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Mumbai, July 3 - Lionsgate studio has set the official release for the third instalment of its magic-themed heist film franchise Now You See Me, directed by Ruben Fleischer. ## Starring Jesse Eisenberg, the threequel will be released on November 14, 2025. The development of Now You See Me 3 was first confirmed in April 2020 when Lionsgate brought on screenwriter Warren Singer to pen the script to add a fresh take to the story. ## The plot details of the movie have been kept under wraps but the movie reintroduces audiences to the thieving illusionists known as the Four Horseman with Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher, Dave Franco and Morgan Freeman returning to reprise their roles, with Justice Smith, Dominic Sessa, Ariana Greenblatt, and Rosamund Pike among those aboard for new roles. ## The first movie of the franchise was released in 2013 and went on to gross over $350 million at the worldwide box office against a budget of $75 million. The sequel, released in 2016, had a budget of over $90 million but the collection dropped to $335 million, as the franchise has so far grossed $685 million from two movies. ## Stay tuned...

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Hyderabad, July 3 - Pan India superstar Prabhas, currently basking on the mega box office success of Kalki 2898 AD, is set to start the sequel of last year's success Salaar, directed by Prashanth Neel amid the rumours of it getting shelved. ## Salaar Part 1 was one of the highest-grossing Indian films of 2023 and the makers planned to commence the shoot of Salar Part 2 sooner than later to complete the story. The movie was supposed to go on floors by June this year but now, it will roll out in August. ## According to the report by Pinkvilla, the 20% shoot of Salaar 2 is already completed and the makers will resume it on August 10 with a 15-day schedule at Ramoji Film City, Hyderabad. It is said that plans to resume the filming in June were delayed due to weather and date issues. ## Prashanth Neel, meanwhile also has Jr. NTR's Dragon and the report says that the filmmaker will juggle between the shoots of the two movies. Salaar 2 will be shot for over 8 months with Dragon in 2024 and 2025, starting from August this year. The makers are planning to release the sequel by the end of 2025. ## Salaar Part 1 was released in December last year and went to gross around 618 crores at the worldwide box office. It stars Prabhas in the title role alongside Prithviraj Sukumaran, Shruti Haasan, and Jagapathi Babu, among many others in key roles. ## To keep the excitement up for the sequel, Prithviraj Sukumaran recently teased a major crossover in Salaar 2 with another universe.## Stay tuned...

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Hyderabad, July 3 - Amid the box office carnage, sci-fi epic Kalki 2898 AD has crossed 20 million (2 crores) footfalls in India in all languages, becoming the first Indian movie of the year to do so, beating fellow industry title, Hanuman. ## Directed by Nag Ashwin, Kalki 2898 AD has scored an estimated 2.02 crores of footfalls in just 6 days in all versions. The Telugu version is leading approximately 1 crore admissions, followed by Hindi with 75 lakh. The rest of the versions have sold approximately 28 lakh tickets so far. ## In 2024, only four Indian films have sold more than 1 crore tickets in theatres and Kalki 2898 AD is the only one to make it double. The other movies to score 1+ crore footfalls are Hanuman (1.44 crore), Fighter (1.17 crore), and Manjummal Boys (1.16 crore).## The Prabhas-fronted blockbuster has been ruling the box office since day 1. It has already become the highest-grossing Indian film of 2024 by a long margin with approximately 610 crores worldwide, including 440+ crores gross in India alone in 6 days so far. ## Stay tuned...

BY SUNIT JANGIR

Tokyo, July 3 - Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan's action thriller Jawan, one of India's all-time blockbusters, is all set to be released in Japan in November this year, 14 months after the movie's original release in September 2023. ## Directed by Tamil filmmaker Atlee, Jawan will be distributed by Twin Studio upon its release in Japan on November 29. The makers released the official trailer of the movie with Japanese subtitles along with the official poster with the release date announcement.## ## Produced by Shah Rukh Khan under his banner Red Chillies Entertainment, Jawan was the highest-grossing Indian film of 2023 and 5th highest-grossing Indian title at the global box office with over 1150 crores gross collection, including 400 crores internationally. ## In the movie, Shah Rukh Khan stars in a dual role as father and son who team up to rectify corruption in society alongside Nayanthara, Deepika Padukone, Vijay Sethupathi, Priyamani and Sanya Malhotra in prominent roles.## Stay tuned...

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Mumbai, July 3 - Over the last few weeks, reports about the potential collaboration between Bollywood superstar Salman Khan and director Atlee have been all over media headlines. Touted to be a 2-hero project with Kamal Haasan as the parallel lead, will mark the first movie together for the trio if materializes. ## While the aforementioned collaboration is making fans go crazy, another one between the duo of Salman Khan and Atlee is shaping up and is reportedly confirmed. According to the report by Peepingmoon.com, the Sultan actor is teaming up with Atlee to play a cameo role in Varun Dhawan-starrer Baby John which is produced by the Jawan director as his maiden Bollywood production venture. ## The details about Salman Khan's cameo have been kept under wraps but it's said to be a mass action sequence that is specifically written and designed for him. Interestingly, Salman had also made a special appearance in Dhawan's Judwaa 2 which is the remake of Salman's Judwaa. The actor will shoot for his cameo later this month or early August.## Baby John is a first-of-its-kind action thriller for Varun Dhawan. Directed by Tamil filmmaker Kalees, it also features Keerthy Suresh (in her Bollywood debut) and Wamiqa Gabbi as the female lead. The movie is produced by Cine1 Studios, and A for Apple Productions in association with Jio Studios, and is scheduled to release on December 25 this year. ## Meanwhile, Salman Khan is currently shooting for the action drama Sikandar, directed by A.R. Murugadoss and produced by Sajid Nadiadwala. Rashmika Mandanna is playing the female lead with Sathyaraj as the main antagonist as the movie is scheduled to release on Eid 2025. ## Stay tuned...

BY SUNIT JANGIR

New Delhi, October 15 - Diljit Dosanjh and Neeru Bajwa's romantic-comedy Jatt and Juliet 3 is the highest-grossing Indian Punjabi movie of all time. Released in June 2024, the movie grossed over 102 crores worldwide and became only the second Indian Pubjabi title to top 100 crores worldwide.## Gippy Grewal and Sonam Bajwa's Carry On Jatt 3, released in June 2023, was the first Punjabi movie to top 100 crores worldwide gross. It is currently the second biggest grosser with approximately 102 crores, followed by Mastaney at number 3.## Here Are Top 10 Highest-Grossing Indian Punjabi Films Worldwide (as of October 15, 2024) Movie NameGross Worldwide Collection (est.) 1. Jatt & Juliet 3 ₹ 102.60 Cr. 2. Carry On Jatta 3 ₹ 102.00 Cr. 3. Mastaney ₹ 74.00 Cr. 4. Carry On Jatta 2 ₹ 58.50 Cr. 5. Saunkan Saunkne ₹ 57.00 Cr. 6. Chal Mera Putt 2 ₹ 54.50 Cr. 7. Honsla Rakh ₹ 53.00 Cr. 8. Shadaa ₹ 51.00 Cr. 9. Chaar Sahibzaade ₹ 45.00 Cr. 10. Ardaas Sarbat De Bhale Di ₹ 43.00 Cr. ## Stay tuned...

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Hyderabad, July 3 - After another good day at the box office, director Nag Ashwin's mega-blockbuster Kalki 2898 AD has topped 600 crores gross collection worldwide in just 6 days, becoming one of the fastest Indian movies to achieve the milestone. ## The Pan India superstar Prabhas-fronted tentpole has been on a winning spree since day 1 and breaking records left, right, and centre. After reaching the milestone of 500 crores worldwide gross in the 4-day opening weekend itself, the movie showed a strong hold on Monday to go past 550 crores and kept the momentum going on Tuesday to reach the next target. ## On its 6th day, Kalki 2898 AD minted an estimated 40+ crores at the worldwide box office, including 32+ crores domestically to take its total worldwide cume to around 610 crores, including an estimated 441+ crores in India. It will cross 450 crores in India and 650 crores worldwide on its 7th day. ## Earlier, the sci-fi epic scored the biggest opening for an Indian movie since RRR (2022) with 175+ crores gross. It is the third biggest opening ever for an Indian title after RRR and Baahubali 2 and is the only 5th movie to score 150+ crores worldwide opening, also including Salaar: Ceasefire and KGF: Chapter 2.## Kalki's ultimate aim should be 1000 crores gross and it is on track to achieve this target during the third week of its box office run. ## Stay tuned...

BY SUNIT JANGIR

Hyderabad, July 2 - Kalki 2898 AD continues to score well at the Hindi box office after another solid hold on its first Tuesday. The movie is seeing a drop of around 20% from Monday which is a good hold as Monday was stronger than expected after the extended opening weekend. ## The Nag Ashwin's directorial blockbuster, on its 6th day, scored an estimated 13-14+ crores net collection in Hindi. This takes its total to 141+ crores in the dubbed version as the first full week is heading for 160+ crores net. ## The weekday trend of Kalki 2898 AD is almost similar to RRR in Hindi and it will probably be heading towards a similar finish. However, the lack of major new releases for another 10 days could give an additional push to Kalki in the second weekend to collect and there are chance it might finish above RRR in the long run. ## Apart from Hindi, Kalki 2898 AD also scored a decent hold in the other versions as all versions are estimated to be 33+ crores gross on the first Tuesday. With today's collection, Kalki's domestic gross is around 443 crores. It is expected to be 485+ crores gross in all languages by the end of the week.## Stay tuned...

BY SUNIT JANGIR

Mumbai, July 2 - As the first half of 2024 comes to an end, it has been a decent year for the Bollywood/Hindi film industry at the box office with a couple of hits. The film industry left with a big disappointment after the disastrous performance of Bade Miyan Chote Miyan and Maidaan, but there were a couple of unexpected hits which kept the box office running. ## The highest-grossing Hindi film of the year so far is Hrithik Roshan's Fighter with over 350 crores in gross collection at the worldwide box office. It is also the highest Hindi grosser overseas with an estimated 104 crores ($12.45 million). ## Fighter, despite not performing to the level of expectations, did well to rebound after the struggling first week when it dropped massively on the first Monday. The positive word of mouth, however, kept the movie going with a steady run to help it cross 200 crores net and 350 crores worldwide, thanks to a decent overseas performance. ## Here Are Top 10 Highest-Grossing Hindi Movies of 2024 Overseas Box Office (as of July 1) Movie NameGross Overseas Collection 1. Stree 2 ₹ 110 Cr. [$13.10M] 2. Fighter ₹ 104 Cr. [$12.45M] 3. Crew ₹ 55 Cr [$6.60M] 4. Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya ₹ 37.75 Cr [$4.52M] 5. Shaitaan ₹ 37.50 Cr [$4.50M] 6. Bade Miyan Chote Miyan ₹ 33 Cr [$3.95M] 7. Chandu Champion ₹ 12.75 Cr [$1.52M] 8. Article 370 ₹ 12.50 Cr [$1.50M] 9. Yodha ₹ 11.50 Cr [$1.37M] 10. Mr. & Mrs. Mahi ₹ 9.50 Cr [$1.13M] ##

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Hyderabad, July 2 - As the world is waiting for SS Rajamouli's next which is with Telugu superstar Mahesh Babu, the maverick filmmaker has reportedly finalized the antagonist to take on Pokiri star in this highly-anticipated Pan India movie, tentatively titled SSMB 29. ## According to the report by Pinkvilla, SS Rajamouli has been in talks with Malayalam star Prithviraj Sukumaran to come on board as the main villain and the actor has finally agreed to do the same. It is said that Prithviraj's role as antagonist will have a backstory to justify his action. ## As reported earlier, SSMB29 will be an African Jungle Adventure, on the lines of Indiana Jones in which Mahesh Babu's character reportedly has traits of Lord Hanuman. SS Rajamouli has completed most of the scripting and is locking the rest of the cast. ## There were rumours in the past that Indonesian actress, Chelsea Islan would play the female lead, however, nothing was confirmed. The movie will be produced by an international and SSR is reportedly in talks with Disney and Sony Pictures for the same. The filmmaker is aiming to take the movie on floors by the end of this year or early 2025. ## Stay tuned...

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Mumbai, July 2 - June was the second biggest month of the year at the Indian box office with close to 1000 crores gross collection after January which is the only month to cross this milestone so far. ## In June 2024, films across languages grossed approximately 985 crores at the domestic box office, as Pan India superstar Prabhas-fronted Kalki 2898 AD being the biggest grosser with approximately 370 crores gross, followed by Bollywood movie, Munjya with approximately 111 crores gross. ## In terms of language, Hindi once again topped the month and also saw the biggest of the year so far by topping March month's collection of 386 crores with approximately 390 crores gross which includes Kalki (130+ crores) and Munjay (111 crores) as the two biggest grossers. The Telugu version is also back in the top 2 with approximately 275 crores gross, thanks to Kalki with 200 crores gross. ## Meanwhile, the Malayalam language collection slipped to 4th spot after being the second biggest for four consecutive months. The Tamil industry also witnessed a rebound and has had the biggest month of the year with approximately 137 crores gross, thanks to Maharaja (60 crores) and Garudan (45 crores). ## The total domestic collection after the first 6 months is approximately 4700 crores gross. The second half of the year, however, is expected to see a big jump in the collection with multiple much-awaited movies lined up for release, including Pushpa 2, Singham Again, Indian 2, Devara, Game Changer, Kanguva, Stree 2, GOAT, along with Hollywood movies like Deadpool 3, Mufasa: The Lion King, and Joker 2, among many local and international films. ## Stay tuned...

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Mumbai, July 2 - Dharma Productions and Sikhya Entertainment's A-rated action thriller Kill, which is scheduled to be released theatrically on July 5, is set to be remade in Hollywood by the John Wick director Chad Stahelski who will produce the movie for Lionsgate. ## Kill has been rated 'A' by CBFC for extreme violence and it is billed as the Indian version of the John Wick franchise. Directed by Nikhil Nagesh Bhat, the movie stars Lakshya, Raghav Juyal, Ashish Vidyarthi, Harsh Chhaya, and Tanya Maniktala in key roles. ## "Kill is one of the most vivid, wild, and creative action movies I've seen recently. Nikhil delivers relentless action sequences that need to be seen by as wide an audience as possible. It's exciting to be developing an English-language version — we have big shoes to fill and I'm looking forward to working with Nikhil, Karan, Apoorva, Guneet, and Achin to achieve that", Stahelski said in a statement (via Variety).## In a rare instance, the makers of Kill have partnered with any major Hollywood studio to release the movie in North America and the U.K. with Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions coming on board to distribute the movie there. ## In the film, when army commando Amrit (Lakshya) finds out his true love Tulika (Tanya Maniktala) is engaged against her will, he boards a New Delhi-bound train in a daring quest to derail the arranged marriage. But when a gang of knife-wielding thieves led by the ruthless Fani (Raghav Juyal) begin to terrorize innocent passengers on the train, Amrit takes them on himself in a death-defying kill-spree to save those around him - turning what should have been a typical commute into an adrenaline-fueled thrill ride. ## Kill is scheduled to be released on July 5 worldwide. ## Stay tuned...