins, and Ian McShane.## Stay tuned...

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Zack Snyder To Screen His DC Films at SnyderCon Event in Los Angeles
1177 days ago
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Zack Snyder To Screen His DC Films at SnyderCon Event in Los Angeles

Los Angeles, March 21 - A few days ago, visionary Hollywood filmmaker Zack Snyder teased a major announcement regarding his DC films across his social media platforms, which left everyone guessing about it.## The filmmaker has now revealed the details regarding the upcoming event. The teaser shared about Snyder hinted that there is something special coming out from April 28-30, and he now revealed that he would be screening his DC films during the Snyder Con event this April. ## The SnyderCon event, which will take place in Pasadena, California from April 28 to April 30, will see the maverick filmmaker's three DC films screening. On April 28, Snyder will screen his Man of Steel, followed by Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice on April 29. Both movies will be screened at ArtCenter in Pasadena. ## Zack Snyder's Justice League will be screened on April 30 at the IMAX at Universal Citywalk, and it will be the first time when this movie will be shown on the big screen. "Zack Snyder's Justice League" is the true version of the filmmaker's DCEU world. It was released on HBO Max in 2021 with nearly a 4-hour version.## This SnyderCon will be a charity event that will help raise money for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and the Autumn Snyder Tribute Fund, paying tribute to Snyder's late daughter. ## Stay tuned... Stay tuned...

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'Shazam' Star Zachary Levi Slams DC's Toxic Fandom
1177 days ago
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'Shazam' Star Zachary Levi Slams DC's Toxic Fandom

Los Angeles, March 21 - Shazam! Fury of the Gods star Zachary Levi has slammed DC fandom for spreading unnecessary hate and negativity for DCEU films. ## As the SnyderVerse era is nearing its end before a new DCU will begin in earnest with Superman: Legacy under James Gunn, these changing dynamics are not going well with the passionate DC fans who are rejecting anything that is not connected to Zack Snyder's vision for DCEU.## It all began with Snyder's Cut of Justice League, which wasn't the result of organic filmmaking but extreme fan movement. Later, Warner Bros. reportedly accepted that surrendering to the fan movement was a major mistake the studio did and things went from bad to worse which forced the studio to start from the beginning. ## In the earlier, interview, Levi explained why SnyderVerse didn't prove to be good for DC as it failed to tap into a larger audience when compared to the MCU. Now, in a new interview with Josh Horowitz's The Happy Sad Confused podcast (via The Direct), Levi called out DC fandom for continuously being negative. ## "It's very very difficult. It's very difficult, but, you know, listen, I did my best, I have to accept that, I know that I did my best, and all the other stuff is out of your hands. But yeah I mean even on Twitter today, scrolling through, there's people that have released some advanced reviews, or just you know fans who have seen it, and there's this incredibly positive stuff out there. And then, of course, there's these other people, like the internet is full of, which is a very just negative to be negative people", he said.## The actor pointed out to one particular group of fans, and said, "There's a whole contingent of comic book fans that it's really unfortunate that there's this one particular group of people that think I... well, they don't like me because I don't agree with them on other comic book movies. You know who I'm talking about". ## "But instead of there being a conversation, they take up so many of my words, or things completely out of context, and then they go stir up all the other people that they know online, and they all just want to attack, and attack, and attack, and attack. And it's really sad because this is just one example of so many examples of the amount of just venom, toxicity, and bullying that goes on in these cyber dimensions", he added.## The actor's latest superhero flick, "Shazam! Fury of The Gods", directed by David F. Sandberg, opened at approx. $65 million worldwide, which is much lower than the projection. It is one of the lowest-rated superhero movies of all time with critics' rating of 53% on Rotten Tomatoes. ## Stay tuned...

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Shazam Fury Of The Gods Underperforms At The Worldwide Box Office
1179 days ago
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Shazam Fury Of The Gods Underperforms At The Worldwide Box Office

Los Angeles, March 19 - DC Studios' latest superhero movie, Shazam Fury Of The Gods fails to fly high at the domestic (North America) as well as the overseas box office and fell short of the expectations. ## The sequel to the successful 2019's film opened at number 1 on the domestic opening weekend with $30.5 million, according to Variety. It was, however, projected to start with around $40 million, which was still lower than the opening of its predecessor which debuted with $53.50 million. ## Not only just domestically, but the Shazam sequel also opened lower than expected internationally, grossing $35 million from 77 markets for a global start of $65.5 million. It was projected for, at least, an $80+ million worldwide launch. ## The buzz for Shazam 2 was already low and the critics' reviews too were against it which made the job tougher for it. It landed a B+ CinemaScore, down from the first film's A grade. And it holds 53% on Rotten Tomatoes, an epic decline from the original's 90% average. ## Among the overseas markets of Shazam 2, China leads with a $4.4 million opening weekend, followed by Mexico with $4 million and the UK with $3 million. India is the 7th biggest overseas market of the movie with a $1.2 million weekend.## Hollywood trade experts believe that Fury Of The Gods might struggle to reach even $200 million worldwide, which will be a disastrous result for a $110 million budgeted flick. ## Stay tuned...

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Tom Cruise Heaps High Praise For DCEU's 'The Flash' Movie
1180 days ago
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Tom Cruise Heaps High Praise For DCEU's 'The Flash' Movie

Los Angeles, March 18 - DC Studios' upcoming superhero movie The Flash is getting special treatment ahead of its June 16 release. ## The buzz for this Ezra Miller-fronted flick is at an all-time high and those who have watched it, including DC co-head and filmmaker James Gunn, have called it "probably one of the greatest superhero movies ever made". And now, it has received ultimate praise from one of the biggest movie stars in the world, Tom Cruise. ## Tom Cruise is said to be an actor who is very hard to please but even he couldn't stop himself from raving about "The Flash" after reportedly watching it privately. ## According to The Hollywood Reporter, Cruise has seen the movie and loved it so much that he called the movie's director, Andy Muschietti, to rave about it. It is said that the superstar had a meeting with Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav in late February 2023, during which Zaslav mentioned how great the movie was. ## After hearing great things from Zaslav about the movie, Cruise wished to see it Zaslav acquiesced to the request, and a copy of the movie was sent over to Cruise. THR reports that the actor watched the movie at his home in Beverly Hills and was so taken by what he saw. He then reached out to the director and said something to the effect that Flash is "everything you want in a movie" and "this is the kind of movie we need now".## "The Flash" stars Ezra Miller in the titular role of Barry Allen / The Flash along with Michael Keaton who is returning in the role of Batman. Ben Affleck is also on tap to return to the Batman role. After facing multiple delays, the movie is finally scheduled to release on June 16 this year.## Stay tuned...

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James Gunn Confirms To Direct DC's 'Superman: Legacy'
1182 days ago
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James Gunn Confirms To Direct DC's 'Superman: Legacy'

Los Angeles, March 16 - James Gunn has officially lined up Superman: Legacy as his next directorial project, he confirms on social media. ## Gunn has been writing the upcoming DC superhero movie even before he became the co-head of DC Studios in November. The movie, however, was offered to him to direct years ago but he initially denied it saying "I didn't have a way in that felt unique and fun and emotional that gave Superman the dignity he deserved".## "Then a bit less than a year ago I saw a way in, in many ways centering around Superman's heritage - how both his aristocratic Kryptonian parents and his Kansas farmer parents inform who he is and the choices he makes", Gunn tweeted.## "So I chose to finally take on writing the script. But I was hesitant to direct, despite the constant pestering by Peter Safran and others to commit (sorry, Peter). Just because I write something doesn’t mean I feel it in my bones, visually and emotionally, enough to spend over two years directing it, especially not something of this magnitude. But, the long and the short of it is, I love this script, and I’m incredibly excited as we begin this journey", he added.## Yes, I’m directing Superman: Legacy to be released on July 11, 2025. My brother Matt told me when he saw the release date he started to cry. I asked him why. He said, “Dude, it’s Dad’s birthday.” I hadn’t realized. pic.twitter.com/ohQNV8nI4g— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) March 15, 2023 ## "Superman: Legacy" will be the first big screen DC movie in the Gunn-Safran era and Warner Bros. has scheduled it for July 11, 2025, release. As per Safran, "the movie focuses on Superman balancing his Kryptonian heritage with his human upbringing. He is the embodiment of truth, justice, and the American way. He is kindness in a world that thinks that kindness is old-fashioned".## Gunn, meanwhile, is currently gearing up for the release of his Marvel directorial "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3" which is scheduled to release on May 5, 2023.## Stay tuned...

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Box Office: 'Shazam! Fury Of The Gods' Projection Indicates $80+ Million Worldwide Launch
1183 days ago
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Box Office: 'Shazam! Fury Of The Gods' Projection Indicates $80+ Million Worldwide Launch

Los Angeles, March 15 - DC's next superhero flick, Shazam! Fury Of The Gods finally is hitting theaters this Friday after multiple delays due to the covid-19 pandemic. ## Directed by David F. Sandberg, the sequel to Shazam! (2019) will be released in 77 international markets along with domestic this weekend. At the domestic (North America) box office, Shazam 2 will be released at approx. 4300 theaters, and as per the Deadline, it could open between $35 million - $40 million on the opening weekend. ## Internationally, Fury of the Gods will start rolling out from Wednesday to Friday and it is projected to be a $45 million - $50 million offshore start. Overall, the sequel is tracking an $80+ million worldwide opening ($80M - $85M), which is lower than the 2019 original ($53.5M domestic, $102M WW).## Shazam 2, however, might surprise at the North American box office, much like Creed III and Scream VI, which blew away the box office projections with openings of $58.3 million and $44.4 million, respectively over the last two weekends. ## Starring Zachary Levi in the titular role, Fury Of The Gods shows Billy Batson and his foster siblings, who transform into superheroes by saying "Shazam!", forced to get back into action and fight the Daughters of Atlas. They must stop them from using a weapon that could destroy the world. ## The movie will open on March 17 in India in English, Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu languages.## Stay tuned...

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Disney's Musical Fantasy 'The Little Mermaid' Sets Release Date In India
1185 days ago
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Disney's Musical Fantasy 'The Little Mermaid' Sets Release Date In India

Mumbai, March 13 - Disney's next potential blockbuster, musical fantasy film The Little Mermaid will be hitting Indian cinemas on May 26, 2023. The first poster along with the trailer of the film was launched on Monday.## "The Little Mermaid" is a live-action adaptation of Disney's 1989 animated film of the same name, which itself is loosely based on the 1837 fairy tale of the same title by Hans Christian Andersen. It is the beloved story of Ariel, a beautiful and spirited young mermaid with a thirst for adventure. ## The youngest of King Triton's daughters and the most defiant, Ariel longs to find out more about the world beyond the sea and, while visiting the surface, falls for the dashing Prince Eric. While mermaids are forbidden to interact with humans, Ariel must follow her heart. These actions lead to a confrontation with her father and an encounter with the conniving sea witch Ursula, making a deal with her to trade her beautiful voice for human legs so she can discover the world above water and impress Eric. However, this ultimately places her life (and her father's crown) in jeopardy. ## Directed by Rob Marshall, the film stars singer and actress Halle Bailey in the titular role, along with Jonah Hauer-King, Daveed Diggs, Awkwafina, Jacob Tremblay, Noma Dumezweni, Javier Bardem, and Melissa McCarthy.## ‘THE LITTLE MERMAID’ ON 26 MAY… Disney’s #TheLittleMermaid opens exclusively in theatres nationwide 26 May 2023… #FirstLook poster… pic.twitter.com/NebTIjcETn— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) March 13, 2023 ## Stay tuned...

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