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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'Avengers: Endgame' Director Reveals Craziest Reaction He Seen of His Film In India
1418 days ago
Hollywood

'Avengers: Endgame' Director Reveals Craziest Reaction He Seen of His Film In India

Mumbai, July 23 - The star Hollywood filmmakers Joe Russo and Anthony Russo, collectively known as the Russo Brothers, were in India recently to promote their film "The Gray Man", which also stars Dhanush. The movie has been released on Netflix. ## Russo Brothers are famous for directing Marvel epic blockbusters "Avengers: Infinity War" and "Avengers: Endgame". The director duo also gained popularity among the Indian audiences, thanks last two Avengers films within Marvel Cinematic Universe. Both the movies were huge blockbusters at the Indian box office with "Endgame" becoming the highest-grossing Hollywood movie in the country. ## During the screening of the aforementioned two films, fans recorded some of the moments in those movies in theaters. Joe Russo was asked about the craziest theater reaction he has seen to his film in India. He shared that one of the videos they loved was during "Infinity War" when Thor enters the scene and audiences went bonkers for that. ## "There are a lot of these fan videos going around of people's reaction in movie theatres during Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame. There's a reaction video of a theatre here (in India) to Thor's arrival in Avengers: Infinity War. It was unlike anything I have ever seen. You couldn't even hear what was going on in the film! I played it for Chris Hemsworth (who played Thor). He had tears in his eyes", Joe Russo said. ## Apart from the final two "Avengers" movies, Russo Brothers have also directed Marvel's "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" and "Captain America: Civil War". While the duo hasn't lined up their next Marvel project yet, they have expressed their wish to direct "Secret Wars", which might be the next Avengers film. ## Stay tuned...

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'Stranger Things' Fame Millie Bobby Brown Will Be Paid A Whopping $10 Million For 'Enola Holmes 2'
1420 days ago
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'Stranger Things' Fame Millie Bobby Brown Will Be Paid A Whopping $10 Million For 'Enola Holmes 2'

Los Angeles, July 21 - Millie Bobby Brown, the heartbeat of Netflix's global hit Stranger Things, has been paid a whopping $10 million salary to reprise her role in Netflix's Enola Holmes 2, according to Variety. ## Millie Bobby Brown has also co-produced this mystery thriller film that is scheduled to release later this year. Bobby Brown recently turned 18 and with her salary of $10 million for the upcoming sequel, she has reportedly become the highest-paid actor under the age of 20. ## Directed by Harry Bradbeer, "Enola Holmes 2" stars Millie Bobby Brown reprising her role as the title role, alongside Louis Partridge, Adeel Akhtar, Susie Wokoma, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, David Thewlis, Henry Cavill, and Helena Bonham Carter in supporting roles. ## Meanwhile, Netflix also has paid a whopping $20 million to Chris Hemsworth for reprising his role in "Extraction 2", per Variety. The report says that studio executives concede that the payouts at Netflix, Apple, and their ilk have caused some actors to raise their quotes. ## Meanwhile, Variety has also reported the salary of other actors for their upcoming films. It has been reported that Will Smith will be paid $35 million for "Emancipation", and this is the highest salary upfront for any actor in 2022. Leonardo DiCaprio will get $30 million for "Killers of the Flower Moon" while Joaquin Phoenix and Tom Hardy will be paid $20 million each for "Joker 2" and "Venom 3". ## Among the actress, Margot Robbie has been paid $12.5 million for "Barbie" while Emily Blunt and Anya-Taylor Joy will get $4 million and $1.8 million for "Oppenheimer", and "Furiosa", respectively. Chekc out more data for other actors here.## Stay tuned...

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Tom Cruise To Make Over $100 Million From 'Top Gun Maverick' Earnings
1421 days ago
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Tom Cruise To Make Over $100 Million From 'Top Gun Maverick' Earnings

Los Angeles, July 20 - Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise is still, at the age of 60, one of the most bankable actors. He has just delivered the biggest blockbuster of his career in the form of Top Gun Maverick, which has already grossed over $1.24 billion at the worldwide box office. ## Tom Cruise is one of the Hollywood actors who take a share of his movies' profit. According to Variety, the "Mission Impossible" star will net $100 million or more from ticket sales of "Top Gun 2", his salary, and his eventual cut of home entertainment rentals and streaming revenue.## The same report further said quoting one studio executive that most Hollywood actors aren't worth the money they have been paid but when it comes to Tom Cruise and maybe Dwayne Johnson, they justify their salaries, and thus, the studios are happy to give them what they demand.## Dwayne Johnson, who will be seen headlining DCEU's "Black Adam", scheduled for October 21, 2022, release, has been paid a whopping $22.5 million to star in the movie. Tom Cruise's deal with production studios is unique. As per Variety, the actor commands a significant percentage of the movie's first-dollar gross. That means that Cruise gets box office bonuses before the studio even breaks even. ## Tom Cruise's next two films are "Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One & Part 2". He is taking a lower fee upfront for starring in both the movies, which is between $12M and $14M. But just like "Top Gun 2", he will share movies' profits and both the movies are expected to fetch him another massive sum in his bag. ## Stay tuned...

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Ana de Armas Explains Why There's No Need For Female James Bond
1421 days ago
Hollywood

Ana de Armas Explains Why There's No Need For Female James Bond

Los Angeles, July 20 - Daniel Craig has bid adieu to the iconic James Bond character with the release of 2021's James Bond: No Time to Die, and the search for a new actor to play this role is still on. In this process, there have been discussions over a female to play James Bond in the near future if not immediately. ## Ana de Armas, who also starred in last year's "No Time to Die" as Paloma, a CIA agent assisting Bond, however, believes that there is no need for a female James Bond and she has explained her reasons for the same. Reportedly, the creators of the movie have been looking out for the opposite sex as a replacement for Daniel's Bond character.## Speaking to The Sun, the 34-year-old actress noted, "There's no need for a female Bond. There shouldn't be any need to steal someone else's character, you know, to take over". ## While talking about Bond's role who is depicted as a misogynist, the "Deep Water" star added, "This is a novel, and it leads into this James Bond world and this fantasy of that universe where he's at. What I would like is that the female roles in the Bond films, even though Bond will continue to be a man, are brought to life in a different way".## "Women are given a more substantial part and recognition. That's what I think is more interesting than flipping things", she explained.## Ana de Armas, meanwhile, can be seen in Russo Brothers' "The Gray Man". It also stars Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, Dhanush, and Julia Butters, among others in key roles. The movie is currently playing in theaters and will start streaming on Netflix on July 22. ## Stay tuned...

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Box Office: Top Gun Maverick Becomes 10th Highest-Grossing Film In North America
1421 days ago
Hollywood

Box Office: Top Gun Maverick Becomes 10th Highest-Grossing Film In North America

Los Angeles, July 20 - Tom Cruise's action thriller Top Gun Maverick continues its record-breaking spree at the box office, despite running in its 8th week. ## Directed by Joseph Kosinski, "Top Gun 2" recently surpassed the initial box office record of James Cameron's "Titanic and now, the blockbuster sequel has stormed into top 10 highest-grossing films of all time at the North American box office by crossing "Star Wars: The Last Jedi". ## "Star Wars: The Last Jedi", which was released in 2017, scored $620.2 million in North America. The Tom Cruise-starrer movie grossed $620.10 million through Monday. As per the estimates, the movie stands at $622 million, including the collection on Tuesday (July 19). ## The highest-grossing film of Tom Cruise's career will not stop by surpassing "Star Wars TLJ" only. Today, it will cross "The Avengers" ($623.4M) to become the 9th highest-grossing movie in Hollywood history. The movie is currently tracking to earn over $660 million in its lifetime domestic run, which will make it the 7th highest-grossing film in North America. ## Meanwhile, the Paramount Pictures film is super strong at the overseas box office as well with a collection to date is $620.6 million, for a worldwide total of $1.24 billion. It is now the 20th highest-grossing film worldwide of all time and is likely to finish at 16th position. It is also the biggest-grosser ever for Paramount Studio. ## Stay tuned...

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Box Office: 'Thor 4' Crosses $500 Million Worldwide; Another Marvel Hit In India
1423 days ago
Hollywood

Box Office: 'Thor 4' Crosses $500 Million Worldwide; Another Marvel Hit In India

Mumbai, July 18 - Marvel Studios has another winner in its hands as its latest superhero tentpole Thor: Love and Thunder has crossed $500 million worldwide box office.## The Taika Waititi-directed movie scored $505 million worldwide after making $60 million overseas and $46 million at the domestic (North America) box office on the second weekend. The pace of the movie at the box office, however, is slow as compared to the recent blockbusters, thanks to the average reviews from critics and audiences. ## At the North American box office, "Thor 4" has grossed $239.2 million while overseas, it has managed to score $266 million so far. The United Kingdom is leading its international charge with $25 million so far, followed by Australia ($22M), and Korea ($21M). India continues to be the 5th biggest international contributor to the movie. ## The Chris Hemsworth-starrer film has grossed 116 crores ($14.5M) in 11 days or through the second Sunday. It is currently the second highest-grossing Hollywood movie at the Indian box office in 2022, after its fellow Marvel movie "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of the Madness" ($20.2M). The word of mouth among the Indian audiences for "Thor 4" is decent, but the brand Thor and Marvel come to the rescue again to deliver another Marvel hit in India. ## The stars Chris Hemsworth as Thor alongside Natalie Portman, Christian Bale, Tessa Thompson, Jaimie Alexander, Waititi, and Russell Crowe, along with "Guardians of the Galaxy" stars in key roles. Portman marks her return to the Thor franchise after missing out on the last two Thor movies. ## Stay tuned...

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Box Office: 'Jurassic World Dominion' Tops $900 Million Worldwide
1423 days ago
Hollywood

Box Office: 'Jurassic World Dominion' Tops $900 Million Worldwide

Los Angeles, July 18 - Universal Pictures' science fiction action adventure film Jurassic World Dominion has crossed the $900 million mark at the worldwide box office, despite getting very poor reviews from critics. ## The Colin Trevorrow-directed $185 million budgeted movie has scored $902 million through Sunday (July 17), becoming the 3rd movie of 2022 to reach the milestone. The huge worldwide cume box office of the movie includes $359.7 million domestically (North America) and a strong $542.7 million at the overseas box office. ## The sequel to Jurassic "World: Fallen Kingdom" (2018) and the third film in the Jurassic World franchise, the latest blockbuster tentpole continues to be the biggest Hollywood title of the year in China where it has crossed RMB 1B to stand at $150M. Most of the Hollywood tentpoles have failed to grab China release over various differences.## The film stars an ensemble cast including Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, and Sam Neill. It is currently the third highest-grossing film of 2022 worldwide after Tom Cruise's "Top Gun Maverick" ($1.24B), and "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of the Madness" ($954M). ## "Jurassic World 3" has been a hit at the Indian box office with approx. 85 crores gross ($10.6 million). It is this year's 3rd highest Hollywood grosser in India, after "Doctor Strange 2" ($20.2M), and "Thor: Love and Thunder" ($14.5M). ## Stay tuned...

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Box Office: 'Thor Love and Thunder' Storms Past 100 Crores Gross In India
1426 days ago
Hollywood

Box Office: 'Thor Love and Thunder' Storms Past 100 Crores Gross In India

Mumbai, July 15 - Marvel Studios 4th Thor installment, Thor: Love and Thunder, starring Chris Hemsworth in the title role, has stormed past 100 crores gross mark at the Indian box office in the first week itself, scoring 103.85 crores. ## The superhero movie, directed by Taika Waititi, becomes the 5th Marvel movie to score 100 crores gross in India, and is the second Marvel movie this year, after "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of the Madness", to do so. It took just 8 days to reach the milestone. ## "Thor: Love and Thunder" has had a slow start as compared to "Doctor Strange 2", which reached the 100 crores gross in just 4 days. The Sam Raimi-directed movie collected approx. 165 crores gross in its full run and it is one of the biggest grosser at the India box office this year. ## Meanwhile, at the worldwide box office, "Thor 4" has topped $400 million on Thursday. It has grossed $179 million at the North American box office through Wednesday while overseas, the superhero movie crossed $200 million. Domestically (North America), it is currently the 11th highest-grossing film during the covid-19 pandemic. ## "Thor 4" stars Chris Hemsworth as Thor alongside Christian Bale, Natalie Portman, Tessa Thompson, Jaimie Alexander, Waititi, and Russell Crowe. In the film, Thor attempts to find inner peace but must return to action and recruit Valkyrie (Thompson), Korg (Waititi), and Jane Foster (Portman)—who is now the Mighty Thor—to stop Gorr the God Butcher (Bale) from eliminating all gods. ## Stay tuned...

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Jennifer Lawrence's Comedy Film 'No Hard Feelings' Gets A Release Date From Sony Pictures
1426 days ago
Hollywood

Jennifer Lawrence's Comedy Film 'No Hard Feelings' Gets A Release Date From Sony Pictures

Los Angeles, July 15 - Sony Pictures has acquired the distribution rights of Jennifer Lawrence-starrer comedy film No Hard Feelings, according to Variety. The price tag, however, has not been revealed by the makers. ## The movie will be directed by Gene Stupnitsky, a writer and co-executive producer on NBC's "The Office". Sony Pictures has billed the movie as an 'R-rated comedy with a heart' and sets June 16, 2023, release date in theaters. ## It will be the first R-Rated comedy movie in Hollywood for a long time as comedy movies are often made to attract family audiences. "No Hard Feelings" is set in Montauk, New York, a hamlet on the east end of Long Island. Apart from headlining the movie, Lawrence will also be producing it with Alex Saks, Marc Provissiero, Naomi Odenkirk, and Justine Ciarrocchi. ## Meanwhile, Sony Pictures, which has been one of the few major Hollywood studios to stand by the theaters during the covid-19 pandemic, has acquired the distribution rights of the movie with the intention to give it a theatrical release. As per Variety, it faced competition from Universal Pictures along with other streamers and major studios to grab the rights. ## Stay tuned...

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Dhanush's Hollywood Debut 'The Gray Man' Gets Hammered By Hollywood Critics
1426 days ago
Hollywood

Dhanush's Hollywood Debut 'The Gray Man' Gets Hammered By Hollywood Critics

Los Angeles, July 15 - The "Avengers: Endgame" directors, Anthony and Joe Russo return with their next directorial venture The Gray Man for Netflix. The action thriller movie stars Chris Evans, Ryan Gosling, Ana de Arms, Dhanush, and Julia Butters, among others in prominent roles. ## Dhanush marks his Hollywood debut with this $200 million budget pic, which is the costliest movie ever for Netflix. The movie had its world premiere on July 13 in Los Angeles and it was attended by the entire star cast of the movie along with the directors. It will have a limited theatrical release on July 15 before debuting on Netflix on July 22 worldwide. ## "The Gray Man" brings the most talented star cast, however, the movie is not getting the love the makers had expected. The Hollywood critics have slammed the movie and given it a below-average rating. At the time of writing, "The Gray Man" has a low 49% score on Rotten Tomatoes from 59 critics reviews, which is one of the lowest for this year's Hollywood movie. ## The Rotten Tomatoes' critics consensus read, "The Gray Man has the star-studded outline of an entertaining action thriller, but it's filled in with lukewarm leftovers from far better films". ## The movie is produced by Russo Brothers, Joe Roth, Jeff Kirschenbaum, Mike Larocca, Chris Castaldi, and Palak Patel. The official premise of the movie reads, "When the CIA's most skilled mercenary known as Court Gentry, aka Sierra Six, accidentally uncovers dark agency secrets, he becomes a primary target and is hunted around the world by psychopathic former colleague Lloyd Hansen and international assassins". ## Stay tuned...

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Avengers: Endgame Directors Russo Brothers Reveal The Next Marvel Project They Want To Direct
1427 days ago
Hollywood

Avengers: Endgame Directors Russo Brothers Reveal The Next Marvel Project They Want To Direct

Los Angeles, July 14 - The star director duo, Joe and Anthony Russo are gearing up for the premiere of their upcoming movie "The Gray Man", in which they reunited with Chris Evans, who stars alongside Ryan Gosling, Ana de Armas, Jessica Henwick, Julia Butters, and Dhanush, among others. ## "The Gray Man" marks Russo Brothers' second directorial since their record-breaking Marvel movie "Avengers: Endgame" (2019). Earlier, the Marvel tentpoles they had directed were "Avengers: Infinity War", "Captain America: Civil War" and "Captain America: The Winter Soldier". The "Endgame" was the culmination of MCU's Infinity saga as Marvel moved next to its Phase 4. ## At the world premiere of "The Gray Man", Russo Brothers were asked which next Marvel project they want to take on. The director duo had previously revealed that they want direct "Secret Wars", and it seems that they're reiterating that fact. They were speaking to Deadline at the premiere of their next movie. ## "Our love for Marvel is based on the books that we've read as kids and the books that we fell in love with. The one series that you know we adored growing up was Secret Wars. It's incredibly ambitious. It would be bigger than Infinity War and Endgame. But it's a massive undertaking, and you know, those two movies were very hard to make. So trying to imagine making another two movies even bigger than those two... we're going to have to sleep on it", Joe Russo said. ## The Russo brothers share with Deadline their future dream Marvel movie pic.twitter.com/hk9tyVluTP— Deadline Hollywood (@DEADLINE) July 14, 2022 ## Stay tuned...

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'Top Gun Maverick' Surpasses $600 Million At North America Box Office
1428 days ago
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'Top Gun Maverick' Surpasses $600 Million At North America Box Office

Los Angeles, July 13 - Tom Cruise's action thriller Top Gun Maverick has surpassed the milestone of $600 million at the North American box office and becomes the only 12th movie ever to reach there. It took 47 days to get there. ## The Paramount/Skydance movie has also crossed the initial domestic box office run of James Cameron's "Titanic" of $600.78 million as "Top Gun 2" has so far scored $601.92 million. "Titanic", however, remains the highest grossing domestic movie in Paramount Pictures' 110-year history with its re-release grosses putting a total cume at $659.3M, which is also the 7th biggest ever. ## The sequel to 1986's movie, "Top Gun 2" is currently the highest-grossing movie of 2022 in North America and globally. It has grossed over $1.19 billion so far at the worldwide box office. During the covid-19 pandemic, the Cruise-fronted movie is the second biggest domestic and worldwide grosser after Marvel/Sony's "Spider-Man: No Way Home" ($1.89B WW).## In the long run, "Top Gun Maverick" is likely to dethrone "Titanic" entire domestic collection to become the 7th biggest-grosser in Hollywood history. The Hollywood industry trade experts are predicting $670 million plus North America lifetime run. ## "Top Gun: Maverick" is directed by Joseph Kosinski and produced by Paramount Pictures, Skydance, and Jerry Bruckheimer Films. The movie stars Tom Cruise, Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm along with Ed Harris and Val Kilmer, among others in prominent roles. ## Stay tuned...

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