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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Box Office: Marvel's 'Spider-Man: No Way Home' Explodes To A Massive Opening Day In India
1682 days ago
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Box Office: Marvel's 'Spider-Man: No Way Home' Explodes To A Massive Opening Day In India

Mumbai, December 16 - Marvel Studios once again proved why it is such a huge movie brand in India. The studio's latest superhero movie in association with Sony/Colombia Pictures, "Spider-Man: No Way Home" is off to a thundering an estimated Rs. 40.00 crores gross on an opening day in India across languages.## Released on a non-holiday (Thursday), the Tom Holland-fronted scored the 3rd biggest box office total in India since the beginning of the covid-19 pandemic, only behind Telugu movie "Vakeel Saab" (Rs. 46.50 cr.), and Tamil blockbuster "Master" (Rs. 40.40 cr). It may cross Master day 1 when the final number comes and take the second spot. ## The large share of the opening day's collection came through the English version, followed by Hindi. In Hindi, "No Way Home" scored in the range of Rs. 7-8 crores, making it the second-best opening after Akshay Kumar's blockbuster "Sooryavanshi's" Rs. 26.29 crores net, in 2021. ## Among the Hollywood movies in India, the Jon Watts-directed falls at the second rank, only after Marvel's own flick, "Avengers: Endgame" (2019), which opened to a massive Rs. 53.60 crores net over 2845 screens. "No Way Home", however, has had the widest release ever for a Hollywood movie in India, releasing over 3264+ screens. "Avengers: Infinity War" (2018), which was released on 2000+ screens, had netted Rs. 31.30 crores on the first day. ## Despite the all-time high ticket rates across multiplex chains, "No Way Home" saw a large number of Indians stepping into theaters. The 3rd MCU Spider-Man movie opened to a highly positive response worldwide, and India was no different. ## Stay tuned...

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Box Office: 'Spider-Man: No Way Home' Global Roll Out Opens To A Dominating Note
1682 days ago
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Box Office: 'Spider-Man: No Way Home' Global Roll Out Opens To A Dominating Note

Mumbai, December 16 - Tom Holland's "Spider-Man: No Way Home" has begun its box office journey to a dominating note. Eyeing to end the current year as the top-grossing film at the worldwide box office, "No Way Home" debuted on December 15 in some of the international markets ahead of domestic (North America) release on December 17. ## The Marvel/Sony/Colombia pic, directed by Jon Watts, has had the strongest start in Korea since "Avengers: Endgame's" $8.2M, grossing $5.3M on Wednesday (Dec. 15). It beat Disney's "Frozen 2's" $4.2M and dominated an impressive 96.9% of the total market share over there on an opening day. The opening day's footfalls were approx. 636K there, which is the biggest for a Spider-Man movie, 11% over as compared to 2019's pre-pandemic Spider-Man: Far From Home. ## The movie scored the best Wednesday launch ever in the UK with £7.63M ($10.1M). That debut topped the $6.6M first day of James Bond's "No Time To Die" which bowed on September 30. In Mexico, where it also debuted on Wednesday, "No Way Home" grossed a mighty $9M, topping "Avengers: Endgame", for the biggest-ever opening day in the market.## In Russia, the movie opened to $3.6M on an opening day, followed by $3.3M in Italy. In France, it widely outscored other titles during the first Paris screenings. Meanwhile, the superhero movie has a blockbuster debut in India on December 16 (Thursday), grossing an estimated Rs. 38.50 crores ($5.05M) on the first day.## Stay tuned...

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Spider-Man: No Way Home Gets The Widest Release Ever For A Hollywood Movie In India
1682 days ago
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Spider-Man: No Way Home Gets The Widest Release Ever For A Hollywood Movie In India

Mumbai, December 16 - Tom Holland's "Spider-Man: No Way Home" has taken the worldwide box office by storm. In India, the superhero movie has been poised to take the biggest start during the covid-19 pandemic, and it is currently tracing to earn over Rs. 35 crores on an opening day, Thursday, December 16.## The Marvel/Sony/Colombia film released over 3264 screens in India across 4 languages. It is the widest ever release for a Hollywood movie in the country, surpassing Marvel Studios' own film "Avengers: Endgame" (2019), which was released on 2845 screens. That's not all, with highly positive response all-around, more screens for "Spider-Man: No Way Home" are being added across multiplex chains. ## Directed by John Watts, "Spider-Man: No Way Home" grossed Rs. 22.50 crores as advance booking sales for the first day, which is the biggest since "Endgame". There was a surreal craze for this film in India and it has totally justified the hype around it. ## The 3rd and last film in the Home Coming trilogy, "No Way Home" is currently tracing to earn over $350 million worldwide in the opening weekend, including $200 million (+/-) at the domestic box office (North America) alone. It is also set for the biggest opening and most likely to become the first $1 billion grosser at the worldwide box office during the health crisis. ## "No Way Home" stars an ensemble cast including Tom Holland as Peter Parker / Spider-Man alongside Zendaya, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jacob Batalon, Jon Favreau, Marisa Tomei, J. B. Smoove, Benedict Wong, Jamie Foxx, Alfred Molina, Willem Dafoe, Thomas Haden Church, and Rhys Ifans, among others.## Stay tuned...

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Universal Pictures Sets A New Release Date For 'Fast & Furious 10'
1683 days ago
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Universal Pictures Sets A New Release Date For 'Fast & Furious 10'

Los Angeles, December 15 - The next installment of the "Fast and Furious" film franchise has been delayed by a month to May 2023, by Universal Pictures. The 10th and second last film in the long-running ode to fast cars, physics-defying stunts, and family will hit theaters on May 19, 2023, according to Variety. ## "F10" was earlier slated for April 7, 2023, release. The said date will now be taken by an untitled animated film coming from the studio behind Shrek. The move to May puts Fast 10 right at the start of the summer blockbuster movie season.## Fast 10 will serve as the first half of a two-part finale for the Fast and Furious franchise. It was originally announced for the 2021 release but was pushed back after F9 was delayed to this past summer due to the COVID-19 pandemic. F9 set several pandemic box office records and grossed over $726 million worldwide, becoming the fourth highest-grossing film of 2021.## Justin Lin, who previously directed on Fast 3 through 6, and F9, will return to direct the film for the last time. The movie will also bring back many members of the family, including Vin Diesel's Dom, Michelle Rodriguez's Letty, Sung Kang's Han, and others. ## Meanwhile, Vin Diesel had recently requested Dwayne Johnson, who plays enemy-turned-friend Luke Hobbs in the Fast movies, to come back for the two-part finale F10. The Rock, however, earlier confirmed that he would not return for Fast 10 or 11, and would instead focus on the spinoff series, Hobbs & Shaw.## Stay tuned...

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Benedict Cumberbatch Aka Doctor Strange Urged Fans To Stay Away From Spider-Man: No Way Home Spoilers
1684 days ago
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Benedict Cumberbatch Aka Doctor Strange Urged Fans To Stay Away From Spider-Man: No Way Home Spoilers

Mumbai, December 14 - Marvel star Benedict Cumberbatch aka Doctor Strange has urged fans to stay away from "Spider-Man: No Way Home" spoilers. Tom Holland-fronted "Spider-Man: No Way Home", which has had a world premiere on Monday in Los Angeles, possibly holds many secrets that Marvel/Sony don't want to come out before the movie officially releases in theaters. ## While the early reviews for the film are highly positive, Marvel actors are pleading with people online to not reveal anything that could kill the excitement. Marvel released a video featuring Cumberbatch. In the video, Doctor Stranger claims that he didn't watch the film before and only saw the pages that included him and acted in scenes featuring the Sorcerer Supreme.## "Dear fans, it's Doctor Strange here. I've been accused of being a curmudgeon-y English sort of killjoy", Cumberbatch joked. "But I think the biggest possible killjoy would be to geek out and get that tiny bit of enjoyment from being the one to spoil the movie for others. Really, down the line, kids, parents, who knows, who really want to see this movie. I am one of them".## "I haven't seen this film. I don't know any more about it than the pages I've gotten. The character I play, the stories for him. The adventures he goes on, I'll tell you about that shortly. But seriously, I get it. It's so hard, you want to tell all your friends. I'm not going to tell any of my friends about it", he added.## Don’t worry, Benedict, we won’t say a word…🤫#DoctorStrange #SpiderManNoWayHome pic.twitter.com/t7B3UYgp2e— Marvel Entertainment (@Marvel) December 14, 2021 ## "Spider-Man: No Way Home", which brings to an end of the Home Coming trilogy, is on the track to earn $200M - $250M at the domestic and a potential $500 million at the global box office over the opening weekend. It has already crossed $80 million in the pre-sales in the USA, where it is scheduled to debut on December 17. ## Directed by Jon Watts, the movie features an ensemble cast including Tom Holland as Peter Parker/Spider-Man alongside Zendaya, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jacob Batalon, Jon Favreau, Marisa Tomei, J. B. Smoove, Benedict Wong, Jamie Foxx, Alfred Molina, Willem Dafoe, Thomas Haden Church, and Rhys Ifans, among others.## Stay tuned...

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Jennifer Lawrence Becomes The Only Actor Born In The 90s To Achieve This Feet
1684 days ago
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Jennifer Lawrence Becomes The Only Actor Born In The 90s To Achieve This Feet

Los Angeles, December 14 - The nominations for the 75th Golden Globes awards were announced on Monday (December 13). Among the top nominations, there were some familiar faces, including Emma Stone, Leonardo DiCaprio, Will Smith, Jennifer Lawrence, among others. ## The much-talked-about nominations particularly bring joy to Jennifer Lawrence who becomes the only actor born in the 90s to beg the highest number of nominations. She has been nominated for the Netflix film, "Don't Look Up" in the Best Actress in a motion picture - musical or comedy category, along with Emma Stone (Cruella), and three others. ## This was 5th nomination for Jennifer in the Golden Globes awards history. Earlier, she got nominations for Winter's Bone (2011), Silver Linings Playbook (2013), American Hustle (2014), and Joy (2016) and went on to win 3 of them in 2013, 2014, and 2016. ## Jennifer had also won an Academy Award for "Silver Linings Playbook" as well as two Critics' Choice Movie Awards for the same film. Meanwhile, Leonardo DiCaprio, who plays the male lead in "Don't Look Up", has been nominated for Best Actor in a motion picture - musical or comedy category. ## The quoted awards will celebrate the best film and TV shows along with artists of the past year. Organized by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), the 75th Golden Globes will take place on 9 January 2022. However, it will not be televised following the controversy surrounding the organization behind the Globes. ## Stay tuned...

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Spider-Man: No Way Home Early Spoiler-Free Reactions Are Out
1684 days ago
Hollywood

Spider-Man: No Way Home Early Spoiler-Free Reactions Are Out

Los Angeles, December 14 - Marvel Studios/Sony Pictures' "Spider-Man: No Way Home" has had a world premiere in Los Angeles, on Monday night. The movie debuts on December 17 in the USA while in India, will have an early release on Thursday, December 16 in English, Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu. ## The Tom Holland-led 3rd MCU Spider-Man flick was already considered as one of the finest solo superhero movies of all time, and now, the early reactions are indicating the same. Directed by Jon Watts, "No Way Home" is the end of the Homecoming trilogy, and reactions from the world premiere show it couldn't have asked for a better ending. ## The movie features an ensemble cast including Zendaya, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jacob Batalon, Jon Favreau, Marisa Tomei, J. B. Smoove, Benedict Wong, Jamie Foxx, Alfred Molina, Willem Dafoe, Thomas Haden Church, and Rhys Ifans, among others. ## Here are early spoiler-free reactions on Spider-Man: No Way Home - ## I can confidently say #SpiderManNoWayHome is THE BEST live-action Spider-Man movie. A thrilling & emotional end to the “Homecoming” trilogy, but also a smart, fun & exciting tribute to 20 years of Spider-Man movies. Both hilarious & heartbreaking, I honestly loved every second. pic.twitter.com/8xpqbTNgfz— Erik Davis (@ErikDavis) December 14, 2021 ## #SpiderManNoWayHome makes you feel every feeling you could possibly feel. It is 2.5 hours of nonstop emotion, action, quips, and heart. Everything you want from a Peter Parker story.It has never been a better time to be a Spider-Man fan. @MCU_Direct— Matt Roembke - TheDirect.com (@mattroembke) December 14, 2021 ## Believe the hype! #SpiderManNoWayHome is absolutely incredible. Not only the best superhero movie of the year, but hands down the best Spider-Man film ever that honors what has come before.— Umberto Gonzalez (@elmayimbe) December 14, 2021 ## #SpiderManNoWayHome is undoubtedly the biggest, the most emotional, and possibly the best #SpiderMan movie ever. Need to sit with it and decide. It’s hard to imagine topping this one. Like, genuinely, hard to imagine getting more than this movie gives you as a #SpiderMan fan. pic.twitter.com/lUIJE6QM7O— Spider-Bran (@BrandonDavisBD) December 14, 2021 ## Tom Holland and Zendaya deliver brilliant, emotional performances in #SpiderManNoWayHome.Everyone does. Benedict Cumberbatch has a great and fresh take on Strange but the #SpiderMan cast is just so great together. pic.twitter.com/ral2UAb6LD— Spider-Bran (@BrandonDavisBD) December 14, 2021 ## #SpidermanNoWayHome sends this trilogy off on a glorious high note! The action is top-notch and the villains steal the show. It felt like a culmination of all the previous 'Spider-Man' films that came before it. This is the BEST Spider-Man film to date! pic.twitter.com/jIMG2aHgwd— Dorian Parks (@DorianParksnRec) December 14, 2021 ## #SpiderManNoWayHome is the most satisfying #SpiderMan movie you can imagine today.The movie delivers. It’s packed and moves at lightning speed. Relentless. It’s just so satisfying and rewarding.Hats off to Jon Watts for landing this one. Just an epic movie. Wow. pic.twitter.com/Acw4T9OHYA— Spider-Bran (@BrandonDavisBD) December 14, 2021 ## #SpiderManNoWayHome: wow, tears and the loudest crowd I’ve heard since Endgame— Aaron Couch (@AaronCouch) December 14, 2021 ## #SpiderManNowWayHome feels a bit like an Avengers 4.5. It's not a perfect movie and I have some criticism. But my main concern—that Tom Holland's Peter Parker arc would be lost in all this—was not the case at all. Very emotional Peter Parker story that ties it all together. pic.twitter.com/c9xTfj3NCX— Brandon Katz ☕️ (@Great_Katzby) December 14, 2021 ## I. Cried. The. Entire. Time.#SpiderManNoWayHome— Ash Crossan (@AshCrossan) December 14, 2021 ## Stay tuned...

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Thor: Love And Thunder First Poster Reportedly Surfaces On Social Media
1687 days ago
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Thor: Love And Thunder First Poster Reportedly Surfaces On Social Media

Mumbai, December 11 - Marvel Studios' "Thor: Love And Thunder" is still over 8 months for a worldwide release, but it looks like Marvel fans might have gotten their first look at the poster for Thor: Love and Thunder on social media. On Twitter, a Thor fan account posted an image, which they reportedly claim is the "Thor: Love And Thunder" poster. ## The poster image is distributed by Pyramid, the company that put up a Ms. Marvel poster way too early from its release as well. Meanwhile, the poster image looks actual and it revealed Korg, Jane Foster, and the God of Thunder's (Thor) new costumes. Natalie Portman, after missing out in "Thor: Ragnarok" (2017), returns as Jane Foster. The viral poster image also features Tessa Thompson's Valkyrie. ## Taika Waiti returns as a director while Chris Hemsworth's founding Avenger is set to make a grand return in 2022 with his fourth solo film. Joining the cast of Thor: Love and Thunder are Christian Bale's villain Gorr the God Butcher, Russell Crowe as Zeus, and most of the members of the Guardians of the Galaxy, including Dave Bautista as Drax the Destroyer, Karen Gillan as Nebula, Vin Diesel (voiceover) as Groot, Chris Pratt as Peter Quill / Star-Lord, among others. ## First look at #ThorLoveandThunder. pic.twitter.com/OAl7cI9L4o— Marvel Updates (@MarvlUpdates) December 11, 2021 ## "Thor: Love And Thunder" is intended to be the direct sequel to Thor: Ragnarok (2017) and the 29th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). It is currently slated for release on July 8, 2022, after being delayed a few months due to production shifts.## Director Waititi previously said the film would adapt elements from Jason Aaron's run on The Mighty Thor comic book, which sees Portman's character Jane Foster take on the mantle and powers of Thor whilst suffering from cancer. Robinson joined the film in February 2020, with Waititi later describing it as a romance film. ## Stay tuned...

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Producer Jon Landau Reveals A Major Plot Detail Of Avatar 2
1689 days ago
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Producer Jon Landau Reveals A Major Plot Detail Of Avatar 2

Mumbai, December 9 - The sequel to the highest-grossing film of all-time "Avatar" is nearly upon us after almost 13 years. It has been a long wait for the fans to experience the next chapter of this sci-fi epic and the world of Pandora. ## A sequel to a blockbuster film doesn't often take too much time to get on the floors. However, in the case of "Avatar", a lot of time was down to writing not one but four scripts for the planned series of sequels up to Avatar 5. Producer Jon Landau told Total Film magazine as part of its huge 2022 preview that "The scripts are the blueprint from which we work". ## "So a large portion of our time was writing, with the challenge that each of those four scripts had to individually resolve itself in a story that concludes with a big emotional resolution – but when you look at them as a whole, the connected story arc of all four movies creates an even larger epic saga", he added. ## Meanwhile, the producer further revealed some of the first "Avatar 2" plot details. He revealed that Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) and Neytiri (Zoe Saldana) are now parents. James Cameron, who returns as director, has specifically written the script of "Avatar 2" taking the Sully family at the center stage. ## "I think the story of Avatar 2, and the strength of the story, is what Jim [Cameron] always does in any of his movies: he writes in universal themes that are bigger than any one genre. And if you think about this, there's really no more universal theme than family. At the center of each of our sequels is the Sully family. What are the dynamics that parents go through to protect their family?" explains Landau. ## The Sullys' idyllic life is disrupted when the RDA mining operation returns to Pandora, forcing Jake to take the family to "what is perceived as a safe harbor" at the reef. "And when you get to the reef, there's a clan we call the Metkayina", continues Landau. "The Sullys are no longer in the environment that they know, the rainforest. They become the fish out of water. They become the fish out of the water both culturally and just environmentally".## The sequel stars Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Stephen Lang, Giovanni Ribisi, Joel David Moore, Dileep Rao, CCH Pounder, and Matt Gerald, reprising their roles from the original film, with Sigourney Weaver returning in a different role. New cast members include Kate Winslet, Cliff Curtis, Edie Falco, Brendan Cowell, Michelle Yeoh, Jemaine Clement, Oona Chaplin, Vin Diesel, and CJ Jones.## "Avatar 2" is slated for December 16, 2022, release and the next three sequels have been planned for 2024, 2026, and 2028. ## Stay tuned...

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Titanic Director James Cameron Details The Greatest Spider-Man Movie He Never Made
1690 days ago
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Titanic Director James Cameron Details The Greatest Spider-Man Movie He Never Made

Mumbai, December 8 - Director James Cameron has helmed just 4 movies in the last 25 years and two of those - "Titanic" (1997), "Avatar" (2009), are among the highest-grossing films of all time. Even before Titanic, he directed films like "Aliens" (1986), and "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" (1991), which hold a special place in the cinematic world. ## However, despite being at the peak of his powers in the 90s, Cameron didn't get the opportunity to direct a Spider-Man movie, which he calls the "greatest film he never made". Cameron wrote about the Spider-Man film he wanted to make, in a book titled Tech Noir: The Art of James Cameron. He attempted to make a Spider-Man movie before the character made his big-screen debut with Sam Raimi's Spider-Man movie in 2002. ## Cameron told Screen Rant, as part of a roundtable promoting the book, that his version of Spider-Man was going to be "very different". "The first thing you've got to get your mind around", Cameron told Screen Crush, "is it's not Spider-Man. He goes by Spider-Man, but he's not Spider-Man. He's Spider-Kid. He's Spider-High-School-Kid. He's kind of geeky and nobody notices him and he's socially unpopular and all that stuff".## Cameron saw the film as "a metaphor for puberty and all the changes to your body, your anxieties about society, about society's expectations, your relationships with your gender of choice that you're attracted to, all those things", he added. The Oscar-winning filmmaker's Spider-Man movie would have had "a kind of gritty reality to it" as he wanted the story to take place in the real world rather than something mythical like Gotham City.## "I wanted to make something that had a kind of gritty reality to it. Superheroes in general always came off as kind of fanciful to me, and I wanted to do something that would have been more in the vein of Terminator and Aliens, that you buy into the reality right away. So you’re in a real world, you're not in some mythical Gotham City. Or Superman and the Daily Planet and all that sort of thing, where it always felt very kind of metaphorical and fairytale-like".## "I wanted it to be: It's New York. It's now. A guy gets bitten by a spider. He turns into this kid with these powers and he has this fantasy of being Spider-Man, and he makes this suit and it's terrible, and then he has to improve the suit, and his big problem is the damn suit. Things like that. I wanted to ground it in reality and ground it in universal human experience. I think it would have been a fun film to make", he added. ## He further revealed that his version of the superhero film was never off to the ground because the company he requested to buy the rights of the film went bankrupt. He even attempted to save it by going to 20th Century Fox and telling them to pick it up, but the company didn't want to get into a fight with Sony who, "had some very questionable attachment to the rights".## Meanwhile, Cameron is currently directing "Avatar 2", which is scheduled to release in December 2022. While he has produced films such as Alita: Battle Angel, the filmmaker has said that he will only direct Avatar movies, which are planned for 2024, 2026, and 2028, release apart from the currently in production for 2022 premiere. ## Stay tuned...

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Spider-Man: No Way Home Tracking For Potential $500M Opening Weekend At The Global Box Office
1691 days ago
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Spider-Man: No Way Home Tracking For Potential $500M Opening Weekend At The Global Box Office

Mumbai, December 7 - Marvel Studios/Sony Pictures' "Spider-Man: No Way Home" is still 10 days away from its worldwide release but it is already giving pre-covid level vibes as far as box office is a concern. The Tom Holland-led third MCU "Spider-Man" flick is beating all the expectations and creating pre-sales records in several key markets. ## As reported previously, "No Way Home's" huge demand caused crashes of the ticketing websites in the US and some of the markets. The Jon Watts-directed installment has set all-time records in multiple markets for the first 24 hours, for example, it broked pre-sales records in the US within 2 hours of opening tickets for sale.## "Spider-Man: No Way Home" reportedly has already sold around $60M in pre-sales tickets in the domestic market (North America). According to Box Office Pro, the film is tracking to open between $190M and $240M over the opening domestic weekend, including $40 million on the first day, without previews. The latest projection has improved significantly as compared to the previous one, which predicated an opening of $135M-$185M.## The superhero film is looking equally strong in overseas markets. According to Deadline, Brazil's advances are 5% over Avengers: Endgame at the same point; Poland is showing the best presales since Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker; Portugal passed No Time To Die's total presales in three days, and Australia and Turkey are on par with Endgame.## In Mexico, the movie generated $7 million during the first 24 hours tickets were available last week. That's a new milestone, coming in 40% above Avengers: Endgame. With international developments, "No Way Home" might even manage a $250M opening outside the US, taking the worldwide start of a potential $500M, that too without China, Japan, and various other key markets. ## In India, "No Way Home" debuts on December 16, and with strong buzz around, it is set to go bonkers at the box office. It will challenge the domestic biggie, "Pushpa: The Rise", featuring Telugu superstar Allu Arjun. While the advance booking is yet to open, the Hollywood pic might take an Rs. 30 crores gross ($3.98M) start on the first day for all languages. ## Stay tuned...

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Wonder Woman Star Gal Gadot-Fronted 'Cleopatra' Biopic Gets A New Director On Board
1691 days ago
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Wonder Woman Star Gal Gadot-Fronted 'Cleopatra' Biopic Gets A New Director On Board

Los Angeles, December 7 - Gal Gadot-fronted biopic of "Cleopatra" is going through creative changes as Patty Jenkins, who was supposed to direct this keenly-awaited pic, has now moved into producing role. Kari Skogland, who got massive success with the Disney+ series "The Falcon and the Winter Soldier", has now been attached to direct Cleopatra pic, according to Deadline.## The Deadline report suggests that Patty Jenkins fell off as director so she could focus on her next two projects - Wonder Woman 3 and Star Wars: Rogue Squadron. She will now only produce the film along with Atlas Entertainment's Charles Roven, Gadot, and her Pilot Wave Motion Pictures partner Jaron Varsano. Paramount Picture has the distribution rights of this biographical drama, written by Laeta Kalogridis. ## Cleopatra is the daughter of Ptolemy, the ancestor of the leader of Alexander the Great's army. When Rome's ruler Julius Caesar's mentor-turned-rival Pompey fled to Egypt after a brutal war for control of the empire, Egypt became a fixation of Roman rulers. Two siblings battled for the throne of Egypt.## After winning that internal struggle by appealing personally to Caesar, Cleopatra had a complicated relationship with Rome, becoming the lover of Caesar and later Marc Antony. The latter alliance would become the undoing of both Antony and Cleopatra.## "Cleopatra" is definitely a massive project Skogland has bagged. The movie has the potential to be a mega-hit. Though Cleopatra has already been the center of some controversy regarding Gal Gadot's casting in the titular role, it's hard to imagine this not at least getting some solid attention from audiences.## Stay tuned...

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