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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No Solo Release For Suriya's Pan India Movie 'Kanguva'?
633 days ago
Kollywood

No Solo Release For Suriya's Pan India Movie 'Kanguva'?

Chennai, September 18 - Tamil star Suriya's much-awaited Pan India movie Kanguva has been delayed to avert a clash with superstar Rajinikanth's Vettaiyan. Directed by Siva, the film was supposed to be released on October 10 in multiple languages. ## A new release date of Kanguva is yet to be announced but reports say it is eyeing to release in November, either on Diwali or two weeks later. Being a big-budget and the biggest film for the talent involved, it is believed that the makers are trying to give it a solo release in major markets, thus keeping their options open. ## It has been learned that stakeholders are betting big on Kanguva to deliver at the Hindi box office other than Tamil and Telugu, however, as the days pass, it seems the movie won't get a free pass and there are high chances it might come up against a mighty Bollywood film. ## If Kanguva decides to release on Diwali, then there are currently hugely-anticipated, Ajay Devgn-fronted Singham Again and Kartik Aaryan's Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3, scheduled to be released and will easily be taking the maximum number of screens.## Another scenario for Kanguva is the November 14/15 release, which is more likely to be its official date. However, it is another complicated date for a dub release as there is a buzz in the Bollywood industry that Singham Again is likely to be pushed back by two weeks on November 15. ## In case of a clash with any of the aforementioned two Bollywood films, Kanguva will certainly be more affected. It will be difficult for it to get the desired result at the Hindi box office unless another film completely misfires. However, the official announcement hasn't been made yet and there are chances Kanguva might get a solo release in Hindi if Singham Again decides to stick with the Diwali release. ## Stay tuned...

Box Office: 'Tumbbad' Re-Release Fifth Day (5th Day) Collection
633 days ago
Bollywood

Box Office: 'Tumbbad' Re-Release Fifth Day (5th Day) Collection

Mumbai, September 17 - After the very good opening weekend, the folk horror thriller Tumbbad re-release is showing fantastic hold during the weekdays. The first Monday collection of the movie was higher than its opening day and now there is another solid hold on Tuesday. ## The Rahi Anil Barve's directorial film, on its 5th day, scored approximately 1.60 crores net collection which is similar to the opening day figure. This first Tuesday re-release collection of the movie pushed the total to around 10.50 crores after 5 days. ## Tumbbad has been one of the most-anticipated Bollywood re-releases in recent times and the makers also promoted it accordingly which is reaping rich dividends to them. As said, it needs just 3 crores more to outgross the original run of 13.50 crores net. ## The re-release is expected to be around its original collection after the first week which is a big achievement to crack. Tumbbad is having a verdict-changing re-release run after turning a flop in its original run. ## Day-wise collection of Tumbbad (re-release) is as follows -## 1st day - 1.60 crores net approx.## 2nd day - 2.60 crores net approx.## 3rd day - 3.05 crores net approx.## 4th day - 1.70 crores net approx.## 5th day - 1.60 crores net approx.## Stay tuned...

Box Office: 'The Greatest of All Time' Tops 400 Crore Worldwide; Second For Thalapathy Vijay
634 days ago
Kollywood

Box Office: 'The Greatest of All Time' Tops 400 Crore Worldwide; Second For Thalapathy Vijay

Chennai, September 17 - Thalapathy Vijay's action thriller The Greatest of All Time has topped 400 crores gross collection at the worldwide box office, becoming the first Tamil movie of 2024 and the 6th overall to achieve the feat. ## Directed by Venkat Prabhu, The GOAT surpassed the box office milestone on its 12th day after scoring another approximately 10 crores gross on its 2nd Monday which took its total worldwide cume to around 407 crores. It is the second highest-grossing film of Vijay after Leo (606 crores gross).## The GOAT has grossed approximately 258 crores at the domestic box office, including approx. 185 crores gross collection in Tamil Nadu. In the next couple of days, the movie will enter the 200 crores club in the home state and will become only the third movie ever to breach the milestone after Ponniyin Selvan 1 and Leo. ## Overseas, the movie has scored approximately 150 crores in 12 days, becoming only the second movie Vijay to reach this figure after Leo which grossed 204 crores internationally which is also the highest ever for a Tamil title, ahead of superstar Rajinikanth's Jailer (196 crores). ## As said, The GOAT is the 6th Tamil movie ever after 2.0 (745 crores), Leo (606 crores), Jailer (604.50 crores), Ponniyin Selvan 1 (488 crores), and Vikram (414.50 crores) to cross the 400 crores gross at the worldwide box office. By the end of its 13th day, The GOAT is expected to beat Vikram to become the 5th biggest Tamil grosser of all-time. ## Stay tuned...

Box Office: 'Tumbbad' Re-Release Fourth Day Collection
634 days ago
Bollywood

Box Office: 'Tumbbad' Re-Release Fourth Day Collection

Mumbai, September 17 - The folk horror thriller Tumbbad is heading towards emerging as a big success story in its re-release run at the domestic box office after not getting much return in its original run 6 years ago despite the critical acclaim.## Upon re-release on September 13, the Rahi Anil Barve's directorial film had a very good opening weekend with approximately 7.25 crores net which is almost 225% more than the film's original run first-weekend collection of 3.25 crores net.## The superb weekend almost ensured that the film would do well during the weekdays and come the first Monday, it performed better than expected to score higher collection than the first day (Friday). On its 4th day, Tumbbad scored approximately 1.75 crores net collection, around a 40% drop from Sunday and a 10% jump from Friday. ## The movie's total collection after 4 days is approximately 9 crores net and is now just 4.50 crores away from outgrossing its lifetime original run collection of 13.50 crores net. Looking at the trend, Tumbbad re-release is expected to do around its original lifetime business in the first week. ## Tumbbad was a box office flop when it was released in 2018 but after 6 years, it is having a verdict-changing re-release run. It will be interesting to see how far it can go, as a longer run will boost the box office prospects of its sequel which was announced on Saturday (September 14).## Stay tuned...

Ajith Kumar's 'Vidaa Muyarchi' To Release In December 2024
634 days ago
Kollywood

Ajith Kumar's 'Vidaa Muyarchi' To Release In December 2024

Chennai, September 16 - Tamil star Ajith Kumar has two films in the pipeline in the form of action thriller Vidaamuyarchi, directed by Magizh Thirumeni and an action comedy Good Bad Ugly with director Adhik Ravichandran. ## As already announced, Good Bad Ugly is eyeing the Pongal 2025 release, however, there might be some changes regarding the same. During the SIIMA awards ceremony, actor Arjun Sarja shared that Vidaa Muyarchi will be released in December 2024.## Arjun, who is playing a prominent role in this Lyca Productions venture, said that he has completed the climax fight scene and the makers will be releasing the film in 2-3 months around December this year. Earlier, the movie was supposed to hit the big screen during Diwali weekend. ## With Vidaa Muyarchi now eyeing a December release, Good Bad Ugly will certainly be moved back from the Pongal release. There is already a buzz in the industry that Good Bad Ugly will arrive during the Summer of 2025. The official confirmation, however, is yet to be made. ## Vidaamurarchi is produced by Subaskaran Allirajah under the banner of Lyca Productions. The film stars Ajith Kumar, leading an ensemble cast which includes Trisha Krishnan, Arjun Sarja, Arav and Regina Cassandra.## Stay tuned...

Box Office: YRF's 'Veer-Zaara' Re-Release Scores In The Opening Weekend
635 days ago
Bollywood

Box Office: YRF's 'Veer-Zaara' Re-Release Scores In The Opening Weekend

Mumbai, September 16 - As the re-release trend is picking up in Bollywood, the nostalgia factor is bringing the audience to the theatres to revisit some of the evergreen hits. Amid the success of a few re-releases, Yash Raj Film's Veer-Zaara returned to the big screen and scored well in the opening weekend. ## The 20-year-old epic romantic drama, starring Shah Rukh Khan, Preity Zinta, and Rani Mukerji, was re-released on September 13 on over 300 shows, which jumped to over 400 shows on Sunday after the positive response at the box office. ## The Yash Chopra's superhit directorial scored approximately 25 lakh gross collection on its opening day upon re-release. The movie witnessed an upward trend on the second day to score approximately 40 lakh gross, followed by another 45+ lakh on Sunday, for approximately 1.10+ crore gross (95 lakh net) opening weekend. ## Earlier in the year, Veer-Zaara had occasional re-releases on limited shows where it grossed approximately 40 lakh collection, and including the latest re-release, the movie has grossed around 1.50 crores this year (1.30 crores net). ## Veer-Zaara was a super hit at the box office in its original run with approximately 97 crores worldwide gross collection. After the re-release this year, the total collection is now around 98.50 crores. It needs to be seen how it performs going forward as it needs just 1.50 crores gross to top the 100 crore mark.## Stay tuned...

Box Office: 'Stree 2' Scores All-Time Biggest 5th Weekend
635 days ago
Bollywood

Box Office: 'Stree 2' Scores All-Time Biggest 5th Weekend

Mumbai, September 16 - There is no stopping horror-comedy blockbuster Stree 2 which is racing towards the ultimate glory of becoming the biggest Hindi grosser of all time at the domestic box office by crossing Shah Rukh Khan's Jawan. ## The Shraddha Kapoor and Rajkummar Rao once again created history by scoring the biggest 5th weekend with approximately 15.50 crores net collection in Hindi. Previously, Vicky Kaushal's Uri: The Surgical Strike had the biggest 5th weekend with 12.50 crores net. ## Interestingly, URI's 5th-weekend collection was higher than the full 5th-week collection of the rest of the movies, including Baahubali 2 (11.78 crores net), Tanhaji (10.41 crores), and KGF 2 (10.25 crores). Stree 2 has topped them all and will also become the highest fifth-week grosser of all time in Hindi by crossing URI (18.75 crores net).## Stree 2 has become only the second film ever to cross 550 crores net collection in Hindi. At the end of the 5th weekend, the mega-blockbuster sequel is standing at approximately 555 crores net and is now just 27 crores away from topping Jawan (582 crores net) to become the biggest Hindi grosser ever. ## Directed by Amar Kaushik, Stree 2 is showing a phenomenal hold in collections all across the board and this should lead it to cross Jawan by the next week. It has an outside chance of becoming the first 600 crores net grosser in a single language in India. ## Stay tuned...

Box Office: 'Tumbbad' Re-Release Third Day Collection
635 days ago
Bollywood

Box Office: 'Tumbbad' Re-Release Third Day Collection

Mumbai, September 15 - Director Rahi Anil Barve's folk horror thriller Tumbbad scored a fantastic first weekend at the domestic box office upon its re-release. The movie surpasses expectations to earn more than 2X of the original run opening weekend collection. ## Tumbbad scored approximately 1.60 crores net collection on its first day of re-release, followed by 2.60 crores net on the second day with a good jump of 62.50%. The movie breached the 3 crore mark on Sunday as it scored approximately 3 crore to conclude the opening weekend on a high note. ## The re-release opening weekend collection of the film is close to 7.25 crores net and is now just 6 crores away from outgrossing the lifetime collection of its original run. Tumbbad is expected to do well during the weekdays as word-of-mouth is growing. ## There haven't been many Bollywood films which performed well after getting re-released. This year, Rockstar and Laila Majnu did well and grossed over 10 crores each upon re-release. Tumbbad is setting up a new benchmark for non-original releases and is expected to end up with much more than its original collection (13.50 crores net). ## Tumbbad was a box office flop when it was released in 2018 but after 6 years, it is having a verdict-changing re-release run. It will be interesting to see how far it can go, as a longer run will boost the box office prospects of its sequel which was announced on Saturday (September 14).## Stay tuned...

'Laila Majnu' Re-Release 38 Days Box Office Collection
635 days ago
Bollywood

'Laila Majnu' Re-Release 38 Days Box Office Collection

Mumbai, September 15 - Amid the superb response to the Tumbbad re-release, Tripti Dimri and Avinash Tiwary's romantic drama Laila Majnu, which was re-released more than a month ago, is still doing a decent business.## Directed by Sajid Ali, the heartbreaking romance drama makes a successful return to the big screen after 6 years. While it largely went unnoticed in its original run back in 2018, the re-release has already earned more than 3X of its original collection of 3.25 crores gross (2.70 crores net).## Laila Majnu is currently in the 6th week of its re-release run and in 38 days so far, it has grossed approximately 10.50 crores. It is the second Bollywood re-release to cross 10 crores gross collection domestically this year. ## The movie was re-released on September 9, ahead of the Independence Day biggies and scored approximately 4.75 crores gross collection (4.10 crores net) in the first week. Due to the intense competition, the collection of the movie got a hit as it scored approximately 1.35 crores (1.15 crores net) in the second week. ## As the new releases, except for Stree 2, failed to seize the opportunity during the holiday period, Laila Majnu, maintained a steady hold and crossed 10 crores gross mark which can be called a big achievement, especially the kind of response it got during its original run. ## Here is the week-wise net collection of Laila Majnu's re-release (approx.) - ## 1st week - 4.10 crores## 2nd week - 1.15 crores## 3rd week - 1.10 crores## 4th week - 1.00 crores## 5th week - 1.20 crores## 6th weekend - 30 lakh## Total - 8.85 crores net (10.35 crores gross)## Including original collection - 11.55 crores (13.50 crores)## Stay tuned...

Box Office: 'The GOAT' Heads To Become Third Movie To Enter 200 Crore Club In Tamil Nadu
636 days ago
Kollywood

Box Office: 'The GOAT' Heads To Become Third Movie To Enter 200 Crore Club In Tamil Nadu

Chennai, September 15 - Thalapathy Vijay's action thriller The Greatest of All Time is having a fantastic second weekend at the Tamil Nadu box office, overcoming the mixed reviews like a proper well-received blockbuster.## Directed by Venkat Prabhu, The GOAT grossed approximately 143.50 crores in Tamil Nadu in its extended first week (8 days) and started the second weekend with a jump on the second Friday, crossing the 150 crores gross mark in the state.## Since there is no competition in the home market, The GOAT witnessed another excellent jump of almost 100% on the second Saturday to score approximately 13.75 crores gross collection, which took its total collection to 164+ crores in the state which is the fifth highest of all time. ## The action blockbuster is heading towards entering the 200 crores gross club in Tamil Nadu as it will be around 178+ crores by the end of the second weekend. As said, the open run is expected to keep the movie afloat with a steady collection beyond the weekend and lead it to enter the 200 crores club. ## If happens (which looks like a real possibility), The GOAT will be only the third movie of all time to enter 200 crores gross club in Tamil Nadu after Thalapathy Vijay's Leo (215 crores approx.) and Ponniyin Selvan - Part 1 (213 crores approx.). ## Meanwhile, at the worldwide box office, The Greatest of All Time is racing towards 400 crores gross collection. It is currently around 370 crores gross after the first 10 days and is expected to enter the 400 crores club by the end of the second week and this will make it only the 6th Tamil movie ever to achieve the feat. ## Stay tuned...

Box Office: 'Tumbbad' Re-Release Second Day Collection
636 days ago
Bollywood

Box Office: 'Tumbbad' Re-Release Second Day Collection

Mumbai, September 14 - Critically acclaimed Folk horror thriller Tumbbad is up for a fantastic re-release run at the domestic box office and is set to outgross its lifetime original run collection within two weeks. ## The movie was re-released on September 13 amid much anticipation and it didn't disappoint with superb 1.60 crores net opening, which is almost 2.5X of its original run opening day collection of 65 lakh. As word of mouth grows, it scored a deserving jump of +50% on Saturday. ## On its second day, Tumbbad earned approximately 2.60 crores net collection (3+ crores gross), pushing the total re-release collection to approx. 4.20 crores net in 2 days. Interestingly, in its original run, the movie never scored 2 crores or more collection in a single day. ## The film had scored approximately 3.25 crores net in its original run opening weekend which has been crossed in just 2 days with a good margin upon its re-release. The re-release opening weekend is heading towards 7+ crores net and it is likely to outscore its final original collection of approximately 13.50 crores net during the second weekend. ## Tumbbad was a box office flop when it was released in 2018 but after 6 years, the film is having a verdict-changing re-release run. It will be interesting to see how far it can go as a longer run will boost the box office prospects of its sequel which was announced on Saturday (September 14). ## Stay tuned...

Thalapathy 69: Thalapathy Vijay's Next Film's Details Announced With Release Date
636 days ago
Kollywood

Thalapathy 69: Thalapathy Vijay's Next Film's Details Announced With Release Date

Chennai, September 14 - Thalapathy Vijay, arguably the biggest Tamil star, has officially announced his 69th film which is said to be his final movie before his political entry under his party Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam.## Tentatively titled Thalapathy 69, the film will be directed by H. Vinoth, marking his maiden collaboration with the superstar. The leading Kannada production house, KVN Productions will produce T69 and it will be the studio's maiden Tamil production. ## Sensational Anirudh Ravichander is on board to compose the music of T69 which has been confirmed to hit the big screens in October 2025. While the other details were not revealed, the movie is expected to start shooting in October this year. ## The makers announced the film on Saturday, September 14 with the first look concept poster with the tagline, "The torch bearer of Democracy", indicating a political drama. The poster shows a hand holding a flambeau. ## We are beyond proud & excited to announce that our first Tamil film is #Thalapathy69, directed by the visionary #HVinoth, with music by the sensational Rockstar @anirudhofficial 🔥Super happy to collaborate with the one and only #Thalapathy @actorvijay ♥️The torch bearer of… pic.twitter.com/Q2lEq7Lhfa— KVN Productions (@KvnProductions) September 14, 2024 ## Meanwhile, Thalapathy Vijay's action thriller, The Greatest of All Time is currently playing in theatres and is doing fantastic business. The movie grossed approximately 351 crores worldwide in the first 9 days and is heading towards the 400 crores mark. ## Stay tuned...