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BY Christa Lincy 📰 News

Mirzapur The Movie 2nd Weekend Box Office: ₹36.25 Cr As 42% Saturday Jump Helps Film Beat Bhooth Bangla For 4th Spot In 2026

The verdict is in: ten days into its run, Mirzapur The Movie has crossed the ₹180 Crore mark in India and turned in a certified Hit, with trade reports pegging its return on investment north of 111% against an estimated ₹80–90 Cr budget. The film has settled at an IMDb rating of 7.8, and instead of the usual second-weekend fade, its second Saturday and Sunday actually pulled in bigger numbers than its second Friday — a sign that the Kaleen Bhaiya universe still has audiences walking in ten days after opening. Across Day 8 to Day 10 — its second Friday, Saturday and Sunday — Mirzapur The Movie added a net of ₹36.25 Cr in India, pushing its cumulative numbers to a worldwide gross of ₹266.04 Cr (India Gross: ₹220.04 Cr, Overseas: ₹46.00 Cr) and an India net of ₹184.70 Cr across 97,246 shows. Here's the full day-by-day and chain-by-chain breakdown. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}) A Second Weekend That Held Its Ground Day 8 (2nd Friday) opened the second weekend on a soft note at ₹9.50 Cr, down 10.0% from the extended first week's close — a routine second-Friday dip. But the film bounced back hard: Day 9 (2nd Saturday) jumped 42.1% to ₹13.50 Cr, and Day 10 (2nd Sunday) held nearly steady at ₹13.25 Cr, dipping just 1.9%. It was on Day 8 that the film crossed the ₹150 Crore net milestone in India. Day-Wise Collection, India (2nd Weekend — Day 8–10) DAY NET (INDIA) SHOWS OCCUPANCY GROWTH Day 8 (2nd Fri)₹9.50 Cr6,76331.5%-10.0% Day 9 (2nd Sat)7,18344.1%+42.1% Day 10 (2nd Sun)₹13.25 Cr7,22545.5%-1.9% 2nd Weekend Total (India)₹36.25 Cr21,17140.4% (avg)— Overall Total₹184.70 Cr97,246—— (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}) Overseas: Past the ₹46 Crore Mark The overseas leg kept pace through the second weekend, adding ₹2.50 Cr on Day 8, ₹4.00 Cr on Day 9 and another ₹4.00 Cr on Day 10 — taking the total overseas gross from ₹35.50 Cr at the end of Week 1 to ₹46.00 Cr, roughly a fifth of the film's worldwide total. Overseas Gross Collection — Day 8 to Day 10 (₹ Cr) ₹2.50Cr ₹4.00Cr ₹4.00Cr Day 8 Day 9 Day 10 Occupancy: A Weekend Recovery Across Every Major Market Occupancy followed the same U-shaped recovery as the collections — a soft Friday, a strong Saturday surge, and a Sunday that held most of those gains. Bengaluru and Lucknow were the standout markets, both crossing 60% overall occupancy by Day 10, while NCR stayed the busiest market by volume throughout the weekend. Occupancy — Day 8 vs Day 10, Major Regions REGION SHOWS D8 → D10 OCC. D8 → D10 NCR878 → 90132.5% → 47.8% Mumbai519 → 54622.3% → 28.3% Ahmedabad385 → 42923.5% → 35.5% Pune276 → 30224.8% → 29.8% Surat262 → 30612.5% → 20.0% Bengaluru162 → 17037.8% → 61.5% Kolkata176 → 18421.0% → 36.8% Lucknow157 → 15740.3% → 57.0% (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}) Milestones Ticked Off Through the Second Weekend #1 Fastest ₹150 Crore Net Movie — 8 Days Mirzapur The Movie crossed the ₹150 Cr net mark on Day 8, ranking #36 on Bollywood's all-time fastest-to-₹150 Cr list. #2 A Fixture on the Bollywood All-Time Charts #34 — Bollywood All-Time First 10 Days Highest Collection #29 — Bollywood All-Time 2nd Friday Highest Collection #31 — Bollywood All-Time 2nd Saturday Highest Collection #45 — Bollywood All-Time 2nd Sunday Highest Collection #34 — Bollywood All-Time Day 8 Highest Collection #27 — Bollywood All-Time Day 9 Highest Collection #43 — Bollywood All-Time Day 10 Highest Collection #3 4th Highest-Grossing Bollywood Movie of 2026 Mirzapur The Movie now sits at #4 on the 2026 chart, trailing only Dhurandhar 2, Border 2 and Hanuman Ansh — and has already moved past Bhoot Bangla in the standings. BookMyShow: Still Top 10 of the Season On BookMyShow, the second weekend brought in 1,78,740 tickets on 2nd Friday, 2,30,490 on 2nd Saturday and 1,87,760 on 2nd Sunday, taking the film's cumulative BookMyShow sell-through to 35,27,770 tickets since release. That keeps Mirzapur The Movie inside the top 10 BMS ticket-sellers of the 2025–'26 season. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}) National Chains: A Smaller Slice, But a Consistent One Across PVR, INOX and Cinepolis, Mirzapur The Movie pulled in over ₹21 Cr combined gross from over 5.7 lakh tickets through Day 8 to Day 10. PVR led the pack with over ₹10 Cr from over 2.6 lakh tickets, INOX added over ₹7 Cr from over 2.1 lakh tickets, and Cinepolis contributed over ₹3 Cr from over 98,000 tickets. It's worth noting the national chains represent only a portion of the film's overall business — BookMyShow's wider single-screen and regional-chain reach continues to carry the bulk of ticket volume, with the chains' share reflecting the multiplex-heavy urban markets rather than the film's full pan-India spread.

11 days ago

Bollywood

BY Christa Lincy 📰 News

Hanuman Ansh collected ₹51.50 Cr net in India over its 6th weekend, while shows across major regions rose nearly 26% from the 5th weekend.

There's a reason trade circles keep circling back to Hanuman Ansh even five-plus weeks after its release — a small-budget devotional drama that had no star cast, no pre-release hype machine, and, by its own director's admission, struggled to even land an OTT deal before launch. What it did have was word of mouth, and in an industry increasingly driven by opening-weekend spectacle, that word of mouth has now carried the film past the ₹200 Crore net mark and kept it posting some of the biggest single-day numbers of the year — in its sixth week.The film's weekday and weekend figures barely tapering off the way conventional collection curves predict, a pattern that trade watchers are calling one of the more unusual holds of 2026. Across Day 36 to Day 38 — its sixth Friday, Saturday and Sunday — Hanuman Ansh added a net of ₹51.50 Cr in India and ₹14.50 Cr overseas, pushing its cumulative numbers to a worldwide gross of ₹268.05 Cr (India Gross: ₹253.55 Cr, Overseas: ₹14.50 Cr) and an India net of ₹214.63 Cr across 119,176 shows so far. Here's the full cumulative breakdown, day by day, weekend by weekend. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}) A Sixth Weekend That Actually Grew — Day 36 to Day 38 The sixth weekend didn't just hold — it climbed. Day 36 (6th Friday) brought in ₹10.50 Cr net, a 5.0% rise over the previous day. Day 37 (6th Saturday) jumped 76.2% to ₹18.50 Cr, and Day 38 (6th Sunday) climbed a further 21.6% to ₹22.50 Cr — the day the film officially crossed the ₹200 Cr net milestone in India. Day-Wise Collection, India (6th Weekend — Day 36–38) DAY GROSS (INDIA) NET (INDIA) SHOWS OCCUPANCY GROWTH Day 36 (6th Fri)₹12.40 Cr₹10.50 Cr5,74341.5%+5.0% Day 37 (6th Sat)₹21.85 Cr₹18.50 Cr7,44956.3%+76.2% Day 38 (6th Sun)₹26.55 Cr₹22.50 Cr8,90260.0%+21.6% 6th Weekend Total (India)₹60.80 Cr₹51.50 Cr22,09452.6% avg— Overall Total₹253.55 Cr₹214.63 Cr119,176—— (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}) Weekend-on-Weekend: A Curve That Kept Rising Instead of Fading What makes Hanuman Ansh's run genuinely rare is the shape of its weekend curve. Films typically peak on their first weekend and decline from there — this one did the opposite, with each successive weekend outgrossing the last by a wide margin, right through to its sixth. The overseas leg, which only began on September 11 (coinciding with Day 36), has already added a meaningful chunk on top. Weekend-Wise Net Collection — India & Overseas (₹ Cr) WEEKEND INDIA NET 1st Weekend₹0.60 Cr 2nd Weekend₹0.20 Cr 3rd Weekend₹3.20 Cr 4th Weekend₹28.25 Cr 5th Weekend₹49.25 Cr (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}) Overseas: Over ₹14 Crore in Just Three Days The overseas run only kicked off on September 11, alongside Day 36 domestically — yet in the three days since, Hanuman Ansh has already pulled in ₹14.50 Cr overseas. Day 36 opened international screens at ₹4.50 Cr, Day 37 added ₹5.00 Cr to take the tally to ₹9.50 Cr, and Day 38 added another ₹5.00 Cr to close the weekend at ₹14.50 Cr — a fast, consistent overseas start for a film that spent its first month as a purely domestic story. Cumulative Overseas Gross Collection — Day 36 to Day 38 (₹ Cr) ₹4.50Cr ₹9.50Cr ₹14.50Cr Day 36 Day 37 Day 38 Milestones: Outscoring Every Bollywood Release on Day 36, 37 and 38 #1 ₹200 Crore Net Club Hanuman Ansh crossed the ₹200 Cr net mark in India on Day 38 — a rare feat for a film with no major star cast, achieved entirely on the strength of word of mouth. #2 Bollywood's #1 Day 36, Day 37 and Day 38 Collection — Three Days Running Hanuman Ansh topped the all-time Bollywood Day 36, Day 37 and Day 38 net collection charts, outpacing the next-best film on the list by roughly 3x on each of the three days. #3 3rd Highest-Grossing Bollywood Movie of 2026 With ₹268.05 Cr worldwide, Hanuman Ansh now sits at #3 on the list of highest-grossing Bollywood movies of 2026 — a remarkable placement given the scale it started at. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}) Shows Are Still Being Added — 5th Weekend vs 6th Weekend Perhaps the clearest sign of how the film is being treated by exhibitors: show counts across every major region rose again heading into the sixth weekend compared to the fifth — the opposite of the usual pattern where a film's screen count shrinks with each passing week. Comparing Day 29 (5th Friday) with Day 36 (6th Friday), overall shows across major regions climbed from roughly 1,960 to 2,463 — a jump of close to 26%. Shows & Occupancy — 5th Friday (Day 29) vs 6th Friday (Day 36) REGION SHOWS D29 → D36 OCC. D29 → D36 NCR601 → 69368.0% → 53.3% Mumbai354 → 49332.3% → 24.3% Ahmedabad234 → 30067.3% → 22.0% Surat202 → 22043.5% → 12.5% Pune147 → 20039.0% → 27.8% Bengaluru107 → 17748.0% → 42.0% Kolkata106 → 13424.5% → 22.8% Lucknow80 → 10874.0% → 50.3% Jaipur79 → 8669.5% → 76.8% Chandigarh50 → 5266.5% → 40.0% By Day 38 (6th Sunday), NCR alone had scaled up to 1,173 shows at 68.5% occupancy and Lucknow — consistently the film's strongest percentage market — was running at 81.0% overall, underlining that exhibitors kept expanding the film's footprint through the weekend rather than trimming it. National Chains: Still the #1 Preferred Movie Across the three major national multiplex chains — PVR, INOX and Cinepolis — Hanuman Ansh has continued to top the charts as the most-watched film through Day 36 to Day 38, pulling in over ₹29 Cr combined gross from more than 9 lakh tickets at these chains alone over the three days. PVR led with over ₹13 Cr from over 4 lakh tickets, INOX followed with over ₹10 Cr from over 3.4 lakh tickets, and Cinepolis added over ₹5 Cr from over 1.5 lakh tickets — reaffirming the film's position as the #1 preferred title on the national chain circuit even six weeks into its run. On BookMyShow, the platform's much wider single-screen and regional-chain reach shows in the raw numbers — the film sold over 3.64 lakh tickets in the last 24 hours alone as of September 13, taking its total BookMyShow ticket sales to over 54.72 lakh since release.

11 days ago

Bollywood

BY Sunit Jangir 📰 News

Hanuman Ansh Box Office: Beats Dhurandhar To Score All-Time Biggest 37th Day In Hindi By More Than 3x Margin

Mumbai, September 13 - Hanuman Ansh has added another remarkable achievement to its already historic box-office run. The film has recorded the biggest-ever 37th-day collection in Hindi, surpassing the previous benchmark set by Dhurandhar by a margin of more than three times. The feat is particularly significant considering the film is now well into its sixth week of theatrical release. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}) Hanuman Ansh Leaves Dhurandhar Far Behind The devotional blockbuster, directed by Vishal Chaturvedi, has collected at least 18.50 crore net on its 37th day, which was its sixth Saturday, setting a new all-time record for the biggest 37th-day collection in Hindi. The film has comfortably surpassed Dhurandhar, which had collected 5.75 crore net on its 37th day. The performance is another reflection of the unprecedented word-of-mouth surrounding Hanuman Ansh. After struggling to attract audiences in the first two weeks, the film's sustained momentum since the third week has turned it into a genuine long-running box-office phenomenon. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}) Highest 37th Day Hindi/Bollywood Movies Collection Rank Movie Name 37th Day Collection 1Hanuman Ansh₹18.50 Cr 2Dhurandhar₹5.75 Cr 3Stree 2₹5.00 Cr 4Jawan₹4.75 Cr 5Chhaava₹3.50 Cr Check full list here (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}) Sixth-Week Run Turns Into A Historic Phenomenon In the first two days of the 6th week, Hanuman Ansh has scored at least 29 crores net, which is already 10% higher than the first two days of the 5th week collection. The movie is heading towards scoring around 50 crores net in the 6th weekend, which will be higher than the last weekend, which is simply out of the world. It is already the biggest 6th week grosser in Hindi, beating Dhurandhar's 26.35 crores net. The film is now rewriting late-run box-office benchmarks almost every day. Even after completing five weeks, Hanuman Ansh continues to command massive theatrical footfalls, powered by extraordinary word of mouth. Its sixth-Saturday numbers once again prove that the film has become a rare box-office phenomenon that is showing no signs of slowing down and is expected to continue its strong run for at least two more weeks. Highest 6th Week Hindi/Bollywood Movies Collection Rank Movie Name 6th Week Collection 1Hanuman Ansh₹29.00 Cr (2D) 2Dhurandhar₹26.35 Cr 3Stree 2₹18.60 Cr 4Chhaava₹16.30 Cr 5Dhurandhar 2₹12.45 Cr (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({})

12 days ago

Bollywood

BY Sunit Jangir 📰 News

India's Hanuman Ansh and China's Niu Lai: How Two Low-Budget Films Became Box Office Phenomena in 2026

Mumbai, September 12 - The year 2026 has delivered several massive blockbusters, including Indi horror Obsession, but some of the most fascinating box-office stories have come from films that nobody expected to become theatrical sensations. India's Hanuman Ansh and China's Niu Lai are two such examples. Coming from completely different industries and genres, both films started with extremely modest resources but managed to turn audience word-of-mouth into a powerful box-office force. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}) Hanuman Ansh: From 10 Lakh Opening To A 200 Crore Phenomenon Based on the life and teachings of Neem Karoli Baba, Hanuman Ansh is perhaps India's biggest sleeper hit, not only of 2026, but also in the recent box office history. Reportedly made on a budget of around 2 crore, the devotional film had virtually no conventional ingredients of a major theatrical success. Its opening was just 10 lakh net and was also pulled out from cinemas due to low audience turnout, but the film gradually found an audience through strong word-of-mouth. After the dismal first two weeks, Hanuman Ansh was on the verge of getting dropped from cinemas, but its fortune started turning from the third week, and since then, there has been no turning back. The movie continued to gain momentum and eventually crossed the 100 crore India net mark in the 5th weekend, and is set to cross the 200 crore net mark at the end of the 6th weekend. The film's extraordinary run means it has earned more than 100 times its reported production cost. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}) Niu Lai: China's $1000 Film That Went Viral China has an equally bizarre success story in Niu Lai, an ultra-low-budget animated film reportedly made for only around $200-$1000. Directed by Xin Yumeng and written by Sun Lifang, the film was essentially a two-person production created over several years. It initially looked destined to disappear, earning just 7,700 yuan in its first 10 days, with fewer than 300 people buying tickets nationwide. Then social media changed everything. Clips of the deliberately rough-looking animation went viral, with audiences turning its unusual visual quality into part of the attraction. What began as online mockery transformed into curiosity and eventually ticket sales. Niu Lai went on to cross 60 million yuan ($9 million) at the Chinese box office, an extraordinary return on its reported production cost. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}) Hanuman Ansh vs Niu Lai - Budget & Box Office Movie Name Budget Box Office Hanuman Ansh ₹2 Cr ₹205 Cr Gross (₹173.65 Cr Net) Niu Lai $1,000 (₹1 Lakh) CN¥60.27 Million (₹86 Cr) Data as of September 11 Two Countries, One Box-Office Lesson The journeys of Hanuman Ansh and Niu Lai are remarkably similar despite their differences. Neither had the marketing machinery, star cast or production scale normally associated with major theatrical successes. Instead, both relied on audiences becoming the marketing campaign. Hanuman Ansh benefited from spiritual and emotional word-of-mouth, while Niu Lai turned its unconventional animation into a viral talking point. The bigger takeaway from both films is that 2026 has once again demonstrated the power of word of mouth. In an era dominated by massive budgets, franchises and established stars, these two films found audiences in the most old-fashioned way possible: one viewer recommended them to another. And once that chain reaction began, neither the 2-crore Indian film nor the reportedly $1000 Chinese animation could be ignored.

13 days ago

Bollywood

BY Sunit Jangir 📰 News

The Vvaan And Udta Teer Trailer Update: Censor Certificate and Runtime Revealed

Mumbai, September 12 - The trailers of The Vvaan and Udta Teer have cleared the censor process ahead of their respective releases. Both trailers have been awarded a U/A 16+ certificate, indicating that the content has been deemed suitable for audiences aged 16 and above, while viewers below that age would require parental guidance. The The Vvaan trailer has been certified U/A 16+ with a runtime of 2 minutes and 57 seconds. The certification comes as anticipation builds around Sidharth Malhotra and Tamannah Bhatia's fantasy thriller, with the trailer expected to offer a closer look at its characters, world and central conflict. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}) Meanwhile, Ayushmann Khurrana's Udta Teer trailer has also received a U/A 16+ rating and has a longer runtime of 3 minutes and 21 seconds. The extended trailer length suggests that the makers could be packing substantial footage into the theatrical preview as they prepare to introduce the film to audiences. With both trailers now certified, the makers are expected to officially unveil them as part of the promotional campaign. The U/A 16+ rating for both films also adds curiosity around the nature and intensity of the content that audiences will get to see in the respective trailers.

13 days ago

Bollywood

BY Sunit Jangir 📰 News

Aamir Khan Eyes His Next Big Project: In Talks For R. Balki's Superhero Film

Mumbai, September 12 - Aamir Khan could be heading into the superhero genre with a major new collaboration. The superstar is in early discussions with producer Sajid Nadiadwala for an ambitious superhero film to be directed by R. Balki. The project is currently at a very early stage, with the scripting process underway. Aamir has reportedly been approached for the film and has shown interest, but he is yet to formally commit to the project. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}) Script Being Developed Closely With Aamir Khan According to Bollywood Hungama, the makers are expected to take the discussions forward over the coming months as the screenplay, character arc and overall vision of the film take shape. Given the scale of the project, the team is reportedly focusing extensively on developing the script and production design before moving ahead. Aamir Khan is known for taking his time before signing a film and generally prefers having a substantially locked screenplay, which is why the makers are said to be working closely with him at this stage. If the project materialises, it would mark Aamir's first collaboration with both Sajid Nadiadwala and R. Balki. While Aamir and Sajid share a long-standing friendship, they have never worked together on a film. Balki, meanwhile, has built a reputation for unconventional and high-concept cinema with films such as Cheeni Kum, Paa, Ki and Ka, Pad Man and Chup: Revenge of the Artist. His superhero film is expected to take a distinctly different approach to the genre rather than follow the conventional Bollywood superhero template. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}) Aamir Khan's Superhero Plans Take Another Turn Interestingly, this is not Aamir Khan's first attempt at exploring the superhero space. Last year, he was reportedly in discussions with Tamil filmmaker Lokesh Kanagaraj for a Pan-India superhero film. The two sides held multiple meetings and narrations over several months, but the project was eventually shelved due to issues with the script. Aamir now appears to have another potentially ambitious superhero project on his radar, this time with Balki and Nadiadwala. The development also comes amid reports of Aamir being in discussions for Race 4. However, both the superhero film and Race 4 remain in the discussion stage and may or may not materialise. At present, Aamir's only confirmed project is Ashutosh Gowariker's Lalkaara, a period sports drama based on the historic 1952 India-Pakistan Test series, which is scheduled to go on floors in November 2026. He is also expected to follow it with Rajkumar Hirani's 3 Idiots sequel, although that project remains in development as well.

13 days ago

Bollywood

BY Sunit Jangir 📰 News

Hanuman Ansh vs Mirzapur Box Office: Devotional Blockbuster's 36th-Day Collection Beats Crime Thriller's Second Friday

Mumbai, September 12 - The indi epic, Hanuman Ansh has entered into the uncharted territory with its never-before-seen daily performence. The devotional blockbuster continues to remain in the double-digit club despite running in its 6th week. And quite remarkably, the 2-crore budgeted epic has beaten Mirzapur The Movie's second Friday collection, despite the latter having a fresh, wider release and a blockbuster first-week collection at the domestic box office. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}) Hanuman Ansh Outpaces Mirzapur On Friday, September 11 Hanuman Ansh collected around 10.50 crore net on its 36th day, comfortably surpassing the 9.50 crore net earned by Mirzapur The Movie on its 8th day, which was its second Friday. The difference may be only around 1 crore, but the context makes the result exceptionally remarkable. Hanuman Ansh is already in its sixth week at the box office and has completed 35 days in theatres. Mirzapur The Movie, meanwhile, had just entered its second week after enjoying a blockbuster opening frame. For a film in its sixth week to outperform a major new franchise release on its second Friday underlines the extraordinary hold of the devotional epic. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}) Hanuman Ansh vs Mirzapur The Movie - Friday Box OfficeFilmFriday Net CollectionTotal Net CollectionHanuman Ansh₹10.50 Cr (Day 36)₹173.65 CrMirzapur The Movie₹9.50 Cr (Day 8)₹158.00 Cr A Rare Word-of-Mouth Phenomenon The result further highlights the phenomenal word of mouth surrounding Hanuman Ansh. The film has continued to attract audiences long after its initial release, with its collections showing unusual strength instead of following the steep week-on-week decline normally seen in theatrical releases. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}) Mirzapur The Movie still benefits from the enormous popularity of its crime franchise and had a strong opening week. However, Hanuman Ansh's ability to remain ahead even on its 36th day demonstrates just how powerful its sustained audience reception has become. A sixth-week film earning more than a second-week blockbuster is an extremely rare box-office occurrence. Hanuman Ansh is now turning its exceptional long-run trend into one of the most remarkable stories of Indian box office history, as it now remains firmly on course to win the September 11-13 weekend, against Mirzapur 2.

13 days ago

Bollywood

BY Sunit Jangir 📰 News

Hanuman Ansh vs Mirzapur Box Office: A Tight Battle To Win September 11-13 Weekend

Mumbai, September 11 - The Bollywood box office is set for another intriguing weekend as Hanuman Ansh and Mirzapur: The Movie, two strong holdovers, go head-to-head from September 11 to 13. While Mirzapur has the advantage of being the latest major theatrical release and is coming off a strong opening week, Hanuman Ansh has emerged as an extraordinary word-of-mouth phenomenon that refuses to slow down. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}) Mirzapur Has The Momentum, But Hanuman Ansh Has The Legs Mirzapur: The Movie has dominated the box office since its September 4 release. The film recorded a 93.75 crore net opening weekend and went on to collect more than 148 crore net in its first week in India. Worldwide, it has already crossed the 200 crore mark in the first week, underlining the massive pull of the Mirzapur franchise. However, Hanuman Ansh presents a completely different challenge. The film started with almost negligible expectations but has witnessed an extraordinary surge on the back of audience word-of-mouth. Its fifth week alone has delivered around 90 crore net, with the film still recording strong daily collections despite being in theatres for over a month. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}) September 11-13 Weekend Could Be A Fascinating Contest While Mirzapur has had a big week with normal weekday drops, Hanuman Ansh showed remarkable staying power with zero drop from fifth Monday to Thursday. The movie even saw growth during the week and remained in the double-digit club throughout its 5th week. The battle is therefore less about which film has the bigger overall collection and more about which movie can win the three-day weekend. Mirzapur has the advantage of fresh-release momentum, franchise value and a much wider theatrical presence, while Hanuman Ansh has demonstrated unusually strong audience retention and repeat viewing. The September 11-13 weekend could consequently become another fascinating chapter in Hanuman Ansh's unprecedented run. The September 11-13 weekend could go either way, with the advantage with Mirzapur due to wider release. Hanuman Ansh, however, poses a serious challenge and will be very close, if not winning the weekend.

14 days ago

Bollywood

BY Christa Lincy 📰 News

Toxic Week 2 Box Office: From a ₹101 Cr Opening Day to Just ₹39 Lakh on 2nd Thursday as BMS Sales Plunge 87%, Signalling the End of Its Box Office Run

Few films entered 2026 carrying the weight that Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups did. Yash's first theatrical return since KGF: Chapter 2 rewrote the pan-India rulebook, backed by a reported production spend somewhere between ₹500 crore and ₹800-plus crore, releasing across six languages with Lionsgate distributing the English version worldwide — this was built, budgeted and marketed as an event. On Day 1, it played like one too, opening to a net of ₹101.10 Cr in India across 24,579 shows, with a worldwide gross of ₹137 Cr on the very first day. Sixteen days later, the film is collecting ₹0.39 Cr a day off 934 shows. That is not a normal decline curve. That is a collapse — and Week 2 is where it happened in full view. This piece looks at both halves of that story with equal weight: the day-by-day numbers of Toxic's second week, and the two ticketing pipelines — national multiplex chains and BookMyShow's presale-to-final conversion — that show exactly how a film with this much scale ran out of road in under a fortnight. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}) Week 2, Day by Day: 2nd Friday to 3rd Thursday Toxic released on a Wednesday (26 August), which pushes its official "Week 2" to Day 10 (2nd Friday, 4 September) through Day 16 (3rd Thursday, 10 September). Where Week 1 — an extended nine-day frame — had closed at a still-massive ₹239.30 Cr India net, Week 2 added just ₹8.94 Cr net over the same-shaped seven days. That's a week-on-week collapse of roughly 96%, and the daily figures show it wasn't a single bad day dragging the average down — it was every day. Day-Wise Collection, India Net (Week 2 — Day 10–16) DAY GROSS NET SHOWS OCCUPANCY Day 10₹2.05 Cr₹1.75 Cr2,25322.7% Day 11₹2.66 Cr₹2.28 Cr1,82928.4% Day 12₹2.89 Cr₹2.42 Cr1,76530.8% Day 13₹0.90 Cr₹0.75 Cr1,35417.4% Day 14₹0.90 Cr₹0.75 Cr1,34019.1% Day 15₹0.72 Cr₹0.60 Cr1,32214.9% Day 16₹0.47 Cr₹0.39 Cr93414.7% Week 2 Total (India)≈ ₹10.59 Cr₹8.94 Cr10,797— Cumulative through Day 16: India Gross ₹296.29 Cr, India Net ₹248.24 Cr, Overseas ₹43.50 Cr, Worldwide ₹339.79 Cr. The Speed of the Fall What makes Toxic's Week 2 remarkable isn't just that it's small — every film cools off in its second week — it's how little was left to cool. The overnight cut going into Week 2 tells its own story: Day 9 (2nd Thursday) still ran 10,863 shows for ₹4.25 Cr net. By Day 10, the very next day — normally a night when a film picks up fresh energy going into its second weekend — shows had been slashed to 2,253, a cut of nearly 80% in a single day, and the collection kept falling anyway. A film is only pulled from that many screens that fast when exhibitors have already concluded the audience isn't coming back. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}) National Chains vs BookMyShow — Week 2 The two ticketing pipelines moved almost in lockstep through Week 2 — both peaked over the second weekend, then fell off a cliff by Monday. National chains slid from a weekend high of roughly 37K tickets a day (2nd Sunday) down to just 7K by the third Thursday — a fall of over 80%. BookMyShow followed the same arc, dropping from its Saturday peak of nearly 40K tickets to barely 5K by the third Thursday — down almost 87%. Both pipelines were running on fumes by the same day. Daily Tickets Sold — National Chains vs BookMyShow (in Thousands) National Chains (PVR+INOX+Cinepolis) BookMyShow 29K 29K 2nd Fri 35K 39K 2nd Sat 37K 31K 2nd Sun 14K 12K 2nd Mon 16K 11K 2nd Tue 11K 7K 3rd Wed 7K 5K 3rd Thu BookMyShow's lifetime sell-through for Toxic stands at 42.22 lakh tickets. Both pipelines peaked on the 2nd Saturday and were down to single-digit thousands by the 3rd Thursday — chains and BMS crashing on the same curve, in the same week. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}) Language-wise: Hindi Led the Numbers, Kannada Led the Loyalty Toxic released in Hindi, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam. Of the ₹248.24 Cr India net banked through Day 16, Hindi contributed the largest slice by value (₹149.02 Cr off 114,128 shows) but the lowest occupancy of the major versions at 26.1%. Kannada — home turf, and the version carrying the direct KGF connection — earned less in absolute terms (₹61.48 Cr) but ran the highest occupancy of any language at 39.3%, echoing trade reports that Kannada footfall outpaced Hindi through the film's second weekend even as both versions shrank. Tamil (₹9.96 Cr, 19.7% occupancy) and Malayalam (₹2.31 Cr, 29.4%) were always the smaller markets, but by the second week both had been reduced to a handful of shows a day, with trade reports noting that three of the film's language versions had dropped to effectively zero shows in several circuits by Day 14. The Money Behind the Meltdown Reported budget figures for Toxic have moved around a lot over its production cycle — trade reports pushed that to ₹500–600 Cr. Whichever figure is closest to accurate, a worldwide gross of ₹339.79 Cr — before tax, distributor commission, P&A spend and financing costs are even netted out — leaves a wide gap to close. That gap is showing up hardest in the one place producers usually count on to cushion a theatrical miss: digital and satellite rights. Trade reports indicate the makers initially sought upwards of ₹200 Cr for Toxic's OTT rights, and turned down an early offer of ₹150 Cr while betting the theatrical run would push the price higher. Instead, following the collapse and largely negative word of mouth, the reported highest current bid — from Zee5 — sits at roughly ₹30 Cr. Satellite recovery is expected to be minimal too, since the film's adult-oriented, violent content (it carries an 'A' certificate) makes it a poor fit for television slots that typically fund a chunk of a big film's budget. Industry estimates now put the total projected loss at close to ₹300 Cr, which — if the higher end of the budget reports holds up — would rank among the largest losses ever recorded for a single Indian film.

14 days ago

Bollywood

BY Christa Lincy 📰 News

Haiwaan Final Advance Booking: Akshay Kumar and Saif Ali Khan Starrer Sells Just 10K National-Chain Tickets, Among the Weakest Post-Pandemic Pre-Sales

Eighteen years after sharing screen space in Tashan, Akshay Kumar and Saif Ali Khan are back together — but this time as adversaries rather than friends. Directed by Priyadarshan and adapted from his own 2016 Malayalam hit Oppam, Haiwaan casts Saif as a visually impaired caretaker with heightened senses who gets framed for a judge's murder, while Akshay steps fully into villain territory for the first time in his career — a ruthless, remorseless killer with, in his own words, no grey shades. The film also carries emotional weight as the final screen appearance of veteran actor Asrani, alongside Boman Irani, Shriya Pilgaonkar and Saiyami Kher, with Mohanlal making a special cameo reprising his original role from Oppam. But the trailer buzz hasn't translated into the ticket-window rush the pairing was expected to generate. Releasing into an unusually crowded Friday — with Hanuman Ansh still running strong in its sixth week and Mirzapur: The Movie in the middle of a dream opening fortnight — Haiwaan has had to fight for show count on single screens before it's even fought for audiences, and its Day 1 advance booking numbers reflect exactly that squeeze. Day 1 Advance Booking Snapshot ADVANCE GROSS (NO BLOCK SEATS) ₹1.03 Cr TICKETS SOLD 44,176 SHOWS BOOKED 7,368 WITHOUT BLOCK SEATS ₹1.03 Cr BMS INTERESTED 38.5K+ (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}) Region-Wise Breakdown: NCR and Mumbai Lead, Occupancy Stays Thin Region by region, Haiwaan's Day 1 advance is following the usual big-city pattern rather than showing any standout pocket of demand. NCR tops the chart with ₹17.62 Lac gross across 844 shows, narrowly ahead of Mumbai at ₹11.07 Lac across 529 shows — together the two metros account for close to a third of the film's entire all-India advance. Beyond that, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad and Bengaluru round out the top five, each clearing ₹4-6 Lac, while real occupancy across almost every major market is still sitting in the low single digits, underlining just how much of the film's fate now rests on Day 1 walk-in traffic rather than pre-booked seats. Day 1 Advance Booking — Top Regions (With Block Seats) # REGION GROSS [WITH BLOCK SEATS] REAL OCCUPANCY SHOWS 1National Capital Region (NCR)₹17.62 L [₹47.02 L]3%844 2Mumbai₹11.07 L [₹27.36 L]2%529 3Ahmedabad₹5.78 L [₹8.81 L]2%379 4Hyderabad₹4.86 L [₹13.71 L]6%195 5Bengaluru₹4.11 L [₹12.17 L]3%202 6Pune₹3.38 L [₹9.05 L]3%244 7Durgapur₹3.26 L [₹3.65 L]46%26 8Jaipur₹2.46 L [₹7.91 L]2%119 9Lucknow₹2.36 L [₹5.23 L]5%101 10Kolkata₹2.10 L [₹8.40 L]1%208 (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}) Day 1 Advance Booking — Top States (With Block Seats) STATE GROSS [WITH BLOCK SEATS] SHOWS Delhi₹17.62 L [₹47.02 L]844 Maharashtra₹17.23 L [₹43.62 L]1,334 Gujarat₹12.74 L [₹26.96 L]1,239 Uttar Pradesh₹11.11 L [₹28.49 L]625 West Bengal₹7.41 L [₹19.48 L]494 Madhya Pradesh₹5.66 L [₹14.14 L]341 Rajasthan₹5.15 L [₹16.49 L]334 Telangana₹4.94 L [₹14.72 L]220 Karnataka₹4.67 L [₹16.98 L]346 National Chains: Among the Lowest Since the Pandemic At the three major multiplex chains — PVR, INOX and Cinepolis — Haiwaan's Day 1 advance ticket count has settled at roughly 10,000 tickets, placing it among the weakest post-pandemic pre-release numbers for a major Bollywood release at national chains. That puts it in the same bracket as a run of recent titles that opened without a similar low pre-sales, relying instead on Day 1 walk-ins and word of mouth. With roughly 10,000 Day 1 advance tickets sold across the national chains, Haiwaan ranks among the strongest low-pre-sale performers of the post-pandemic era, trailing only Maa (~15K tickets), Uunchai (~12K) and Merry Christmas (~10K), while staying ahead of Sarfira (~8K). The advance booking was driven primarily by PVR, which contributed around ₹26 lakh, followed by INOX with ₹12 lakh and Cinepolis with ₹8 lakh, taking the combined national-chain advance gross to approximately ₹46 lakh ahead of release day. BookMyShow: A Muted Curve Right to the Finish Unlike the doubling-every-day pattern that word-of-mouth hits typically show once the window opens, Haiwaan's BookMyShow curve never really accelerated. Bookings moved from single-digit thousands two days out to just over 10,000 tickets on release-eve, and the platform's final pre-sales tally closed at 10.05K tickets — a number trade voices have flagged as a disappointing outcome given the star pairing, even as 38.5K+ users marked themselves interested in the listing, a sizeable gap between curiosity and committed bookings.

14 days ago

Bollywood

BY Christa Lincy 📰 News

Mirzapur The Movie Week 1 Box Office: Pankaj Tripathi Starrer Earns Over ₹148 Cr India Net, Becomes the 3rd Highest Opening Week of 2026

Few web series in India carry the cultural weight that Mirzapur does, and that weight showed up at the box office the moment Mirzapur The Movie hit screens. Built on five years of fan devotion to Kaleen Bhaiya, Guddu and Munna, the film walked into its opening weekend with a rare advantage — an audience that didn't need convincing, only a release date. Pre-sales alone crossed 2.36 lakh tickets on BookMyShow before a single show played, and the word of mouth that followed was loud enough to keep multiplexes packed well past the opening rush. Seven days in, the numbers back up the buzz. Mirzapur The Movie has grossed ₹212.44 Cr worldwide — an India gross of ₹176.94 Cr plus ₹35.50 Cr from overseas markets — with an India net of ₹148.45 Cr across 76,075 shows. The film crossed the ₹50 Cr net mark in just two days and the ₹100 Cr net mark in four, making it one of the fastest films of the year to both milestones. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}) A Front-Loaded Opening, Then a Steady Weekday Hold The film opened to ₹25.75 Cr net on Day 1, then climbed through the weekend — up 24.3% on Saturday to ₹32.00 Cr, and up another 12.5% on Sunday to a week-high ₹36.00 Cr. The usual Monday correction followed, with collections nearly halving to ₹16.00 Cr, but the drop-off from there was gradual rather than sharp: ₹15.60 Cr on Tuesday, ₹12.55 Cr on Wednesday and ₹10.55 Cr to close out the extended first week on Thursday — a trajectory that points to genuine repeat viewing rather than a one-weekend spike. Day-Wise Collection, India (Week 1 — Day 1–7) DAY GROSS NET SHOWS OCCUPANCY Day 1 (Fri)₹30.90 Cr₹25.75 Cr11,13542.7% Day 2 (Sat)₹38.40 Cr₹32.00 Cr11,25652.7% Day 3 (Sun)₹43.05 Cr₹36.00 Cr11,34460.6% Day 4 (Mon)₹19.20 Cr₹16.00 Cr10,57038.8% Day 5 (Tue)₹18.12 Cr₹15.60 Cr10,68644.7% Day 6 (Wed)₹14.81 Cr₹12.55 Cr10,70529.8% Day 7 (2nd Thu)₹12.46 Cr₹10.55 Cr10,37925.9% Week 1 Total (India)₹176.94 Cr₹148.45 Cr76,075— (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}) Overseas: A Steady Fifth of the Worldwide Total The overseas run has been a consistent contributor rather than a one-day spike. The film opened overseas with ₹5.00 Cr on Day 1, added ₹8.00 Cr apiece on Days 2 and 3 to cross ₹21.00 Cr, then settled into a steady ₹3–4.5 Cr-a-day pace through the rest of the week to close Day 7 at ₹35.50 Cr — just under a fifth of the film's total worldwide gross. Cumulative Overseas Gross Collection — Week 1 (₹ Cr) ₹5.00Cr ₹13.00Cr ₹21.00Cr ₹25.50Cr ₹30.00Cr ₹33.00Cr ₹35.50Cr D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 D7 (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}) Milestones Ticked Off in Seven Days #1 Fastest ₹50 Crore Net Movie — 2 Days Mirzapur The Movie crossed the ₹50 Cr net mark on just Day 2, one of the fastest films of the year to get there. #2 Fastest ₹100 Crore Net Movie — 4 Days The film crossed the ₹100 Cr net mark by Day 4, underlining just how quickly the fanbase converted into ticket buyers. #3 7th-Highest BMS Week-1 Ticket Seller of 2025-'26 With 2.93M tickets sold on BookMyShow by the end of Week 1, Mirzapur The Movie ranks 7th among the season's biggest ticket-sellers — behind Dhurandhar 2 (11.33M), Chhaava (5.44M), Saiyaara (4.32M), Border 2 (3.88M), War 2 (3.35M) and Dhurandhar (3.31M), and just ahead of Awarapan 2 (2.12M). #4 7th Highest-Grossing Bollywood Movie of 2026 In just its first week, the film has already climbed into the top 7 highest-grossing Bollywood releases of the year. #5 A Fixture on the Bollywood All-Time Charts #31 — Bollywood All-Time First 7 Days Highest Collection #38 — Bollywood All-Time Week 1 Highest Collection #36 — Bollywood All-Time 1st Friday Highest Collection #25 — Bollywood All-Time 1st Saturday Highest Collection #26 — Bollywood All-Time 1st Sunday Highest Collection #39 — Bollywood All-Time 1st Monday Highest Collection #36 — Bollywood All-Time 1st Tuesday Highest Collection #49 — Bollywood All-Time 1st Wednesday Highest Collection Featured in the all-time Top 50 for Day 1–7 Highest Collection on every single day — except Day 4 (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}) Occupancy: A Sunday Peak Across Every Major Market Region by region, the pattern is near-identical: occupancy climbed steadily from Friday, peaked on Sunday, and eased off through the weekdays before stabilising. NCR led every major market throughout the week, while Lucknow — a smaller but fiercely loyal circuit — consistently posted the highest percentage occupancy of any region across all seven days. Occupancy — Day 1 vs Day 7, Major Regions REGION SHOWS D1 → D7 OCC. D1 → D7 NCR1,249 → 1,23054.3% → 32.5% Mumbai818 → 73330.8% → 21.5% Ahmedabad509 → 49747.3% → 23.5% Pune397 → 37731.8% → 24.8% Surat347 → 37933.5% → 10.8% Bengaluru281 → 21438.3% → 27.8% Kolkata273 → 25826.3% → 17.3% Lucknow214 → 20474.3% → 49.0% (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}) Ticket Sales: BookMyShow vs the National Chains The BookMyShow numbers tell the clearest story of how the opening weekend played out. Pre-sales alone stood at 2.36 lakh tickets before release, and once the film opened, Friday brought in 4,02,580 tickets before the weekend surge took over — Saturday peaked at 6,42,830 tickets, the single biggest day of the week, followed by 5,69,670 on Sunday. The weekday run settled into a steady decline from there: 3,58,020 on Monday, 3,23,840 on Tuesday, 2,11,380 on Wednesday and 1,86,090 on Thursday, taking the film's total BookMyShow sell-through for Week 1 to 29,30,780 tickets. Over the same week, the three major national chains together sold 25.87 lakh tickets for a combined ₹79.5 Cr, led by PVR (₹37.8 Cr, 12.05 lakh tickets), followed by INOX (₹28.2 Cr, 9.75 lakh tickets) and Cinepolis (₹13.5 Cr, 4.07 lakh tickets) — a split that reflects BookMyShow's much wider reach across single screens and regional chains beyond just these three multiplex brands. BookMyShow vs PVR + INOX + Cinepolis — Week 1 Total (in Lakh Tickets) 29.31L 25.87L BookMyShow PVR+INOX+Cinepolis The Verdict After Week One Between a franchise fanbase that showed up in force, a record-setting Sunday, and milestone after milestone falling inside the first week, Mirzapur The Movie has done exactly what a big theatrical adaptation of a beloved series is supposed to do — convert years of goodwill into box office numbers fast. With ₹212.44 Cr worldwide already banked and the weekday collections still holding in double digits, the question heading into Week 2 is simply how much further this run can stretch before the inevitable slowdown sets in.

14 days ago

Bollywood

BY Christa Lincy 📰 News

Hanuman Ansh Week 5 Box Office Collection: Over ₹90 Cr Net in Week 5, Becomes Bollywood's Highest-Grossing Fifth Week Ever by Beating the Dhurandhar Franchise

When Hanuman Ansh opened, nobody was calling it a hit — Week 1 closed at a modest ₹1.08 Cr and Week 2 nearly vanished with just ₹0.40 Cr, the kind of start that usually ends a film's theatrical conversation before it begins. Instead, the film did the opposite of fade: Week 3 pulled in ₹10.40 Cr, Week 4 exploded to ₹61.00 Cr on pure word-of-mouth, and now, five weeks in, Hanuman Ansh has just delivered its biggest week yet. Across Days 29 to 35 (its fifth week), the film collected ₹90.25 Cr net — more than its entire first four weeks combined were expected to produce, and enough to push its lifetime India net past the ₹150 Cr mark. As of Day 35, Hanuman Ansh stands at ₹192.75 Cr in India gross and ₹163.13 Cr in India net, across roughly 97,082 shows, with the film continuing to top Bollywood's daily charts more than a month after release. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}) A Weekend Surge That Carried the Whole Week Week 5 opened on a Friday with ₹10.00 Cr, but it was the weekend that turned this into a record-setting seven days. Day 30 (5th Saturday) jumped 65.0% to ₹16.50 Cr, and Day 31 (5th Sunday) grew another 37.9% to ₹22.75 Cr — the day the film crossed the ₹100 Cr net mark. The weekday run that followed held remarkably steady in the ₹10–11 Cr band, closing out Day 34 with the ₹150 Cr net milestone and Day 35 still at a healthy ₹10.00 Cr, nearly five weeks after release. Day-Wise Net Collection, India (Week 5 — Days 29–35) DAY NET SHOWS OCCUPANCY % CHANGE (NET) Day 29 (5th Fri)₹10.00 Cr5,05547.0%— Day 30 (5th Sat)₹16.50 Cr6,05562.0%▲ 65.0% Day 31 (5th Sun)₹22.75 Cr7,07773.0%▲ 37.9% Day 32 (5th Mon)₹10.00 Cr7,34336.0%▼ 56.0% Day 33 (5th Tue)₹10.75 Cr7,77850.0%▲ 7.5% Day 34 (5th Wed)₹10.25 Cr7,81035.0%▼ 4.7% Day 35 (5th Thu)₹10.00 Cr7,66435.0%▼ 2.4% Week 5 Total₹90.25 Cr48,782—— (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}) Occupancy: A Weekend Spike, a Weekday Floor Region by region, the Week 5 pattern is consistent: a strong Friday-to-Sunday surge followed by a settled weekday floor. NCR remained the strongest large market throughout, while Lucknow — a smaller circuit — actually held the highest occupancy of the week on both ends, a sign of concentrated, loyal single-screen demand. Occupancy — Day 29 vs Day 35, Major Regions REGION SHOWS D29 → D35 OCC. D29 → D35 NCR601 → 1,05168.0% → 45.0% Mumbai354 → 56032.3% → 25.0% Ahmedabad234 → 37467.3% → 20.3% Surat202 → 26943.5% → 10.3% Pune147 → 25639.0% → 26.0% Bengaluru107 → 20648.0% → 31.5% Kolkata106 → 15624.5% → 26.0% Hyderabad91 → 13033.5% → 24.3% Lucknow80 → 14774.0% → 57.0% (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}) Milestones Reached This Week Five weeks after release, Hanuman Ansh isn't just holding on — it's still setting records. Here's what the film ticked off between Day 29 and Day 35. #1 Bollywood's Highest Daily Collection, Every Day of Week 5 Hanuman Ansh topped the Bollywood daily net chart on each of Days 29–35. On Day 29 alone it collected ₹10.00 Cr — ahead of Dhurandhar (₹8.75 Cr), Chhaava (₹6.50 Cr), Pushpa: The Rule – Part 2 (₹3.75 Cr) and Dhurandhar 2: The Revenge (₹3.25 Cr). #2 Bollywood's Highest 5th-Week Collection, All-Time ₹90.25 Cr net in Week 5 makes Hanuman Ansh the highest-grossing 5th week for any Bollywood film, comfortably clear of Dhurandhar (₹51.25 Cr), Chhaava (₹30.05 Cr), Stree 2 (₹24.65 Cr) and Dhurandhar 2: The Revenge (₹18.75 Cr). #3 First Film to Sell 500K+ Tickets on a 5th Saturday On Day 30, Hanuman Ansh sold 514K tickets on BookMyShow — a first for any movie on its 5th Saturday — well clear of Dhurandhar (176K), Chhaava (141K), Mahavatar Narsimha (130K) and Laalo (108K). #4 Crossed the ₹100 Crore Net Mark Day 31's ₹22.75 Cr pushed the India net total to ₹122.13 Cr, taking Hanuman Ansh past the ₹100 Cr milestone. #5 Crossed the ₹150 Crore Net Mark Day 34 took the India net total to ₹153.13 Cr, moving Hanuman Ansh past the ₹150 Cr milestone in just 34 days. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}) Ticket Sales: BookMyShow vs the National Chains Across Week 5, Hanuman Ansh sold 22,68,410 tickets on BookMyShow, and the day-wise numbers show just how front-loaded that weekend was. The week opened on Day 29 (5th Friday) with 2,95,260 tickets, before nearly doubling into Day 30 (5th Saturday) with a record-setting 5,13,760 tickets — the single biggest day of the week. Day 31 (5th Sunday) stayed strong at 4,13,000 tickets, before the weekday run settled into a tighter band: 2,82,310 on Day 32, 2,83,030 on Day 33, 2,23,220 on Day 34, and 2,57,830 on Day 35 — still a healthy number for a film five weeks into its run. Over the same week, the three major national chains together sold 18,19,400 tickets for a combined ₹48.4 Cr, led by PVR (₹21.7 Cr, 8.14 lakh tickets), followed by INOX (₹16.8 Cr, 6.80 lakh tickets) and Cinepolis (₹9.9 Cr, 3.26 lakh tickets) — a split that reflects BookMyShow's much wider reach across single screens and regional chains beyond just these three multiplex brands. Week 5 Ticket Sales — BookMyShow vs PVR + INOX + Cinepolis 22.68L 18.19L BookMyShow PVR+INOX+Cinepolis The Verdict After Five Weeks Very few films manage a bigger fifth week than their opening month, and even fewer do it after a Week 2 as quiet as ₹0.40 Cr. Hanuman Ansh's climb — from near-invisible to the highest 5th-week Bollywood grosser of all time, with a ₹150 Cr net milestone and a record-breaking BookMyShow Saturday along the way — is the textbook definition of a sleeper hit finding its audience late and holding on to it. With daily collections still comfortably ahead of every other Bollywood release in the market, the question heading into Week 6 isn't whether the film can hold, but how much higher this unlikely run can still go.

14 days ago

Bollywood

BY Christa Lincy 📰 News

Hanuman Ansh Director Vishal Chaturvedi Says Audience Left Theatres With Tears In Their Eyes After Watching The Film

Hanuman Ansh has become one of the most unlikely box-office stories of 2026 — a devotional drama made on a shoestring budget that has gone on to cross ₹150 Cr in India net collections, turning into one of the highest return-on-investment films in Indian cinema history. As the film enters its overseas release on September 11, its director Vishal Chaturvedi opened up in an exclusive interview with Filmfare about the audience reaction that has driven this run, describing scenes of viewers staying seated in theatres long after the film had ended. People Had Tears in Their Eyes: Vishal Chaturvedi on the Reception Speaking to Filmfare, Chaturvedi described the moment he first understood the scale of what the film was doing to audiences. He recalled being told that people were not leaving the theatre even 15 minutes after the film had ended, staying back because they were still processing what they had watched. He said viewers had tears in their eyes as they left, and attributed the reaction to the film giving people a space to work through what he called the meshwork inside their hearts and minds — emotional knots that he believes get resolved when audiences go through something devotional, surrender themselves, and start believing in something they cannot see. He was also careful to point out what the film deliberately avoids: there is no violence, no antagonist, and no elaborate gimmick driving the story, and he considers it significant that a film built entirely without those elements is still connecting with people at this scale. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}) A Word-of-Mouth Run That Defied Its Own Opening The emotional reaction Chaturvedi describes lines up with how the film's box office trajectory actually unfolded. Hanuman Ansh opened weakly, releasing on roughly 250 screens and earning under a crore in its first week — a start that gave no hint of what was to come. Over the following weeks, word of mouth pulled in audiences steadily enough that distributor Cinepolis India kept expanding the film's reach, eventually pushing it past 2,000 screens nationwide. By its fifth weekend, the film was posting some of its biggest single-weekend numbers yet, and its India net collections have now crossed ₹150 Cr — an extraordinary outcome for a film reported to have been made on a budget of around ₹2 crore. The film is now stepping into its next chapter, with an international release beginning September 11 through Hombale Films, and early North American pre-sales already signalling strong overseas interest. The Bigger Picture What Chaturvedi's comments point to is a film that succeeded by doing less, not more — no stars carrying the marquee, no antagonist to build tension against, no action set-pieces to sell in a trailer. Instead, Hanuman Ansh has been carried almost entirely by audiences telling other audiences what they felt watching it, a pattern that rarely sustains a theatrical run this long. With the film now heading into overseas markets on the back of that same word of mouth, its next few weeks will show whether the emotional response Chaturvedi describes travels as well outside India as it has within it.

15 days ago

Bollywood

BY Sunit Jangir 📰 News

Toxic & Bade Miyan Chote Miyan: Two Wild Box Office Predictions That Fell Flat

Mumbai / Hyderabad, September 10 - Box-office predictions can sometimes create enormous expectations even before a film reaches theatres. In recent years, two particularly bold predictions have stood out for their sheer scale — Vashu Bhagnani's 1,100 crore worldwide dream for Bade Miyan Chote Miyan and the 2,000 crore prediction for Toxic, which music composer Vishal Mishra reportedly made and Dil Raju later revealed publicly. Both films, however, ended up nowhere close to those ambitious targets. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}) Vashu Bhagnani's 1100 Crore Dream For BMCM Ahead of the April 2024 release of Akshay Kumar and Tiger Shroff's big-budget entertainer Bade Miyan Chote Miyan, producer Vashu Bhagnani confidently predicted that the actioner would collect 1,100 crore worldwide. In a video with his son Jackky Bhagnani, Vashu even described the figure as confirmed, reflecting the tremendous confidence surrounding the big-budget Eid release. The film, however, failed to live up to those expectations and turned into a major theatrical disappointment, collecting only a little over 100 crore worldwide. Bade Miyan Chote Miyan Box Office (Lifetime) Box Office Collection India Gross ₹78.50 Cr Worldwide Gross ₹111.50 Cr Toxic's 2000 Crore Prediction Two years later, Yash's Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups arrived with enormous pan-India expectations following the success of KGF. At the film's pre-release event, Dil Raju revealed that composer Vishal Chandrasekhar had predicted a 2,000 crore worldwide collection for Toxic. The number was even bigger than the 1,100 crore projection made for Bade Miyan Chote Miyan, placing extraordinary expectations on the Geetu Mohandas-directed film. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}) Toxic Box Office Collection (15D) Box Office Collection India Gross ₹295.75 Cr Worldwide Gross ₹339.25 Cr However, Toxic failed to sustain the momentum required to come anywhere near the 2,000 crore mark. Despite Yash's immense popularity and a strong opening, the film witnessed sharp declines amid mixed-to-negative audience reactions and ultimately emerged as a major disappointment against its huge expectations. The gap between the 2,000 crore prediction and its actual theatrical performance became one of the biggest talking points surrounding the film as it is heading towards finishing with around 350 crores worldwide. When Predictions Meet Reality Taken together, the two cases make for a striking comparison: 1,100 crore was predicted for Bade Miyan Chote Miyan, while 2,000 crore was projected for Toxic — a combined expectation of 3,100 crore. Yet neither film managed to come remotely close to its predicted figure. They serve as reminders that star power, massive budgets, scale and industry confidence can generate huge expectations, but ultimately it is audience acceptance that determines how far a film can travel at the box office, and such wild predictions become a big joke on the makers themselves when films fail to justify them.

15 days ago

Bollywood

BY Christa Lincy 📰 News

Nayyi Navelli Teaser Is Out As Yami Gautam Is Branded A Daayan In Balaji Mohan's Fantasy Family Entertainer

Yami Gautam Dhar's next theatrical outing has a face, a voice, and now a teaser. Nayyi Navelli, a fantasy-family entertainer directed by Balaji Mohan, dropped its first proper teaser today, moving the project from posters and announcements into an actual sequence of scenes. Produced by Amazon MGM Studios and Aanand L Rai's Colour Yellow, the film is set to release in cinemas across India on October 16, timed deliberately to land just ahead of Dussehra. Watch the Teaser The teaser opens on an ordinary household in Meerut before the family's newest bride, played by Yami Gautam Dhar, is hit with an accusation nobody saw coming — her own brother-in-law calling her out with bhabhi daayan hai (sister-in-law is a witch). What follows is a string of odd, chaotic situations that blend horror-comedy with a distinct folk flavour, before Gautam Dhar breaks the fourth wall to sign off with Deviyon aur sajjanon, a little request — THINK BIG. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}) The Story: A Bride, a Curse, and a Family in Chaos In Nayyi Navelli, Yami Gautam Dhar plays Mohini — a new bride whose arrival is meant to bring quiet relief to a tumultuous joint family in Meerut, but instead sets off a chain of increasingly strange events. Once the daayan accusation lands, Mohini responds in a manner that suggests she is entirely at home with the supernatural rather than rattled by it, and that reversal is where the film's humour is built from. The makers have described it as a fantasy family entertainer that blends horror, comedy and Indian folklore, with an ensemble cast built around the central mystery of who — or what — Mohini really is. Nayyi Navelli is directed by Balaji Mohan, with the screenplay written by Himanshu Sharma and Divy Nidhi Sharma. The film is produced by Aanand L Rai and Himanshu Sharma under Colour Yellow, in collaboration with Amazon MGM Studios, with music composed by G.V. Prakash Kumar. Leading the film is Yami Gautam Dhar, backed by an ensemble cast that includes Addinath M Kothare, Anurag Thakur, Sunita Rajwar, Mita Vashisth, Aaditya Kulshreshth, Susmita Mukherjee, Sonal Jha, Suneel Sinha, Prateek Pachori, Akshat Singh, Babita Pandey, Ajay Pal and Neeraj Singh. The film is scheduled to release in theatres nationwide on October 16, 2026, marking the first collaboration between Amazon MGM Studios and Colour Yellow. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}) Balaji Mohan: From Viral Short Films to a Fantasy Comedy Balaji Mohan built his name in Tamil cinema, starting out with short films before his debut feature Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi (2012) — a romantic comedy that also released in Telugu as Love Failure — became a word-of-mouth hit. He followed it with the ensemble comedy Vaayai Moodi Pesavum (2014), but his biggest commercial break came with Maari (2015), the Dhanush-led action comedy that turned into a franchise, and its 2018 sequel Maari 2, which brought in Tovino Thomas, Krishna and Sai Pallavi in expanded roles. Between his films, Mohan also created the Hotstar web series As I'm Suffering from Kadhal (2017). Nayyi Navelli is a notable pivot for him — his first Hindi feature, and his first step into fantasy-horror territory after building his reputation on comedy and mass-action storytelling in Tamil cinema. The Tumbbad Connection The folk-horror instincts in the Nayyi Navelli teaser aren't a coincidence — they trace back to the film's own production house. Colour Yellow, Aanand L Rai's banner, is best known for character-driven hits like Raanjhanaa, the Tanu Weds Manu franchise, Atrangi Re and Tere Ishk Mein, but its slate also includes Tumbbad, the 2018 cult folk-horror film that opened Venice Critics' Week and went on to become one of Indian cinema's most acclaimed genre exports, later getting a remarkable box-office second life on re-release in 2024. With Nayyi Navelli, Colour Yellow is once again working in the folklore-and-superstition space that Tumbbad helped legitimise for Indian audiences — this time swapping cursed treasure and a fallen god for a joint family convinced their new bride is a witch, and playing it for laughs rather than dread.

15 days ago

Bollywood

BY Sunit Jangir 📰 News

Hanuman Ansh Begins Overseas Box Office Journey With $100K Pre-Sales In North America As India Net Tops ₹150 Crore

Los Angeles / Mumbai, September 10 - Hanuman Ansh is extending its remarkable theatrical run beyond India, with the devotional drama registering $100,000 in pre-sales across North America ahead of its overseas release. The Vishal Chaturvedi directorial is scheduled to open internationally on September 11, 2026, with Hombale Films handling its overseas distribution. The North American advance sales mark an encouraging beginning for a film that started its domestic journey with virtually no conventional star power or major promotional push. Made on a reported budget of around 2 crore, Hanuman Ansh has transformed into one of the biggest sleeper hits ever, driven primarily by strong word of mouth. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}) India Net Crosses 150 Crore Back home, the film has now crossed the 150 crore mark in India net, a milestone which looked like a pipe dream when it started its box office run on August 7. Once the movie got momentum after the initial struggle, it has been continuing its extraordinary run well into its fifth week. In 34 days, the film has scored around 153 crores net after earning another double-digit net on the 5th Wednesday. The 150 crores net milestone becomes even more significant considering the film's humble beginning. Hanuman Ansh opened with only around 10 lakh and initially struggled for screens, but its audience-driven growth completely changed its box-office trajectory. Its fourth week alone contributed around 61 crore, demonstrating the exceptional staying power created by positive word of mouth, and now, the fifth week is even bigger and heading towards a sure-shot 200 crore net milestone. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}) Hanuman Ansh Box Office (India Net) WEEK INDIA NET COLLECTION 1st Week ₹1.08 Cr 2nd Week ₹0.40 Cr 3rd Week ₹10.40 Cr 4th Week ₹61.00 Cr 5th Week (6 Days)* ₹80.25 Cr TOTAL COLLECTION ₹153+ Cr (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}) Can Hanuman Ansh Create A Global Box Office Story? With its domestic run already turning into a historic success, the overseas release gives Hanuman Ansh another opportunity to expand its theatrical footprint. The film's story of Neem Karoli Baba has a significant following among Indian audiences overseas, particularly in North America, making the initial $100K pre-sales a noteworthy indicator ahead of release. The film's international journey will now determine how far this unprecedented box-office phenomenon can travel. After rewriting expectations in India, Hanuman Ansh is entering overseas markets with momentum, strong word of mouth and a rapidly growing audience base.

15 days ago

Bollywood

BY Christa Lincy 📰 News

Mirzapur The Movie Day 6 Box Office: ₹12.30 Cr Wednesday Keeps Film Steady With 21.2% Drop As ₹200 Cr Worldwide Milestone Comes Within Reach

Six days into its run, Mirzapur The Movie has settled into a steady midweek pace, crossing the ₹190 Cr worldwide mark on its first Wednesday in theatres. The film added ₹12.30 Cr net on Day 6, taking its India net total to ₹137.65 Cr and its worldwide gross to ₹193.43 Cr — a number built across 65,696 shows since release. The drop from Tuesday to Wednesday was expected given the shift out of the opening weekend window, but the film continues to hold a wide national footprint, with over 10,000 shows running on Day 6 alone. On Day 6, Mirzapur The Movie collected ₹12.30 Cr net across 10,705 shows, down 21.2% from Tuesday's ₹15.60 Cr. The film added ₹2.00 Cr on Day 6, taking its overseas total to ₹29.00 Cr, and pushing the worldwide gross to ₹193.43 Cr. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}) Hindi Carries the Load, Telugu Stays Marginal The Hindi version accounted for almost all of Day 6's business, collecting ₹12.25 Cr net across 10,570 shows at 30.0% occupancy. The Telugu version remained a small side-track, adding just ₹0.05 Cr from 135 shows at 14.0% occupancy. Across its run so far, the Hindi version has grossed ₹136.65 Cr net from 64,781 shows at an overall occupancy of 45.4%, while Telugu has added ₹1.00 Cr from 915 shows at 24.1% occupancy. Occupancy Through the Day Day 6's overall occupancy for the Hindi version stood at 30.37%, following the usual weekday curve — a slow 17.77% in the morning, building to 27.38% in the afternoon and 29.15% in the evening, before peaking at 47.15% for the night shows. That's a noticeably softer pattern than Day 5, when the film opened the morning at 23.23% and climbed all the way to 69.85% by night. The Day 5 to Day 6 shift is a textbook first-Wednesday adjustment rather than a genuine demand drop. NCR actually added shows day-on-day (1,178 to 1,218), and spreading a similar footfall across more screens is enough on its own to pull occupancy down sharply. Mumbai and Pune saw a similar effect, with show counts holding roughly flat while occupancy corrected from an inflated first-weekend base. Lucknow is the more telling number here: even with more shows added than the previous day, it still held the highest occupancy of any major market at 54.3%, pointing to genuinely sturdier ground-level demand rather than an artifact of scheduling. Occupancy — Day 5 vs Day 6 (1st Wednesday) REGION SHOWS (D5→D6) OCC. (D5→D6) MOVEMENT NCR1,178 → 1,21870.3% → 38.8%-31.5 pts Mumbai742 → 75543.8% → 25.5%-18.3 pts Ahmedabad513 → 51142.0% → 28.3%-13.7 pts Pune383 → 38048.5% → 28.5%-20.0 pts Surat378 → 38223.0% → 13.5%-9.5 pts Kolkata263 → 26131.5% → 20.8%-10.7 pts Bengaluru259 → 25939.0% → 26.8%-12.2 pts Lucknow198 → 20265.5% → 54.3%-11.2 pts Lucknow remains the film's strongest market by occupancy despite the drop. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}) Ticket Sales: BookMyShow vs National Chains On BookMyShow, Mirzapur The Movie sold 211.38K tickets on its first Wednesday, following a stronger 323.84K on Tuesday. National chains held their own on Day 6 too — PVR led with just over ₹3.2 Cr from around 1.2 lakh tickets, while INOX added roughly ₹2.15 Cr from around 96,000 tickets and Cinepolis contributed just over ₹1 Cr from around 37,000 tickets — together outselling BookMyShow's single-day count on this occasion. Day 6 Tickets Sold — BookMyShow vs PVR + INOX + Cinepolis 211K BookMyShow ~255K PVR + INOX + Cinepolis The three national chains combined edged past BookMyShow's Day 6 ticket count. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}) Milestones Crossed #39 Bollywood Day 6 Highest Collection ₹12.30 Cr net on Day 6 places Mirzapur The Movie at No. 39 on the all-time Bollywood Day 6 chart. #37 Bollywood First 6 Days Highest Collection A six-day net of ₹137.65 Cr ranks the film 37th on the all-time first-6-days chart for Bollywood. #48 Bollywood 1st Wednesday Highest Collection The Day 6 net collection places the film 48th on the all-time Bollywood 1st-Wednesday chart. #5 1st Wednesday BMS Ticket Sales, 2025-'26 211K tickets sold on BookMyShow, behind Dhurandhar 2, Chhaava, Dhurandhar and Saiyaara on the all-time 1st-Wednesday chart.

15 days ago

Bollywood

BY Christa Lincy 📰 News

Mirzapur The Movie Beats Awarapan 2's 2.65M Lifetime BMS Sales As Wednesday Adds Approx 1.56L Tickets

Mirzapur The Movie has crossed a significant BookMyShow milestone, moving past the final 2.65 million ticket sales recorded by Awarapan 2. The achievement is particularly notable considering that Awarapan 2 had a stronger start on the ticketing platform, with 290K pre-sales compared with Mirzapur The Movie's 236.37K. However, Mirzapur has more than made up that initial gap through its theatrical run, with strong sales across its opening weekend and the first few weekdays. Mirzapur The Movie opened with a reported ₹25 crore-plus Day 1 performance, ahead of Awarapan 2's roughly ₹22 crore opening, despite entering the release with lower BookMyShow pre-sales of 236.37K tickets compared with Awarapan 2's 290K. The gap has now completely flipped, with Mirzapur already selling 25,33,310 tickets on BookMyShow by the end of Tuesday. With Wednesday's live sales adding another 1,56,970 tickets between 7 AM and 9 PM, the film's running BMS tally has moved past the 2.65 million mark — taking it ahead of Awarapan 2's final lifetime BookMyShow ticket sales. The milestone is particularly significant because Mirzapur has achieved it after initially trailing Awarapan 2 in pre-sales. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}) Mirzapur The Movie — BookMyShow Ticket Sales So Far The film's BMS trajectory shows where the momentum came from. After opening with 402.58K tickets on Friday, Mirzapur The Movie jumped to 642.83K on Saturday and followed it with another 569.67K on Sunday. The film then remained strong on Monday and Tuesday, selling 358.02K and 323.84K tickets respectively. Wednesday tracking has added another 156.97K tickets from 7 AM through the latest 9 PM update, taking the running tally comfortably beyond Awarapan 2's final 2.65M mark. Mirzapur The Movie — BookMyShow Tickets Sold, By Day 2.36L Pre-Sales 4.03L Friday 6.43L Saturday 5.70L Sunday 3.58L Monday 3.24L Tuesday 1.57L* Wednesday* BookMyShow tickets sold by day. Wednesday figure reflects sales from 7 AM to 9 PM in the latest tracking update. From Pre-Sales Gap To Awarapan 2 Record The comparison with Awarapan 2 is interesting because Mirzapur The Movie did not enter the release weekend with the stronger BMS pre-sales figure. But the opening weekend completely changed the equation. Mirzapur sold 1.85 million tickets during its first weekend, compared with 1.59 million for Awarapan 2. The gap widened further over the following days, with Mirzapur registering 358K on Monday and 324K on Tuesday. That sustained demand has now taken Mirzapur beyond Awarapan 2's final BMS tally of 2.65 million tickets. The milestone also underlines how strongly the theatrical adaptation of the popular Mirzapur franchise has converted its pre-release fan anticipation into actual ticket sales. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}) Milestones Logged So Far #1 Highest First Saturday BMS Sales Among 2025-26 Hindi Releases Mirzapur The Movie sold 643K tickets on its first Saturday, placing fifth in the 2025-26 comparison. #6 Top 10 First Weekend BMS Sales Mirzapur The Movie sold 1.85 million tickets over its first weekend, ranking sixth among the listed 2025-26 releases. #14 Top Peak-Hour BMS Sales Mirzapur The Movie registered a peak-hour BookMyShow sale of 47.33K tickets, placing 14th in the listed comparison. #6 Sixth-Highest First Monday BMS Sales Mirzapur The Movie sold 358K tickets on its first Monday, ranking sixth among the 2025-26 releases listed. #5 Top 5 First Tuesday BMS Sales Mirzapur The Movie sold 324K tickets on its first Tuesday, ranking fifth in the 2025-26 comparison. #3 Third-Highest First Wednesday Afternoon BMS Sales Mirzapur The Movie sold approximately 79K tickets in the 8 AM to 3 PM tracking window on its first Wednesday, behind Dhurandhar and Saiyaara. #2 Second-Highest First Wednesday Full-Day BMS Sales Among Listed Films The latest Wednesday tracking has Mirzapur The Movie at 156.97K tickets from 7 AM onward, with the day still live. #1 Crosses Awarapan 2's Final BMS Ticket Sales Mirzapur The Movie has moved past Awarapan 2's final 2.65 million BookMyShow ticket tally. #1 Highest BMS Sales Growth From Monday To Tuesday Among Listed Comparisons Mirzapur The Movie retained a strong 323.84K Tuesday after selling 358.02K tickets on Monday, showing a controlled weekday drop. #2 Second-Highest First Tuesday Afternoon Sales Mirzapur The Movie recorded approximately 113K tickets from 8 AM to 3 PM on its first Tuesday, behind Dhurandhar. #2 Second-Highest First Monday Afternoon Sales Mirzapur The Movie sold approximately 106K tickets from 8 AM to 3 PM on its first Monday, trailing only Dhurandhar in the listed comparison. #5 Fifth-Highest First Saturday BMS Sales Mirzapur The Movie sold 643K tickets on its first Saturday, ranking fifth among the listed 2025-26 films. #1 Surpasses Awarapan 2 Despite Lower Pre-Sales Mirzapur The Movie entered release with 236.37K pre-sales against Awarapan 2's 290K, but its stronger theatrical ticket flow has now taken it beyond Awarapan 2's final BMS tally.

16 days ago

Bollywood

BY Sunit Jangir 📰 News

Drishyam 3 Trailer: Ajay Devgn Faces His Toughest Battle Yet Against Tabu, Jaideep Ahlawat and Prakash Raj

Mumbai, September 9 - The much-awaited trailer of Drishyam 3: The Conclusion is out, promising another high-stakes battle of intelligence between Ajay Devgn's Vijay Salgaonkar and the forces determined to finally expose his secrets. The third instalment brings back Tabu as Meera Deshmukh, while introducing Jaideep Ahlawat and Prakash Raj as two new and formidable characters who could pose the biggest challenge yet to Vijay and his carefully constructed story. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}) Ajay Devgn vs Tabu, Jaideep Ahlawat, and Prakash Raj Tabu's Meera is no longer merely chasing justice — she is driven by revenge, making her return considerably more dangerous for the Salgaonkars. Jaideep Ahlawat joins the franchise as a Crime Branch officer, adding another layer to the investigation, while Prakash Raj's character appears to understand that Vijay's seemingly simple personality hides a sharp and calculating mind. With three powerful opponents closing in, the trailer suggests that Vijay may finally be pushed into a corner where even his trademark planning and presence of mind could be tested. Directed by Abhishek Pathak, Drishyam 3: The Conclusion is positioned as the final chapter of the popular franchise and is set to arrive in cinemas on October 2, 2026. With Ajay Devgn, Tabu, Jaideep Ahlawat and Prakash Raj coming together for a suspense-driven finale, the film is expected to be one of the major theatrical releases of the festive period. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({})

16 days ago

Bollywood

BY Christa Lincy 📰 News

Ramayana vs Godzilla Minus Zero On November 6 As India's Biggest Epic Faces Oscar-Winning Franchise Sequel For Overseas IMAX Screens

November 6, 2026 has quietly turned into one of the more fascinating global box-office dates of the year. On one side is Ramayana: Part One, Nitesh Tiwari's mammoth two-part mythological epic and arguably the most expensive film ever mounted out of India. On the other is Godzilla Minus Zero, Toho's sequel to the Oscar-winning Godzilla Minus One, arriving in North America the same day, carrying both a proven box-office record and a genuine cinema-history milestone as the first Japanese production ever filmed for IMAX. The two films don't compete for the same audience in any traditional sense, but they are set to compete for the same premium IMAX real estate overseas — and that's where the real story lies. Ramayana: Part One — The Scale of the Project Directed by Nitesh Tiwari and produced by Namit Malhotra, Ramayana: Part One stars Ranbir Kapoor as Lord Ram, Sai Pallavi as Sita, and Yash as Ravana, with Sunny Deol also part of the cast. The film has a score composed jointly by Hans Zimmer and A.R. Rahman — a rare pairing of two of the most decorated composers in global cinema. Reported budgets for the project is roughly around ₹1,900-2,000 crore for Part One alone, with some industry estimates for the two-part project combined running as high as ₹4,000 crore. Whatever the exact number, Ramayana is being marketed as India's most ambitious cinematic undertaking. The film releases across Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada, with Sony Pictures also backing an English-language version for international markets — and it opens worldwide on November 6, 2026, two days ahead of Diwali, a date that also happens to be Ranbir Kapoor's daughter's birthday. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}) Godzilla Minus Zero — A Sequel With Receipts Godzilla Minus Zero is written, directed and VFX-supervised by Takashi Yamazaki, with Ryunosuke Kamiki and Minami Hamabe reprising their roles as Koichi Shikishima and Noriko Oishi. Unlike Ramayana, this film doesn't need to build anticipation from scratch — its predecessor, Godzilla Minus One, is already a certified phenomenon. Made on a lean budget of roughly $15 million, Minus One grossed over $106-116 million worldwide, became the highest-grossing Japanese-produced Godzilla film in history, and won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects in 2024 — the first time any Godzilla film, and the first time any Japanese production, had won that Oscar. Minus Zero picks up the Shikishima family's story two years later and carries the added distinction of being the first-ever Japanese production filmed specifically for IMAX. It opens in Japan on November 3 and rolls out wide across North America on November 6 — the same worldwide date Ramayana has locked for its own release. The Domestic Battlefield: India Within India, this isn't really a contest. Ramayana enters its home market with the full weight of a multi-language release, a built-in cultural connect with the epic itself, and the timing advantage of opening two days before Diwali — traditionally one of the biggest festive windows for Indian cinema. Godzilla films, including Minus One, have historically had a limited theatrical footprint in India compared to their performance in the US and Japan, and nothing in Minus Zero's rollout so far suggests a wide, day-and-date India release on the scale of a major Hollywood tentpole. On sheer screen count and audience familiarity within the country, Ramayana effectively has the domestic field to itself. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}) The Overseas Battlefield: Where It Actually Gets Interesting Overseas is a different story, and it's where trade commentary has zeroed in. Both films open the same day in key international markets and both are being pushed as premium, large-format viewing experiences — meaning they'll genuinely be competing for the same IMAX and premium-format screens in the US, UK, and other diaspora-heavy markets rather than for the same audience demographic. Godzilla Minus Zero arrives with a considerable head start here: Minus One is still remembered as a genuine word-of-mouth and critical success story, it already holds the record as the highest-grossing Japanese-language film in US box office history, and its Oscar pedigree gives exhibitors and IMAX partners a level of confidence that doesn't need to be built from a marketing campaign alone. Ramayana, by contrast, is stepping into a genre and scale of theatrical event that Indian cinema has rarely, if ever, attempted globally — its global distributor has gone as far as calling it a potential first truly global Indian theatrical blockbuster, but that remains a prediction rather than a track record. Can Ramayana Overcome the Godzilla Factor? Ramayana's best shot at overcoming the overseas IMAX squeeze likely lies in three things working together. First, its overwhelming home-market dominance in India effectively guarantees a massive opening weekend regardless of what happens abroad, giving it financial insulation that Godzilla Minus Zero, as a more modestly budgeted genre sequel, doesn't need but also doesn't have in the same measure. Second, its audience — the Indian diaspora across the US, UK, Gulf and Southeast Asia — is a distinct, highly motivated moviegoing base that doesn't meaningfully overlap with kaiju-film audiences, which softens the idea that the two films are fighting for the same ticket-buyer even if they are fighting for the same screen. Third, the film's own scale, VFX ambition and dual Zimmer-Rahman score are being positioned specifically to prove that Indian mythological cinema can hold its own on a large-format screen — the same argument Godzilla Minus One made for Japanese genre cinema in 2023. Where Godzilla already has receipts, Ramayana is essentially trying to write its own version of that story in real time, on the very same release date.

16 days ago

Bollywood

BY Christa Lincy 📰 News

Udta Teer Release Date Confirmed As Ayushmann Khurrana And Sara Ali Khan Reunite For Spy Comedy On October 9

Udta Teer the spy comedy pairing Ayushmann Khurrana with Sara Ali Khan for the first time, now has a confirmed release date of 9 October 2026, per its newly unveiled poster — a shift from the September 11 date that trade reports had earlier pencilled in. Backed by Dharma Productions and Sikhya Entertainment, the film leans into its India-Pakistan border setting with a tongue-in-cheek tone, summed up by its own tagline: Deshbhakti yaad hai par desh nahi.The film is being positioned as a high-energy spy caper rather than a straight action thriller, with Ayushmann Khurrana playing a character who appears, quite literally on the poster, more interested in lounging in a hammock between the India-Pakistan border pillars with a Top Secret file than in any conventional heroics. The film is described as flipping the usual conventions of the espionage genre, folding action tropes into humour that stays rooted in everyday relatability — a space Ayushmann Khurrana has built much of his career around. Ayushmann Khurrana leads the film, reuniting with Sara Ali Khan after their previous collaboration in Pati Patni Aur Woh Do. Further casting details for the supporting ensemble are yet to be officially revealed by the makers. Udta Teer marks the directorial debut of Akash A. Kaushik, who has previously worked as a writer on Bhooth Bangla and has been associated with comedies such as Thank God and the Housefull franchise. The film is written and directed by Kaushik, and produced by Karan Johar, Adar Poonawalla and Apoorva Mehta for Dharma Productions, alongside Guneet Monga Kapoor and Achin Jain for Sikhya Entertainment, with Raunaq Bajaj on board as co-producer. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}) Ayushmann Khurrana and Akash A. Kaushik: A First-Time Combo Udta Teer marks Akash A. Kaushik's directorial debut. His writing credits span mainstream comedy territory, and the pairing with Ayushmann Khurrana — an actor closely identified with humour-led, socially rooted entertainers — reads as a natural fit for a debut filmmaker looking to make an impact with a genre-bending spy comedy. Ayushmann Khurrana's Last Release At The Box Office Ayushmann Khurrana enters Udta Teer off the back of Thamma, the Maddock horror-comedy co-starring Rashmika Mandanna and Nawazuddin Siddiqui, which released on October 21st last year. Thamma opened to Ayushmann's biggest-ever Day 1 with ₹24 crore net, crossed the ₹100 crore mark in India net within nine days, and went past ₹150 crore worldwide in the same window — making it the fourth-highest grosser of his career. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}) Sara Ali Khan's Last Release At The Box Office Sara Ali Khan's most recent theatrical outing was Pati Patni Aur Woh Do, which released on Holi, 15 May 2026 — and which also happened to pair her with Ayushmann Khurrana for the first time. Per trade reports, the Mudassar Aziz-directed comedy opened to a muted ₹4 crore net on Day 1, well below its 2019 predecessor's ₹9.10 crore opening, and went on to a lukewarm overall run. Before that, she featured in Metro In Dino, Anurag Basu's multi-starrer alongside Aditya Roy Kapur and Pankaj Tripathi, released on 4 July 2025, and Sky Force, the Akshay Kumar-led war drama that opened around Republic Day 2025 and crossed ₹100 crore globally within its first week. Udta Teer will mark her second collaboration with Ayushmann Khurrana, after Pati Patni Aur Woh Do. Dharma-Sikhya: A Track Record Worth Watching Udta Teer marks the fourth collaboration between Dharma Productions and Sikhya Entertainment, following The Lunchbox, Kill and Gyaarah Gyaarah. Their first outing together, The Lunchbox starring Irrfan Khan and Nimrat Kaur, went on to receive widespread international acclaim and festival recognition, and the partnership has since leaned toward content-driven cinema packaged with mainstream sensibilities — a description that fits the tonal ambition of Udta Teer as well.

16 days ago

Bollywood

BY Christa Lincy 📰 News

Alpha On Netflix Records 8.5M Views In 2nd Weekend As Alia Bhatt Starrer Holds No. 2 Spot In India For 2nd Week

Alpha has now made its way into an important Netflix viewership leaderboard. The Alia Bhatt and Sharvari-led spy thriller has recorded 8.5 million views by the end of its second weekend, placing it joint 10th among Bollywood films on Netflix released from 2024 onwards. It shares the spot with Saiyaara, which also stands at 8.5 million views. The number becomes more meaningful when compared with the films around it. Alpha is only 0.6 million views behind Dunki at 9.1 million, while Bhooth Bangla is at 9.6 million and Shaitaan at 9.8 million. The gap to the fifth-placed Mardaani 3, however, is wider at 2.2 million views. The larger picture is led by Dhurandhar, which has set the benchmark with 15.8 million views at the same stage, followed by Crew at 14.3 million and Fighter at 12.4 million. Netflix's Top 10 system measures views by dividing the hours watched by a title by its runtime, so the figure represents an estimated number of complete-runtime equivalents rather than a simple count of unique viewers. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}) Top 10 Movies On Netflix India From August 31 To September 6 2026RankMovieWeeks In Top 101Gandhari12Alpha23Dhamaal 414Newton's 3rd Law25Korean Kanakaraju16GDN17The Whisper Man18Cocktail 249Pyaar Prema Kalyanam310Gatta Kusthi 26 (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}) Alpha Holds No. 2 Spot On Netflix India For Second Week Alpha has maintained its strong position on Netflix India, ranking at No. 2 in the platform's Top 10 Movies chart for the week of August 31 to September 6. The film has now spent two weeks in the Top 10, giving it a longer run than several titles that have entered the chart this week. Gandhari takes the No. 1 position in the latest chart, making its debut at the top. Alpha follows at No. 2, while Dhamaal 4 occupies the third spot in its first week on the list. The chart also shows Newton's 3rd Law at No. 4, giving it two weeks in the Top 10 alongside Alpha. The interesting part of this week's chart is the mix of new arrivals and films that have managed to sustain their runs. Korean Kanakaraju, GDN and The Whisper Man have each completed one week in the Top 10, while Alpha and Newton's 3rd Law have stayed for two weeks. Cocktail 2 has managed a four-week run and is currently at No. 8, while Pyaar Prema Kalyanam has spent three weeks in the chart at No. 9. The longest-running film on this week's list is Gatta Kusthi 2, which has now been in the Netflix India Top 10 for six weeks and occupies the No. 10 position.

16 days ago

Bollywood

BY Christa Lincy 📰 News

Hanuman Ansh Day 33 box office: The film earns ₹10.75 Cr net, jumping 7.50% from Monday, as it sets the highest-ever Bollywood Day 33 record

Just when it looked like Hanuman Ansh had settled into its post-weekend rhythm, the film pulled off something rarer still. Day 33 — a Tuesday, thirty-three days after release — should by every normal box office logic have been a further slide down from Monday's ₹10.00 Cr. Instead, it grew. The film added ₹10.75 Cr net, a 7.50% jump over the previous day, at a point in its run where most films have long since vanished from single-digit show counts, let alone been adding new ones. For a film that spent its first three weeks as an afterthought before catching fire on Day 22, this is now a second act nobody predicted — one where the film isn't just holding its record-breaking pace, it's accelerating. The Day 33 Numbers On Day 33, Hanuman Ansh collected a net of ₹10.75 Cr across 7,778 shows — up 7.50% from Monday's ₹10.00 Cr, and on a higher show count too. The cumulative India gross now stands at ₹168.85 Cr, with the India net at ₹142.88 Cr, built across a total of 81,608 online shows so far. The entire total remains domestic for now, with the film's first overseas release still days away. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}) Every Major Region, Growing on Both Fronts The region-wise data confirms this isn't a statistical illusion. Every single major market added shows between Day 32 and Day 33, and every one of them also posted higher occupancy — a rare double that indicates real, expanding demand rather than a smaller pool of seats inflating the percentage. Jaipur and NCR led the surge, both gaining roughly 30 percentage points in occupancy even as show counts rose. Region-Wise: Day 32 vs Day 33 — Shows & Occupancy REGION SHOWS (D32→D33) OCC. (D32→D33) OCC. MOVEMENT Jaipur118 → 13048.5% → 78.8%+30.3 pts National Capital Region938 → 99245.5% → 74.8%+29.3 pts Surat253 → 29011.3% → 28.3%+17.0 pts Mumbai582 → 61126.5% → 43.5%+17.0 pts Kolkata127 → 15425.8% → 40.3%+14.5 pts Ahmedabad380 → 38822.3% → 35.3%+13.0 pts Pune273 → 27626.5% → 39.5%+13.0 pts Lucknow141 → 15757.3% → 69.0%+11.7 pts Bengaluru204 → 21637.8% → 42.3%+4.5 pts Hyderabad152 → 15324.0% → 24.3%+0.3 pts (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}) National Chains Surge, BookMyShow Holds Flat Where Day 32's ticketing was fairly evenly split between BookMyShow and the multiplex chains, Day 33 tells a different story — the growth is coming disproportionately from the chains themselves. BookMyShow's 24-hour ticket count barely moved, but PVR, INOX and Cinepolis all posted roughly 50%+ jumps in ticket volume over the previous day. National Chains — Day 32 vs Day 33 Tickets PVR ~99,000 → ~151,000 +52% INOX ~81,000 → ~129,000 +59% Cinepolis ~37,000 → ~57,000 +54% BookMyShow's 24-hour national ticket count moved only marginally — from roughly 282K on Day 32 to 283K on Day 33 . A Day 33 Unlike Anything Bollywood Has Charted The scale of the gap on the all-time Day 33 chart is what really puts this run in perspective — Hanuman Ansh isn't just topping the list, it's more than double the next name on it. 1 Hanuman Ansh ₹10.75 Cr 2 Dhurandhar ₹4.75 Cr 3 Stree 2 ₹3.00 Cr 4 3 Idiots ₹2.48 Cr 5 Pathaan ₹2.45 Cr That Hanuman Ansh sits ahead of names like 3 Idiots and Pathaan — two films with entirely different scale and star power — on a 33rd-day chart says less about those films and more about how genuinely unprecedented this particular late-innings curve is. It builds on the film's growing list of firsts: the highest-ever Bollywood 5th Monday net, the highest-ever Day 32 net, and now the highest-ever Day 33 net, set with a margin no other film on the list comes close to matching. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}) How Far Can Hanuman Ansh Go? The pace of the last few days makes the next milestone easy to see coming. The film crossed ₹100 crore gross on Day 30 and ₹150 crore just two days later on Day 32; it now sits at ₹168.85 Cr gross with ₹31 Cr left to cross the ₹200 crore mark. Even holding at a conservative ₹10-11 Cr net per weekday from here, the film should comfortably breach ₹200 crore gross within the next 3-4 days — putting the milestone around Day 36 or Day 37, which lands right around the film's second Friday-Saturday of this resurgence, a window that has consistently outperformed weekday estimates through the last two weeks. If evening and night occupancy — already touching 87-91% in markets like NCR and Jaipur — holds into the weekend, that timeline could pull in even earlier.

16 days ago

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BY Sacnilk Team 📰 News

Mirzapur The Movie Day 5 Prediction: Tuesday Collections Tracking 27.4% Higher Than Monday; On Track To Beat ₹16 Cr Net Despite No Discount Push!

Four days into its release, Mirzapur: The Movie has already done something few recent Hindi theatrical releases have managed — it crossed the ₹100 crore net mark by Day 4 and closed its first Monday with ₹16.00 Cr, a number many trade watchers expected to be far softer given the usual post-weekend fall-off. Now, as the film moves into its first Tuesday, live tracking data through the afternoon suggests the Excel Entertainment production may be on course to do something even more unusual for a film this early in its run: hold flat, or even edge past, its Monday number on a day that isn't running any ticket discount. Where Things Stand Right Now As of the latest live update, Mirzapur: The Movie has added a net of ₹4.05 Cr through the day so far, running across 5,447 shows currently reporting in. That takes the film's running total to an India gross of ₹136.33 Cr and an India net of ₹113.80 Cr, with the day's final numbers still to be confirmed tonight. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}) The Four-Day Journey So Far DAY NET SHOWS Day 1 (Fri)₹25.75 Cr11,135 Day 2 (Sat)₹32.00 Cr11,256 Day 3 (Sun)₹36.00 Cr11,344 Day 4 (Mon)₹16.00 Cr10,570 Day 5 (Tue) — Live₹4.05 Cr so far5,447 reporting The clearest signal, though, comes from comparing the two days at the exact same live-tracking checkpoint. On Monday, the 3:30 PM update showed ₹3.18 Cr collected so far from 5,456 shows reporting. At the equivalent point on Tuesday, the film had already collected ₹4.05 Cr from 5,447 shows — virtually the same number of shows, but a 27.4% higher collection. The Case for a Strong Day 5 The strongest evidence for the film holding its ground comes from BookMyShow's own real-time tracking, comparing the exact same time-of-day checkpoint across both days. BMS Cumulative Tickets by 3PM — Day 4 vs Day 5 1,07,330 Day 4 (Mon) 1,15,530 Day 5 (Tue) Tuesday is running roughly +7.6% ahead of Monday at the same checkpoint — notable since Mirzapur isn't riding a discounted "Blockbuster Tuesday" ticket offer, unlike a couple of its competition this week. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}) Morning occupancy tells a similar story. Comparing the morning slot alone — the only fully-reported window for Day 5 so far — against Monday's morning figures, most major markets are running flat to meaningfully higher, led by a sharp jump in the National Capital Region. REGION DAY 4 MORNING DAY 5 MORNING MOVEMENT National Capital Region29.0%42.0%+13.0 pts Pune19.0%24.0%+5.0 pts Mumbai19.0%21.0%+2.0 pts Ahmedabad13.0%15.0%+2.0 pts Kolkata11.0%12.0%+1.0 pt Bengaluru17.0%17.0%flat Surat6.0%6.0%flat Lucknow39.0%35.0%-4.0 pts Show counts in most of these cities are only marginally lower than Monday (NCR: 1,170 → 1,051; Mumbai: 738 → 735; Pune: 380 → 379), meaning the occupancy gains reflect genuine footfall, not just fewer seats on offer — with the exception of Surat, which saw a sharper cut from 358 to 308 shows. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}) National Chains: Already Past Half of Monday's Tally by Afternoon The multiplex chain data reinforces the same pattern. By the time this was being tracked in the afternoon, PVR had already sold around 84,000 tickets on Day 5 — already over half of Monday's full-day count of roughly 151,000 — with INOX and Cinepolis showing a similar pace against their own Day 4 totals. National Chains — Day 4 Final vs Day 5 (So Far, Live) CHAIN DAY 4 (FULL DAY) DAY 5 (SO FAR) PVR₹4.2 Cr · 151,000 tkts₹1.4 Cr · 84,000 tkts INOX₹3.0 Cr · 121,000 tkts₹1.1 Cr · 64,000 tkts Cinepolis₹1.4 Cr · 47,000 tkts₹0.56 Cr · 27,000 tkts Where It Stands Against the Competition On BookMyShow's own Tuesday ticket count, Mirzapur sits at 113K tickets sold in the 8am-3pm window, comfortably ahead of Border 2's 105K and behind only Dhurandhar's 129K — and it's the only film in that top tier not running a discounted Blockbuster Tuesday push, unlike Welcome to the Jungle and Tere Ishq Mein further down the list. That's a meaningful distinction: the film's Tuesday numbers appear to be coming from genuine demand rather than a pricing gimmick. So, What Might Day 5 Close At? Putting the signals together — a BMS run-rate roughly 7.6% ahead of Monday at the same hour, morning occupancy up across almost every major market bar Lucknow, and multiplex chains already tracking well past half of Monday's total by mid-afternoon — the case leans toward Day 5 landing close to, or possibly just above, Monday's ₹16.00 Cr net, rather than the further slide a typical first Tuesday would bring. A realistic range, based on this pace holding through the evening and night slots, would put Day 5 net somewhere between ₹16.5 Cr and ₹18.5 Cr. If that holds, the film's five-day India net would cross the ₹127-130 Cr mark. As always with same-day estimates, the usual caveat applies — evening and night shows typically carry the bulk of a weekday's collection, so tonight's final numbers will confirm whether this early strength holds all the way through.

17 days ago