<ul><li><keyword id="8079716" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Good-Newwz">Good Newwz</keyword> saw a 20% increase in its collections as it earned ₹25-26 crore. </li><li>There is a neck to neck fight between <keyword id="6354583" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="salman-khan">Salman Khan</keyword>’s <keyword id="94964" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="20" keywordseo="Dabangg">Dabangg</keyword> 3 and Good Newwz. Dabangg 3, which was released a week ago. </li><li>However, experts believe that the Salman Khan film is likely to lose business to Good Newwz. </li></ul>This Christmas brought good tidings for Akshay Kumar and <keyword id="2165" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Kareena-Kapoor">Kareena Kapoor</keyword>’s Good Newwz. The comedy film saw a 20% increase in its collections and earned ₹25-26 crore this Sunday. As of now, Good Newwz earned ₹65 crore — making it the second highest weekend grosser of Akshay Kumar this year after Mission Mangal. It also includes ₹16.43 crore it made from international markets. The movie tells the story of two couples and their pregnancies is an urban setting -- promising good laughs -- synced well with the holidaying audiences. 
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 Not-so-Dabangg earnings However, people lining up to watch this comedy is cutting into Salman Khan starrer Dabangg 3’s business. The movie which was released a week ago, grossed ₹126.65 crore as of now. It had collected ₹7 crore more on its first day than Good Newwz but might struggle to retain audience amidst competition. However, as of now Good Newwz’s total collection is half the business of the Khan movie. “The trend over the weekend is strong and the film (Good Newwz) should be able to hold up well on Monday and then take benefit of the holiday factor on Tuesday and Wednesday,” reported Box office India. Police, protests and Salman Khan Though Akshay and Salman starrers did not release on the same day, second week collection is key to Dabangg’s success. Its first week earnings were marred by anti CAA protests across the country - replete with section 144, bundhs and internet shutdowns. Dabangg3 which earned ₹73 crore on its first weekend, could have earned ₹85 crore if not for the protests, <a href="https://www.boxofficeindia.com/report-details.php?articleid=5755">experts believe</a>. The anger against police cracking down on university students also did not bring footfalls to watch the cop caper. The third installment of the movie which tells the backstory of Chulbul Pandey, also suffered from a weak script. As critics<a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/entertainment/news/dabangg-3-lost-15-of-its-weekend-business-due-to-caa-protests-but-thats-not-the-only-reason/articleshow/72933171.cms"> labelled it a “disaster”</a>, its second week collections remained dormant. Salman Khan movies are known to collect over ₹150 crore as his last movie Bharat earned a record breaking ₹325 crore to become the <a href="https://www.boxofficeindia.com/report-details.php?articleid=5755">second best opener of 2019.</a> But, many issues including competition and the citizenship bill has dragged it down — erasing the possibility of a Dabangg4. See also: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/entertainment/news/dabangg-3-lost-15-of-its-weekend-business-due-to-caa-protests-but-thats-not-the-only-reason/articleshow/72933171.cms">Dabangg 3 lost 15% of its weekend business due to CAA protests — but that’s not the only reason</a>

More bad newzz for Salman Khan as Akshay’s movie cuts into his Dabangg earnings

<ul><li>Kabir Singh was the most searched film on Google in India followed by 3 exceptional Hollywood movies — Avengers: Endgame, Joker and Captain Marvel. </li><li>Everything related to Kabir Singh was a success. The film became the highest-grossing Indian movie after minting ₹276 crore </li><li>Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame became the highest-grossing film of all time with its total box-office collection hitting $2.789 billion. </li></ul>As 2019 draws to a close, Google narrows down the top movies that users searched for the most in India. Kabir Singh was the most searched film on Google in India followed by 3 exceptional Hollywood movies — Avengers: Endgame, Joker and Captain Marvel. Here’s a list of the top 10 movies searched for on Google in 2019: Kabir Singh <div type="image" title="Kabir_Singh" msid="72475823" hostid="261"></div>

 Everything related to Kabir Singh was a success. The film became the highest-grossing Indian movie after minting ₹276 crore. Its music album was the ‘most favourite’ on Spotify music in 2019. Kabir Singh, starring Shahid Kapoor and <keyword id="1788525" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Kiara-Advani">Kiara Advani</keyword>, is a remake of the famous Telugu hit film Arjun Reddy. The film revolves around a self-destructive lover who struggles with anger issues gets addicted to drugs and alcohol after his girlfriend is forced to marry someone else. Avengers: Endgame <div type="image" title="PRI_95933080" msid="72475830" hostid="261"></div>

 Avengers: Endgame was the most awaited movie from the Marvel Comic Universe — the final film in the Avengers trilogy. Most of the fans wanted to know what Doctor Strange and <keyword id="6414070" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Iron-Man">Iron Man</keyword> will do to reverse Thanos’ snap, which killed off half the human on Earth at end of Infinity War. Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame became the highest-grossing film of all time with its total box-office collection hitting $2.789 billion. It broke Avatar’s record, which it had for almost a decade, of $2.788 billion. Joker <div type="image" title="maxresdefault" msid="72475867" hostid="261"></div>

 Joker is one of the oldest villains in DC's comics — and famed for being Batman’s arch-nemesis. This film is based on his origin story which has been evolving since the 1940s. It portrays how a disturbed loner Arthur Fleck, with difficult parentage and childhood, turns into a sociopath. Joker grossed $331 million in India. Globally, Joker’s collections hit $234 million, with $140.5 million coming from 73 offshore territories. Joker grossed $93.5 million globally over its first weekend, making it the best October debut ever. Captain Marvel <div type="image" title="_105912023_marvel1_disney" msid="72475876" hostid="261"></div>

 Captain Marvel introduces the Marvel Cinematic Universe's (MCU) first standalone, female-franchise title character, Carol Danvers or Captain Marvel. The film follows Danvers' journey as she becomes one of the universe's most powerful heroes. It released in India just before Avengers: Endgame and garnered $427 million. It is among the highest grossing US films in the country. Super 30 <div type="image" title="E80B6AAF-D127-4C31-B8E0-E3268124FAA6" msid="72475883" hostid="261"></div>

 Super 30 is a biopic starring Bollywood’s Hrithik Roshan who plays the role of an inspiring teacher, Anand Kumar. Based on a true-story, Kumar revolutionises the education system in the heartlands with his Super 30 programme. He coaches talented but underprivileged children who wish to crack engineering entrance exam of IIT-JEE. Hrithik Roshan’s Super 30 crossed ₹100 crore mark, 11 days after its release in India. Its overall earning were ₹147 crore. Mission Mangal <div type="image" title="ED13004A-DD88-44AA-97A5-0E227DEE2B6F" msid="72475892" hostid="261"></div>

 <keyword id="2823" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Akshay-Kumar">Akshay Kumar</keyword>’s Mission Mangal is based on India’s space mission to Mars. And, one of the many reasons it caught the attention of the masses was because ISRO was simultaneously planning its real-life launch of Chandrayaan 2 — India’s second mission to the moon. It was released over the weekend — owing to the holiday on August 15 for Independence Day— which boosted collections. Mission Mangal crossed ₹29 crore within 24 hours of release covering 20% of the movie’s total budget of ₹140 crore. Overall, it earned around ₹192 crore. Gully Boy <div type="image" title="201911035_1-h_2019" msid="72475899" hostid="261"></div>

 Gully Boy is loosely based on the life of street rappers, Divine and Naezy. The film was shot in Dharavi — one of the world’s largest slum. The movie stars <keyword id="143436" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Ranvir-Singh">Ranvir Singh</keyword> as the lead with Kalki Koechlin, Vijay Raaz and Siddhant Chaturvedi in supporting roles. 'Gully Boy' was India's official entry to the Oscars in 2019. It earned ₹134 crore at the box office. War <div type="image" title="_d4ebc3ea-e4f2-11e9-939f-ba4a7f73df5c" msid="72475905" hostid="261"></div>

 War is an action thriller where an Indian soldier Khalid, played by Tiger Shroff, is assigned to kill his mentor Kabir, Hrithik Roshan — a spy gone rogue. The movie crossed ₹250 crore within 11 days of its release, according to film critic Taran Adarsh. It became the second-highest grosser of 2019, a title previously held by Aditya Dhar’s Uri: The Surgical Strike. Housefull 4 <div type="image" title="104308-houseful4-trailer1" msid="72475915" hostid="261"></div>

 The third Akshay Kumar movie int Google’s top 10, Housefull 4, earned ₹53 crore in the first three days of its release. The incarnation dramedy involves three brothers who are supposed to marry three sisters but things go haywire after one of the brothers ‘remembers’ their past. The film features Akshay Kumar, Riteish Deshmukh, Bobby Deol, <keyword id="210696" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Kriti-Sanon">Kriti Sanon</keyword>, Kriti Kharbanda, Pooja Hegde and Chunkey Pandey. Housefull 4 has also earned a whopping ₹77 crore in international markets. Uri - The Surgical Strike <div type="image" title="806551-uri" msid="72475923" hostid="261"></div>

 Uri - The Surgical Strike starring Vicky Kaushal is a jolting reminder of India's surgical strikes against Pakistan in 2016. The movie was lauded for triggering the patriotic feelings in India. The film earned an estimated ₹342.06 crore. It is the first midrange movie to cross ₹200 crore.Both Kaushal and Uri’s director won the national award for the film.

From Kabir Singh to Avengers Endgame — Top movies that Indians looked for on Google

<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image">20th Century Fox"Avatar."</div></div></div><ul class="summary-list"><li>"Avengers: Endgame" is currently the second biggest box office earner of all time worldwide.</li><li>Some online are trolling director James Cameron as "Endgame" knocked "Titanic" from number two on the list and is poised to take down "Avatar" as number one.</li><li>But the box office performance of "Avatar," specifically in China, helped pave the way for "Endgame" to break box office records as fast as it has, nearing the record held by "Avatar."</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/?hprecirc-bullet">Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.</a></li></ul>The incredible global box office success for Disney's "Avengers: Endgame" has gotten to the point where it's taking down the biggest grossers of all time.<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/avengers-endgame-crosses-2-billion-worldwide-2019-5">On Sunday</a>, the movie became the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/avengers-endgame-crosses-2-billion-worldwide-2019-5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">second-highest grossing movie of all-time worldwide</a> with over $2.1 billion, passing "Titanic." Next up for the Marvel movie is taking the throne from "Avatar," which is tops with $2.7 billion (not counting inflation).Sandwiched between two James Cameron movies has got the MCU fans feeling a little bold as they went online over the weekend and <a href="https://www.indiewire.com/2019/05/james-cameron-avengers-fans-backlash-box-office-record-1202131448/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">began to troll</a> the Oscar-winning director about the record-breaking success of "Endgame" and its all-but inevitable toppling of "Avatar," which has reigned the worldwide box office since 2009.Read more: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/karen-gillan-is-more-than-nebula-from-the-marvel-cinematic-universe-2019-5">Director of dark indies, lover of American accents, and fan of psychology essays: Karen Gillan is much more than Nebula from the Marvel Cinematic Universe</a>Cameron is too busy making multiple "Avatar" movies (or counting his money) to really care, but it does bring up a good time to give a little history lesson to these fans: If it weren't for "Avatar," the success of "Endgame" would not be possible. Specifically what Cameron's movie did in China.Back in 2009 and the beginning of 2010, when the Middle Kingdom was still becoming the huge international movie market it is now, "Avatar" came on the scene and revolutionized moviegoing in the region.<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image">Marvel Studios"Avengers: Endgame."</div></div></div>"Avatar" took over <a href="https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&amp;country=CH&amp;id=avatar.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$204 million in China in 2010</a>, not just helping the box office there to spike 64% from the year before, but proving to Hollywood that the region was a cash cow. And at the same time "Avatar" was amazing audiences, movie theaters and IMAX screens were being built at an incredible rate in China - with over 300 theaters and IMAX screens added in 2010 alone. All that propelled China to the second-largest movie market in the world, just behind the US.So without "Avatar" paving the way, you could argue that some Hollywood blockbusters wouldn't have cashed in as much as they have. From Tom Cruise and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson movies, to MCU, all these pillars of the studio system have benefited from the box office in China.And "Endgame" getting to number two all-time in only 11 days would not have been possible without the Middle Kingdom. The movie has made over <a href="https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&amp;country=CH&amp;id=marvel2019.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$500 million</a> in China, the first Hollywood movie to ever earn a half-billion dollars in the country, and in that time "Endgame" has:<ul><li>Broken the record for most presales ($92 million). </li><li>Had the best single-week performance ever ($386 million).</li><li>And became the highest-grossing foreign film in China, passing "The Fate of the Furious" ($392.8 million).</li></ul>"Endgame" will pass "Avatar" at the worldwide box office in the near future, but you have to tip your cap to James Cameron for making it possible. <div class="margin-top"> <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/game-of-thrones-season-8-episode-3-details-you-missed-2019-4">12 details you may have missed in 'Game of Thrones' season 8 episode 3</a></h3> <div> </div> </div>

How 'Avatar' paved the way for the huge box office success of 'Avengers: Endgame' in China

<a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Say-goodbye-to-traffic-Pod-Taxis-to-debut-in-Gurgaon/articleshow/51483035.cms">Gurgaon is a city that symbolizes what a rising ‘new India’ should look like</a>. 
 An ASSOCHAM report recently pointed out that with live <keyword id="6362476" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="investments">investments</keyword> of Rs 3.5 lakh crore out of Rs 5 lakh crore attracted by Haryana in live projects, <keyword id="6361586" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Gurgaon">Gurgaon</keyword> accounted for almost 70 per cent of total investments in the last fiscal (FY 2014-15). 
 
Factors like availability of skilled manpower and proximity to strong consumption markets in north India have helped Gurgaon evolve as a manufacturing and industrial hub attracting investments mainly from private sector in information technology (IT), information technology enabled services (ITeS), mechanical, electrical, textile, chemical and other sectors. 
 
Adorned with <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Warning-bells-for-GAP-HM-opens-its-largest-store-in-Gurgaon/articleshow/49659438.cms">shopping malls</a> that show off <keyword id="5940" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Louis-Vuitton">Louis Vuitton</keyword> and Gucci products via the glass panes of the high end shops, world-class golf courses that are spread majestically over hundreds of acres, a commercial hub called cyber city that’s home to some of the world’s finest corporations, a cyber hub that has got the best restaurants, automobile showrooms that flaunt shimmering Mercedes and BMWs, it’s not a surprise that Gurgaon is the highest revenue grosser of the state. 
 There is an unquestionable glam quotient to it, something that has earned it the ‘<keyword id="617262" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Millenium-City">Millenium city</keyword>’ tag over two decades. If you ever take a metro ride in the evening, it looks heavenly as Singapore. But mind you, only in the evening. 
 A stroll through the roads during the day may not be a very pleasant sight. On the outside, it may look like the place to be in. There’s an underlying opportunity for everyone here - IT giants, <keyword id="6354553" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="real-estate">real estate</keyword> developers, hospitals, car companies, hotel chains to <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Global-FMCG-firms-are-conspiring-against-Patanjali-accuses-Baba-Ramdev/articleshow/50818825.cms">FMCG companies</a> – except on the inside consider what it does not have: organized public transport system and pothole-free roads, a properly functioning sewage and drainage system, strict police vigil, assured water and electricity supply, policy for discharging toxic waste and garbage generated by hospitals and clinics, well-spread sporting centers so on and so forth. 
 
Year by year, spiraling towers multiply but so do the potholes on the roads and the amount of garbage thrown by residents on the roadside. What happens afterwards is for everyone to see on TV channels. A complete chaos-like situation ensues at Gurgaon hospitals. Dengue patients can be seen lying on the floor despite paying for expensive consultations at a swanky Medanta or Fortis. The lucky ones get stuffed in the balconies in a handful of poorly managed, often stinking government hospitals for want of beds. The unlucky ones die because there were no beds. Let's not even talk about the crime rate. 
 
With such sad state of affairs, Gurgaon has registered faster implementation of investment projects as almost 95 per cent of these projects are under different stages of implementation while only about five per cent of investment projects have remained non-starter, the ASSOCHAM study highlights. 
 
Fittingly, in this city that is emblematic of India's privatized aspirations, there is no place for the common man's woes. How then can it claim fame on an international level for world-class facilities in the absence of basic ones on the ground? 
 
Having said that, it does get the maximum revenues for the state which clearly are not diverted towards ensuring public welfare, thanks to a corrupt governance system in place. Two decades on, still erratic, unplanned, sporadic and lacking in infrastructure, Gurgaon offers the perfect example of how not to urbanize and revolutionize India in the coming years. Call it irony, but the fact of the matter is it's simply a failed Millennial City despite being the highest revenue grosser state of Haryana.

Why Gurgaon is a failed
Millennial City!

When the name of the movie itself is “Entertainment”, then there are high expectations that the movie will do just that. The movie is named after a Golden Retriever, who plays a pivotal character in the movie and it comes as no surprise that the movie is getting a warm response from the Indian cinema viewers. 
 Girish Johar, Film Business expert says, “In the opening weekend <keyword id="4578" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="entertainment">Entertainment</keyword> has managed to rake in 32 crores and seems to be getting a good response even on Monday”. 
 
In addition, Entertainment has also earned the title of being Akshay Kumar’s sixth highest grossing film by collecting approximately Rs 11.57 crores on the first day. In the past, Once Upon At Time In Mumbai Dobaara had managed to garner Rs. 11.25 crores on opening day while Khiladi 786 had managed to collect Rs. 10.40 crores. Nevertheless, the title for the highest grossing Akshay Kumar is still secure with Rowdy Rathore that had collected Rs. 48.30 crore in its first weekend. 
 
Coming back to Entertainment, this movie has been declared this year’s eighth highest opening weekend grosser. The movie is currently trailing <keyword id="6354583" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Salman-Khan">Salman Khan</keyword>'s <keyword id="6362088" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="100" keywordseo="kick">Kick</keyword>, Jai Ho (Rs 60.68 crore), Ek Villain (Rs 50.70 crore), Gunday (Rs 43.93 crore), Holiday - A Soldier Is Never Off Duty (Rs 41.32 crore), Humshakals (Rs 40.13) and 2 States (Rs 38.06 crore). 
 
Entertainment is directed by debutant duo Sajid-Farhad and is co-produced by Ramesh S. Taurani of Tips Industries Ltd and Jayantilal Gada. The movie that has been made on a budget of 80 crores also stars Tamannaah Bhatia, Sonu Sood and Johnny Lever. 
 
Though Entertainment is enjoying its stint at the Box Office, things might not be as rosy for the movie going forward. On one hand, Salman Khan starer Kick continues to be strong, on the other hand there is <keyword id="2230269" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Singham-Returns">Singham Returns</keyword> releasing on August 15, 2014 . 
 
Kick, starring Salman Khan and <keyword id="6354417" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Jacqueline-Fernandez">Jacqueline Fernandez</keyword>, is currently in its third week and continues to be strong. “The movie has not just entered the Rs. 300 crore club but has also surpassed Chennai Express to become the second highest grosser movie,” observes Johar. 
 
So it will be interesting to see if Kick continues to rule at the Box office in its fourth weekend and whether or not Entertainment manages to break even as Ajay Devgan’s next big movie hits cinema screen in a few days.

Box Office: Entertainment Delivers A Good Opening, Kick Continues To Grow Strong

<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"></div></div></div>With "<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0182576/?ref_=nv_sr_1">Family Guy</a>" creator <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0532235/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1">Seth MacFarlane</a>'s latest movie "<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2637276/?ref_=nv_sr_1">Ted 2</a>" hitting theaters this weekend, an already fruitful June box office may become historic.On the heels of the incredible openings for "<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/category/jurassic-world">Jurassic World</a>" and "<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/category/inside-out">Inside Out,</a>" <a href="http://www.thewrap.com/ted-2-jurassic-world-and-inside-out-could-make-box-office-history/">The Wrap</a> is reporting that with "Ted 2" in the mix, June 2015 might become the highest-grossing month in box office history.June has earned $920 million to date, according to Rentrak from The Wrap story, and if projections for this weekend are correct, it could surpass the <a href="http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/biggestmonths.htm?page=all&amp;p=.htm">$1.39 billion</a> record held by <a href="http://www.boxofficemojo.com/monthly/?view=releasedate&amp;chart=&amp;month=7&amp;yr=2011">July of 2011</a>.Back then the big hitters were "<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1201607/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1">Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows: Part 2</a>" and "<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0458339/?ref_=nv_sr_2">Captain America: The First Avenger.</a>""Ted 2," the raunchy comedy reteaming Mark Wahlberg with a foul-mouthed CGI teddy bear (voiced by MacFarlane), is tracking to make between $50 and $55 million this weekend. "Jurassic World" and "Inside Out" should also land around that range, according to The Wrap.So along with the potential of making the month the biggest grosser ever, it will be fascinating to see which of the three will take the number one spot this weekend."I think whoever gets to $55 million will take it," Exhibitor Relations senior analyst Jeff Bock told The Wrap, "but we might not know until Monday."<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"></div></div></div>"Jurassic Word" earned the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/jurassic-world-box-office-opening-weekend-2015-6">highest-grossing opening weekend</a> of all time when it came out June 12. It's since continued to break records, including now being the <a href="http://money.cnn.com/2015/06/22/media/jurassic-world-billion-box-office/">fastest movie to hit $1 billion</a> in sales worldwide. <div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"></div></div></div>"Inside Out" is the first Pixar film to not open number one its opening weekend. But that doesn't seem to matter now. It's opened at $91 million last weekend, blowing past its $60 million projection. It now holds the record for <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/box-office-inside-out-sets-record-for-biggest-original-jurassic-world-fastest-to-1-billion-2015-6">biggest original box office debut</a>. <div class="margin-top"> <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/ted-2-super-bowl-trailer-2015-2">The first trailer for 'Ted 2' is here - and it's hilarious</a></h3> <div> <div> <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="tyMTU0czpIlOkqtBQiGCPZFVzYAunkGi" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div> </div> </div> </div>

3 huge movies at the box office this weekend may lead to a record-breaking month

On Monday, <keyword id="128026" type="CITY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Eros-International">Eros International</keyword> announced the record breaking success of one of the biggest franchises, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=housefull+3&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Housefull 3</a> at the box office. As it turns out, the film has already collected over Rs. 100.03 crores (USD 15 million) across the globe in the opening weekend with Rs. 73.02 crores gross (Rs. 53.31 crores net box Office) in India and Rs. 27.01 crores overseas. 
 
Produced by Sajid Nadiadwala &amp; Eros International and directed by Farhad-Sajid, the film starring <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=akshay+kumar&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Akshay Kumar</a>, Riteish Deshmukh and <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=abhishek+bachchan&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Abhishek Bachchan</a> opened worldwide on 3rd June 2016. 
 
One of the most anticipated films of the year, <keyword id="6778229" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Housefull-3">Housefull 3</keyword> set the cash registers ringing with Friday collections being over ₹ 15.21 crores in India and continued to witness the upward trend on Saturday with ₹ 16.30 crores. Courtesy a blockbuster Sunday, the film saw an unprecedented response raking in ₹ 21.80 crores, taking the total weekend net to Rs. 53.31 crores. 
 
The film opened to an impressive start in the overseas markets as well with phenomenal collections in the US and Canada with USD 700000 plus in 3 days. The film collected approximately F$141,000 in Fiji in 4 days, creating a new record to become the highest ever Bollywood grosser in the country, beating Bajrangi Bhaijaan’s collections of F$125,000. 
 
Commenting on the film’s success, Nandu Ahuja, Sr. VP, India Theatrical, Eros International Media Ltd said, “We are elated with the response Housefull 3 has garnered across India. The film is a complete laugh riot, a family entertainer that has appealed to audiences of all age brackets and the weekend box office collections are a testimony to that. This marks the return of comedy and the film has lived up to the huge hype and expectations from the successful franchise”. 
 
Commenting on the overseas success, Pranab Kapadia, President - Marketing and Distribution, Eros International Plc, says, “Housefull 3 was one of the most awaited films of 2016 in the overseas markets and a perfect start to the summer. The film has opened tremendously across UK, US, Canada and UAE. We are confident that the film will continue its winning streak at the box office this week as well.” 
 
Eros International now gears up for its next release with Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment, buddy cop action adventure <keyword id="2613574" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Dishoom">Dishoom</keyword>, starring <keyword id="6354967" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="John-Abraham">John Abraham</keyword>, Varun Dhawan and <keyword id="6354417" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Jacqueline-Fernandez">Jacqueline Fernandez</keyword> and directed by Rohit Dhawan, slated to release worldwide on 29th July 2016.

Housefull 3 laughs its way to the box office, grosses Rs 100 crore worldwide on its opening weekend

This Diwali there were plenty of fireworks at the Indian <keyword id="25892" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="box-office">Box Office</keyword>. And these fireworks were delivered by none other than the Shah Rukh Khan-starrer <keyword id="43845" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="20" keywordseo="Happy-New-Year">Happy New Year</keyword>. 
 
Happy New Year, which is directed by Farah Khan, also stars Boman Irani, Sonu Sood, Vivaan Shah, Abhishek Bachchan and Deepika Padukone 
The movie released on October 24, 2014 and raced on to collect Rs 44.97 crore. The movie managed to earn Rs 100 crore in just 60 hours and has already been crowned the fourth highest grosser of 2014. 
 
However, the movie could not sustain this momentum on Monday and ended up netting Rs 15 crores, which took its overall tally to Rs 123.86 crore. 
 
Nevertheless, we cannot rule out the fact that Happy New Year has the potential to topple the collections of Dhoom 3 (which had recorded Gross collection of Rs 542 crore) and earn the title of Bollywood’s Top earner movie. As of now, Shah Rukh Khan starer Chennai Express is at the second position with total gross earning of Rs 422 crore. 
 Another movie that we feel has the potential to enter the Rs 500 crore club is Aamir Khan-starrer <keyword id="6396827" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="20" keywordseo="PK">pk</keyword>, which is scheduled for a December release. 
 
(All figures courtesy <a href="http://www.koimoi.com/">koimoi.com</a>)

Box Office: Happy New Year Gets A Cracker of An Opening

It has been another good weekend for the distributors as <keyword id="2230269" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="80" keywordseo="Singham-Returns">Singham Returns</keyword> managed to pack in a good opening at the box office. 
 
As per <a href="http://www.koimoi.com/box-office/singham-returns-1st-sunday-day-3-box-office-collections/">Koimoi.com</a>, Singham Returns has netted Rs 32 crore on Friday, Rs 20-21 crore on Saturday and approximately Rs 26-27 crore on Sunday. The business of the movie has been exceptionally good on Friday (August 15) which was a national holiday. Singham Returns has been made with a budget of Rs 115 crore. It is expected that even on Monday, the movie will continue to garner good collections as a lot of offices are closed on the account of Janamashtmi. 
 
Singham Returns is a sequel to the 2011’s hit movie Singham. Just like the predecessor, it stars <keyword id="4230" type="PERSON" weightage="80" keywordseo="Ajay-Devgan">Ajay Devgan</keyword> and is directed by <keyword id="22746" type="PERSON" weightage="80" keywordseo="rohit-shetty">Rohit Shetty</keyword>. Apart from this, the movie also stars <keyword id="1377418" type="PERSON" weightage="80" keywordseo="Kareena-Kapoor-Khan">Kareena Kapoor Khan</keyword>. The trio had earlier worked in Golmaal 3. The movie is being produced by Reliance Entertainment. 
 
At this stage, it looks like Singham Returns might prove to be Ajay Devgan’s fastest run up to Rs 100 crore-club. The buzz for the next week release Mardaani starring <keyword id="1972" type="PERSON" weightage="80" keywordseo="Rani-Mukherjee">Rani Mukherjee</keyword> is not very high, so there is a possibility that Singham Returns will continue to shine at the box office even in the coming week. We hope that the lifetime collections for Singham Returns including Cable and Satellite rights should be in the range of Rs 250 to 300 crore. 
 On the other hand, <keyword id="6354583" type="PERSON" weightage="80" keywordseo="Salman-Khan">Salman Khan</keyword> starrer Kick has so far managed to clock in Rs 374.50 crore (gross collection in domestic and international market) and has earned the title of fourth highest <keyword id="143" type="CITY" weightage="80" keywordseo="Bollywood">Bollywood</keyword> worldwide grosser after <keyword id="24705" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="80" keywordseo="Dhoom-3">Dhoom 3</keyword>, Chennai Express and <keyword id="6373971" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="80" keywordseo="3-idiots">3 Idiots</keyword>. 
 
(Image: Singham Returns)

​Box Office: Singham Returns Manages A Smashing Weekend

Indian actor Aamir Khan, who has been in news for his rant against controversial show AIB Roast and for his role of a wrestler in the upcoming movie Dangal, recently apologised to the people who were hurt by his last release PK. 
 
PK, 2014’s biggest hit, managed to hit both right and wrong chords because of its controversial topic, involving major Indian religions and faiths in Godmen. Aamir Khan, who played an alien in the movie, apologised to those offended by the movie at the launch of the movie’s DVD. 
 
"The film has been loved by the majority. Personally I want to say I feel bad if I hurt a single person; that was not my intention at all. What we wanted to tell we told that because it was an important point. But I want to apologise if I hurt people," Aamir was quoted saying. 
 
"Yes, we never expected this business. When we make a film with such effort and hard work and when people connect to the film emotionally you feel so good and fulfilled," he said. 
 
"Roughly the net collection in India is around Rs 340 crore and overseas is Rs 170 crore. So the net business is over Rs 500 crore and the gross may be Rs 600-650 crore," Aamir informed. 
 
Vidhu Vinod Chopra and Rajkumar Hirani, who donned the hats of producer and director of the movie, respectively, were also present with Aamir Khan at the event. 
 
"We are actually pushing our limits, with every film we do we try to make new grounds. We almost spent almost five years to make this film and another six-seven months in the editing room perfecting every scene. This DVD is very precious," said Chopra. 
 
"This is the first time that I had deleted scenes in a film. Now when we watch them (deleted scenes) we realized those scenes were funny but because of the length we could not include it," Hirani was quoted saying. 
 PK, starring Anushka Sharma, Sushant Singh Rajput, Saurabh Shukla and Boman Irani, released on December 19 last year and became the highest grosser in <keyword id="143" type="CITY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Bollywood">Bollywood</keyword> despite several people demanding a ban on the movie, claiming that it hurt their religious sentiments. 
 
Image courtesy BCCL

Aamir Khan apologises to people offended by ‘PK’

King of headlines and controversies’ fav child <keyword id="6354583" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Salman-Khan">Salman Khan</keyword> is all set to celebrate his birthday tomorrow. As the star turns 49, here’s a look at some headline he made in 2014… 
 
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	<li> <keyword id="26022" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="20" keywordseo="bigg-boss">Bigg Boss</keyword></li>
</ol>
This wouldn’t have come as a good news for Bigg Boss as well as Salman Khan fans. The actor has officially announced an end to his stint as the host of popular reality TV show Bigg Boss. He has cited his busy schedule as the reason behind his moving out from the show. The actor said that it is getting difficult for him to manage the show as well as his own professional commitments. News is rife that choreographer-turned-director, <keyword id="3783" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Farah-Khan">Farah Khan</keyword> will be hosting the show once Salman moves out. 
<ol>
	<li value="2"> Patch up with <keyword id="1671" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Shah-Rukh-Khan">Shah Rukh Khan</keyword></li>
</ol> Salman Khan invited Shah Rukh Khan at his sister <keyword id="46333" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Arpita-Khan">Arpita Khan</keyword>’s wedding. SRK not only accepted the invite, but also showered Arpita with blessings and posed with Salman Khan in a picture that can be actually called the ‘picture of the year’. 
 
 
<ol>
	<li value="3">
		 Kick</li>
</ol>
After the debacle that <keyword id="6593120" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Jai-Ho">Jai Ho</keyword> was, Salman Khan came back with a bang with Kick. The film did a whopping business worth R.375 crores worldwide—making it Salman’s first film to enter the big 200 crore club. The action drama is the fourth highest worldwide grosser. 
<ol>
	<li value="4">
		Lulia Vantur 
		Salman Khan’s love life has always popped eyeballs. Something similar happened when at his sister’s wedding Salman introduced a Romanian beauty, Lulia Vantur as his girlfriend. The actress/model made an appearance in Atul Agnihotri’s film, O Teri and the two met during the shooting of Ek Tha Tiger. According to a source present at the wedding, Salman and Lulia were together all through the wedding.</li>
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	<li value="5">
		Salman tops Forbes India celebrity list of 2014 
		Salman Khan dethroned Shah Rukh Khan and took over the top slot in the coveted Forbes India Celebrity List of 2014. Shah Rukh Khan was at the top position since past three years. It was both in terms of fame as well as revenues that Salman was chosen as the top contender – a first for a Forbes India Celebrity topper. Must say, neither controversy nor court case can effect Salman’s popularity!</li>
</ol>

Birthday Special: 5 Times When Salman Khan Rocked The Headlines

<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image">Pixar/Disney"Inside Out."</div></div></div>"Inside Out" quickly became Pixar's latest hit, getting <a href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/inside_out_2015/">universal acclaim</a> from critics and becoming one of the highest-grossing animated movies of the year ("<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2293640/?ref_=nv_sr_1">Minions</a>" has just edged out the movie for top grosser worldwide).A big reason for its success is the clever story in which we watch the personified emotions of young Riley (Joy, Fear, Sadness, Anger, Disgust) trying to cope with her move to San Francisco.But many also left the theater with a new "core memory": Bing Bong, the lovable imaginary friend of Riley's that's part elephant, part cat, and part cotton candy.Bing Bong was voiced by veteran character actor <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0454236/?ref_=tt_cl_t3">Richard Kind</a>. This is the fifth time he's lent his voice to a Pixar film, and this time he felt that Bing Bong was going to be special, even if no one else did."We were doing early screenings and Bing Bong didn't get as many laughs as I thought the character deserved," Kind recently told Business Insider. "I think the wit came out and not the ha-ha funny. I worried about that."<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image">Brad Barket/GettyRichard Kind.</div></div></div>But Pixar quickly caught on to Bing Bong's appeal. The company decided to keep the character under wraps during promotion of the film's release, as not to overexpose the potentially popular character.Kind said he understood the decision, which led to him not doing any press around the release, but there was one thing that upset him."I did not go to the Cannes Film Festival," said Kind, who was left out when the rest of the cast traveled to the South of France for the film's screening there in May. "I got to tell you it's a heartbreaker. How often am I going to be in a movie that goes to Cannes? And I would go on someone else's dime!"The upside is that the reaction to the character since "Inside Out" opened is beyond what Kind could've imagined. He says that when people at a party or on the street realize he's the voice of Bing Bong, all they talk about is how emotional they got during the character's final scene, when Bing Bong helps Joy get out of the memory dump by staying behind.Kind admits he got choked up doing the scene."I knew what that moment was, and all I wanted to do was be perfect," said Kind, who recorded the character in eight sessions over two years. "I wanted to do it over and over. I think subliminally you can see the tears that I had. Because I was crying when I was doing it. I remember standing very close to the monitor and wanting to reach out to Joy when Bing Bong says, 'Give me your hand, I got a good feeling about this.'"<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image">YouTube/Disney/Pixar"I got a good feeling about this."</div></div></div>"I wanted it to feel like I knew something good and wonderful is going to happen. It just made me sob. But I wanted to feel perfect when I did the line. I wanted to feel what the audience was going to feel."<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image">YouTube/Disney/Pixar</div></div></div>"Inside Out" comes out on Blu-ray and DVD Tuesday. <div class="margin-top"> <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/attention-harry-potter-fans-you-can-now-live-on-a-hogwarts-film-set-2015-10">You can now live inside a 'Harry Potter' film set</a></h3> <div> <div> <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="cyMTZoeDqM__bdHQ5-TqRa6_rX4Z3BbP" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div> </div> </div> </div>

Richard Kind, who played Bing Bong in 'Inside Out,' even cried doing his final scene

Now that the poll fever has waned and the <keyword id="6354312" type="CITY" weightage="40" keywordseo="IPL">IPL</keyword> is done with, <keyword id="143" type="CITY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Bollywood">Bollywood</keyword> is back with a bang as the biggest entertainer of all. The first Friday of June has already witnessed a <keyword id="18564" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="blockbuster">blockbuster</keyword> in the making as Akshay Kumar-Sonakshi Sinha-starrer Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty has raked in the crores in the first four days and is fast nearing the Rs 50 crore mark. 
 The power-packed <keyword id="582722" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="action-thriller">action thriller</keyword>, written and directed by <keyword id="39359" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="a-r-murugadoss">A.R. Murugadoss</keyword> (he made his Hindi debut with Aamir Khan-starrer <keyword id="17231" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Ghajini">Ghajini</keyword>), netted Rs 41.32 crore at the <keyword id="827271" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Domestic-Box-Office">domestic box office</keyword> after the first three days (trade figure stands at 40.23 crore) while first Monday collections amounted to Rs 8.02 crore, as per <keyword id="6356809" type="POSITION" weightage="60" keywordseo="producer">producer</keyword> figure. The film also had a decent collection abroad during the debut weekend, grossing around Rs 10.61 crore. Holiday was released in more than 41 countries and has already surpassed the lifetime collections of <keyword id="1020628" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="80" keywordseo="Ragini-MMS-2">Ragini MMS 2</keyword> (Rs 47 crore) and Amitabh Bachchan-starrer Bhoothnath Returns (Rs 39 crore). 
 
Holiday netted Rs 12.18 crore on the opening Friday, making it the fourth highest opening day grosser of 2014, behind <keyword id="6354583" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Salman-Khan">Salman Khan</keyword>’s <keyword id="6593120" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Jai-Ho">Jai Ho</keyword> (Rs 17.55 crore), Ranveer Singh-Arjun Kapoor starrer Gunday (Rs 16.12 crore) and <keyword id="114453" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Arjun-Kapoor">Arjun Kapoor</keyword>’s 2 States (Rs 12.42 crore). The movie also witnessed the third highest opening weekend of the current year – behind Jai Ho (Rs 58.07 crore) and Gunday (Rs 40.26 crore). 
 Other two releases of the week include <keyword id="1598621" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Nitin-Kakkar">Nitin Kakkar</keyword>’s critically acclaimed movie <keyword id="1600793" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Filmistaan">Filmistaan</keyword> and <keyword id="2151778" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Nisha-Pahuja">Nisha Pahuja</keyword>’s award-winning documentary <keyword id="2109617" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="The-World-Before-Her">The World Before Her</keyword>. In spite of good reviews, Filmistaan fared poorly due to lack of promotion and star value, netting Rs 3.19 crore at home after Day IV. However, the movie netted better on first Monday, earning around Rs 54 lakh, compared to Rs 51 lakh on the opening Friday. We don’t have the numbers yet for Pahuja’s documentary. 
 
Coming back to <keyword id="2113212" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Holiday-A-Soldier-Is-Never-Off-Duty">Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty</keyword>, the Akshay-Sonakshi starrer has many a surprise in store, thanks to the twists and turns of a complex plot that interweaves some slick action and offbeat romance with serious issues like brutal terrorism and deep-rooted corruption. This one is a remake of the <keyword id="2317374" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Tamil-action-thriller">Tamil action thriller</keyword> <keyword id="916764" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Thuppakki">Thuppakki</keyword> (starring Vijay and <keyword id="38180" type="PERSON" weightage="80" keywordseo="Kajal-Aggarwal">Kajal Aggarwal</keyword>) that won both critical acclaim and <keyword id="1996041" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Box-office-success">box office success</keyword>. The Hindi remake is equally enthralling, if not more, and Akki (<keyword id="2317380" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Captain-Virat-Bakshy">Captain Virat Bakshy</keyword>) rules the flick till the end. While the soldier on leave springs into action to save Mumbai from the clutches of the terrorists, his lady love <keyword id="1579477" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="100" keywordseo="Saiba">Saiba</keyword> (<keyword id="62210" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Sonakshi-Sinha">Sonakshi Sinha</keyword>) turns out to be a <keyword id="340167" type="POSITION" weightage="100" keywordseo="professional-boxer">professional boxer</keyword> and not the traditional Indian girl he has assumed her to be. Overall, an enjoyable movie in spite of some logical fault lines in the story. 
 
 
 
In sharp contrast, Nitin Kakkar’s directorial debut Filmistaan once again harks back to the untold realities of <keyword id="136188" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Indo-Pak-relations">Indo-Pak relations</keyword>, seen through the eyes of <keyword id="609" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Sunny">Sunny</keyword> (<keyword id="1600789" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Sharib-Hashmi">Sharib Hashmi</keyword>), a <keyword id="2317356" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="80" keywordseo="small-time-actor-turned-documentary-director">small-time-actor-turned-documentary-director</keyword>. His <keyword id="6374782" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="80" keywordseo="journey">journey</keyword> through ‘enemy’ territory and the days spent there in captivity gradually unveil the human and cultural bonding that never fails to exist in spite of the political divide. 
 
Finally, we come to Nisha Pahuja’s The World Before Her – a 90-minute documentary that follows the contrasting lifestyles of two <keyword id="624" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="80" keywordseo="Women">women</keyword> in search of empowerment. And in doing so, Pahuja reveals some disturbing questions that are bound to haunt today’s women. As <keyword id="210839" type="POSITION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Critic">critic</keyword> Shubhra Gupta so rightly points out: There are not just two Indias... There are many more. What choices do the girls who live in those other Indias have? Do they have any at all? 
 
Images: Indiatimes

Box Office: Akki’s Holiday A Blockbuster; Filmistaan Falters In Spite Of
Accolades

<keyword id="143" type="CITY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Bollywood">Bollywood</keyword> has its platter full this week and the all-new horrex genre (horror plus sex) is flush with cash. A total of five movies hit the theatres on Friday the 21st but none could bang the <keyword id="25892" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="box-office">box office</keyword> like Sunny Leone-starrer <keyword id="1020628" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Ragini-MMS-2">Ragini MMS 2</keyword>. The sequel to the hit <keyword id="30679" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="horror-flick">horror flick</keyword> <keyword id="500381" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Ragini-MMS">Ragini MMS</keyword> netted Rs 24.5 crore at home during the debut weekend while 4th day (Monday, March 24) collections stood at around Rs 4.5 crore nett at the <keyword id="827271" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Domestic-Box-Office">domestic box office</keyword>, as per industry estimates. 
 “RaginiMMS2 Fri 8.43 cr, Sat 7.29 crore, Sun 8.78 crore. Total: Rs 24.5 crore nett. India biz,” trade analyst Taran Adarsh tweeted. In spite of a slight drop in business on the second day, this <keyword id="2165873" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Horror-erotica">horror erotica</keyword> picked up pace and turned out to be this year’s third highest grosser over the opening weekend, after <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Jai-Ho-Salman-FightsThrough-Clichs-Fails-To-Create-A-Dhoom/articleshow/29505187.cms">Jai Ho</a> (around Rs 60 crore) and <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Box-Office-Gunday-LeavesYou-Clueless-But-Cash-Register-is-Ringing/articleshow/30626422.cms">Gunday</a> (Rs 43.9 crore). The movie has also surpassed the lifetime business of <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Madhuri-starrer-DedhIshqiya-Stumbles-At-Box-Office-Yaariyan-Romps-Past/articleshow/28798719.cms">Dedh Ishqiya</a> (Rs 27 crore) and <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Highway-ExploresShadow-Zones-But-Fails-To-Impress-At-Box-Office/articleshow/31008054.cms">Highway</a> (Rs 27.25 crore), as per Koimoi. 
 
Along with Ragini MMS 2, four other movies were also released on March 21. These include <keyword id="1600822" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Gang-of-Ghosts">Gang of Ghosts</keyword>, Ankhon Dekhi, <keyword id="6526" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Lakshmi">Lakshmi</keyword> and <keyword id="2165865" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Kolkata-Junction">Kolkata Junction</keyword>. But keeping in mind how horror has flourished this week, we are focusing on just two movies today – Ragini MMS 2 and Gang of Ghosts. We will have another ‘Box Office’ story tomorrow and bring you the rest of the three movies, along with their box office performances. 
 Coming to performance, let us tell you that the <keyword id="1465525" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="horror-comedy">horror comedy</keyword> Gang of Ghosts did decently at the domestic box office and total collection after the first weekend was around Rs 14.25 crore, against a total budget of Rs 15 crore. That is not at all disheartening, taking into consideration the tough competition posed by the Ragini sequel, which is already way ahead of its total budget of Rs 18 crore. 
 
 
 Although <keyword id="1983057" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Adult-movie-star">adult movie star</keyword> <keyword id="836886" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Sunny-Leone">Sunny Leone</keyword> made her Bollywood debut with <keyword id="25529" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="100" keywordseo="jism-2">Jism 2</keyword>, it is Ragini MMS 2 that has given her the biggest break in India till date. Interestingly, <keyword id="303" type="POSITION" weightage="80" keywordseo="Director">director</keyword> <keyword id="820957" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Bhushan-Patel">Bhushan Patel</keyword> had earlier helmed another successful horror flick – 1920: Evil Returns. Ragini MMS 2 has been produced by <keyword id="6354597" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Ekta-Kapoor">Ekta Kapoor</keyword> and <keyword id="154993" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Shobha-Kapoor">Shobha Kapoor</keyword>. 
 
Now that we know the awesome numbers the movie is commanding, let us have a look at what’s selling Ragini MMS 2. Well, that’s a kind of no-brainer in this context. A <keyword id="2165868" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Sizzling-Sunny-Leone">sizzling Sunny Leone</keyword> flaunting her assets throughout the movie and looking a bit more confident than usual (who wouldn’t when one is portraying her own character), and some <keyword id="2165869" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Spooky-elements">spooky elements</keyword> craftily thrown in here and there to keep the fear factor alive are tantalising enough to be lapped up by the audience. Add to that chartbuster songs like <keyword id="38162" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Baby-Doll">Baby Doll</keyword> and <keyword id="2019181" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Chaar-Botal-Vodka">Chaar Botal Vodka</keyword>, and you have the perfect recipe for box office success. 
 
Unlike the prequel (Ragini MMS) that featured a balanced mix of <keyword id="2165871" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Horror-and-sex">horror and sex</keyword>, the equation has changed this time, along with the cast, and tilted heavily towards the explicit. However, the horrex picks up from where the earlier one had left, telling us the fatal story of a movie production team that has come to the infamous haunted haveli to make a movie on Uday and Ragini, whose earlier escapade in the house had gone awry. In fact, it won’t be a bad idea to watch Ragini MMS once again before you watch the second in the series. Now that the leaked MMS made by Uday has gone viral, film-maker Rocks (<keyword id="6532013" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Parvin-Dabas">Parvin Dabas</keyword>) decides to cash in on the scandal; ropes in Sunny as the female lead and lands at the house for the shoot. Here, Sunny seems to be at her explicit best but the bone-chilling moments are not missing altogether, in spite of their routine predictability. For instance, you will find the quintessential exorcist in <keyword id="2165872" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Dr-Meera-Dutta">Dr Meera Dutta</keyword> (<keyword id="18941" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Divya-Dutta">Divya Dutta</keyword>), to say nothing of the usual trappings of a <keyword id="1571333" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="paranormal-thriller">paranormal thriller</keyword>. Maybe erotica and a heavy dose of <keyword id="2165874" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Quirky-humour">quirky humour</keyword> have been the saving grace of this movie, along with the terror lacing. 
 
The other horror release of the week is Gang of Ghosts, a photocopy adaptation of the original Bengali flick, <keyword id="494729" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="100" keywordseo="Bhooter-Bhobishyot">Bhooter Bhobishyot</keyword>. Directed by <keyword id="2218" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Satish-Kaushik">Satish Kaushik</keyword>, this one tells an intriguing story of an <keyword id="2165876" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Over-urbanised-Mumbai">over-urbanised Mumbai</keyword> and how the departed souls are compelled to leave their last stronghold as haunted houses are speedily turned into high-rises and multiplexes. The original one has a touching message in the guise of comedy – one can actually sense the pain of getting uprooted as your city turns too affluent to be affordable. But the <keyword id="39358" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="hindi-remake">Hindi remake</keyword> falls flat in spite of veterans like <keyword id="6533" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Anupam-Kher">Anupam Kher</keyword> and <keyword id="297" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Jackie-Shroff">Jackie Shroff</keyword>. Still, those who have not watched the original may like it enough – that could be one possible reason behind its moderate box office success. 
 
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<keyword id="143" type="CITY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Bollywood">Bollywood</keyword> has finally come up with a fun-filled, breezy rom-com that features the Gen Y with a genuine frankness and without the traditional trappings of a boy-meets-girl story. But this time, the man is from the North, the woman is from the South and the cultural clashes, strongly upheld by the two pairs of in-laws, nearly ruin the relationship. Inspired by <keyword id="6390428" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Chetan-Bhagat">Chetan Bhagat</keyword>’s best-selling novel, <keyword id="694041" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="2-States-The-Story-of-My-Marriage">2 States: The Story of My Marriage</keyword>, the Arjun Kapoor-Alia Bhatt-starrer <keyword id="72970" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="2-States">2 States</keyword> sparkles on-screen (at least during the first half) and has made a big bang at the <keyword id="827271" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Domestic-Box-Office">domestic box office</keyword>, collecting around Rs 38 crore nett over its debut weekend. The first Monday (Day 4, April 21) did not disappoint either and earnings stood at around Rs 6 crore, as per Koimoi. Total <keyword id="1996079" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Overseas-collections">overseas collections</keyword> during the first weekend amounted to an estimated Rs 13.66 crore. 
 
“2 States has a FANTABULOUS weekend. Friday Rs 12.42 crore, Saturday 12.13 crore, Sunday 13.51 crore. Total: Rs 38.06 crore nett. SUPER HIT,” tweeted trade analyst Taran Adarsh. According to <keyword id="255727" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Box-Office-India">Box Office India</keyword>, the film has emerged as the biggest hit of 2014 and has the potential to be the first Super Hit film of the year, depending on how well it can sustain over the next 10 days or so. 
 
Other two releases of the week include <keyword id="1135108" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Dekh-Tamasha-Dekh">Dekh Tamasha Dekh</keyword>, a brutally honest and vitriolic political <keyword id="1462374" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Satire">satire</keyword> directed by theatre icon Feroz Abbas Khan (of Tumhari Amrita fame), and <keyword id="1167288" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Lucky-Kabootar">Lucky Kabootar</keyword>, a <keyword id="24069" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="romantic-comedy">romantic comedy</keyword> starring <keyword id="1364986" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Eijaaz-Khan">Eijaaz Khan</keyword> and <keyword id="3212" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Kulraj-Randhawa">Kulraj Randhawa</keyword>. The latter, directed by <keyword id="1660883" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Shammi-Chhabra">Shammi Chhabra</keyword>, has been released after too many delays and depicts how <keyword id="6369280" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Lucky">Lucky</keyword> (Eijaaz) ends up marrying the Plain Jane <keyword id="1734" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Laxmi">Laxmi</keyword> (Kulraj), instead of the glam babe <keyword id="190428" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Kammo">Kammo</keyword> (<keyword id="33221" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Shraddha-Das">Shraddha Das</keyword>). But for both the movies, the collections are hardly notable, thanks to very little promotion and near-zero hype. While Lucky Kabootar collected a little over Rs 1 crore in the first two days (Sunday and Monday numbers are still <keyword id="6357415" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="60" keywordseo="missing">missing</keyword>), Dekh Tamasha Dekh garnered around Rs 4.7 crore during the same time span. But we will take a closer look at these two after decoding the tremendous <keyword id="25892" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="box-office">box office</keyword> success of 2 States. 
 
 
 With the <keyword id="6364416" type="COMPANY" weightage="80" keywordseo="Good-Friday">Good Friday</keyword> fervour adding to its charm, <keyword id="2208706" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Abhishek-Varman-directed">Abhishek Varman-directed</keyword> 2 States saw 50-60% occupancy at multiplexes on the first day and also did well in the mass belt. Till date, the best performers are Mumbai and Mysore, with Mumbai amassing over Rs 13 crore nett and Mysore collecting around Rs 3 crore nett. The movie’s opening is the second biggest ever for a non-star-cast film after <keyword id="6621270" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Grand-Masti">Grand Masti</keyword> (2013). <keyword id="127336" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="100" keywordseo="Bhaag-Milkha-Bhaag">Bhaag Milkha Bhaag</keyword> (2013), <keyword id="549195" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="100" keywordseo="Student-of-the-Year">Student Of The Year</keyword> (2012) and <keyword id="1710502" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Shuddh-Desi-Romance">Shuddh Desi Romance</keyword> (2013) are the next in order after 2 States. 2 States is also one of the highest grossers of 2014 and has already surpassed the lifetime collections of some noted <keyword id="569603" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Bollywood-flicks">Bollywood flicks</keyword> including <keyword id="1520199" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Hasee-Toh-Phasee">Hasee Toh Phasee</keyword>, <keyword id="853887" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Shaadi-Ke-Side-Effects">Shaadi Ke Side Effects</keyword>, <keyword id="6354768" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="Highway">Highway</keyword> and <keyword id="1434830" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Yaariyan">Yaariyan</keyword>. That is definitely good news for producers <keyword id="27326" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Sajid-Nadiadwala">Sajid Nadiadwala</keyword> and <keyword id="3778" type="PERSON" weightage="80" keywordseo="Karan-Johar">Karan Johar</keyword>. 
 Going by its <keyword id="1996031" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Box-office-performance">box office performance</keyword>, 2 States seems to have done a commendable job, with <keyword id="6354526" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Alia-Bhatt">Alia Bhatt</keyword> (<keyword id="2204646" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Ananya-Swaminathan">Ananya Swaminathan</keyword>) and <keyword id="114453" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Arjun-Kapoor">Arjun Kapoor</keyword> (<keyword id="2204645" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Krish-Malhotra">Krish Malhotra</keyword>) showing a rare on-screen chemistry that rocks and sizzles. The young people meet at the <keyword id="6429635" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="IIM-Ahmedabad">IIM-Ahmedabad</keyword> campus and fall in love, but it is, by no means, a campus romance as harsh social realities await them outside. And the movie, too, stumbles at that point as we are led to <keyword id="122267" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="80" keywordseo="orthodox">orthodox</keyword> households (Krish is a <keyword id="5105" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="Punjabi">Punjabi</keyword> lad and Ananya is a <keyword id="6356629" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="tamil">Tamil</keyword> lass from Chennai as all of you must know by now), instead of modern abodes housing millennial open culture, and two pairs of stereotype Bollywood parents. The rest of the struggles and tribulations faced by the young lovers follow the beaten path until the final-and-inevitable reconciliation that makes everyone happy. 
 
Interestingly, Bhagat’s work has managed to ward off the cliché that lies inherent in cultural clashes and generation gaps. However, the movie has an overdose of everything although it manages to retain some kind of charm that will keep you hooked. As Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV so rightly pointed out, “2 States is a <keyword id="2208734" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Cross-culture-love-story">cross-culture love story</keyword> that strives to be sweet, funny and emotionally wrenching all at once. It is occasionally funny and sweet in parts all right, but the <keyword id="1204454" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="family-drama">family drama</keyword> at the film’s core has a severely stultified feel… It sets out to be a slice-of-life drama about a real couple grappling with the politics of <keyword id="2208729" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Inter-community-marriage">inter-community marriage</keyword>, but it fails to generate enough energy and warmth to draw the audience into a tight clinch.” 
 
In stark contrast to 2 States, Dekh Tamasha Dekh (starring <keyword id="317266" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Vinay-Jain">Vinay Jain</keyword>, <keyword id="2218" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Satish-Kaushik">Satish Kaushik</keyword> and <keyword id="1559" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="tanvi-azmi">Tanvi Azmi</keyword>) is based on a true story and ruthlessly reveals a nation’s <keyword id="2208740" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Political-hypocrisy">political hypocrisy</keyword> and <keyword id="877158" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Communal-Disharmony">communal disharmony</keyword> with the help of its twin tools – satire and <keyword id="424300" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Irony">irony</keyword>. Too many human elements are woven here in a complex tapestry, but the very core of <keyword id="6355987" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="violence">violence</keyword>, <keyword id="6388475" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="tragedy">tragedy</keyword> and hopelessness would hit us hard and keep us wondering about the multi-layered reality we are compelled to confront every day. Although not a typical art house film, this movie is meant for a niche audience and offers a <keyword id="2208742" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Gripping-tale">gripping tale</keyword> of the <keyword id="911828" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="dark-forces">dark forces</keyword> that we are not likely to forget in a hurry. 
 
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