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Pushpa 2 Box Office Collection Day 31: Will Allu Arjun’s action drama also inaugurate the ₹800 crore club in Hindi?
Pushpa 2 Box Office Collection Day 31: Allu Arjun’s Pushpa 2, the top Hindi grosser, is on track to enter the ₹800-crore club, celebrating its continued box office success after 31 days.
1 min read5 Jan 2025Lost Christmas: Theatres foresee tepid end to 2024 with mixed Christmas weekend
As Pushpa 2 retains its popularity during the Christmas weekend, Varun Dhawan’s Baby John is expected to garner ₹10-12 crore on day one, or about a third of what previous holiday hits made. Exhibitors are relying on Pushpa and Mufasa for better box office returns this festive season.
2 min read24 Dec 2024Single screen theatres in a fix post Pushpa 2’s success
While Pushpa 2 has revitalised the box office for single-screen cinemas, fears loom over a potential decline after its run. With few mass-market films on the horizon, theatre owners worry about sustaining business and meeting audience demands in smaller towns.
2 min read17 Dec 2024Regional cinema’s box office struggle: Why Marathi, Bengali, Punjabi films are losing out
Despite some successes, many regional films struggle as viewers become more discerning. Post-covid, audiences prefer light-hearted and nostalgic films celebrating local culture.
2 min read5 Dec 2024Tamil cinema eyes Hindi heartland as Kanguva leads a new marketing wave
Inspired by Telugu cinema’s successes, Tamil filmmakers now see the potential for broader appeal and box office growth by embracing a pan-India strategy, experts told Mint.
3 min read12 Nov 2024Cinema Day can drive movie ticket sales, but strategy unviable in long term
Dwindling footfalls in recent years have prompted theatre chains to announce a string of Cinema Day-like occasions to lure audiences with tickets priced as low as ₹99. But such initiatives may not be enough for theatre chains to sustain demand, experts said.
3 min read4 Nov 2024Southern heroes Jr NTR, Prabhas reap benefits of established franchises in Hindi belt with new hits
The popularity of southern stars Prabhas and Jr NTR, stemming from previous films like Baahubali and RRR, drives box office success for new releases Salaar and Devara in the Hindi market.
3 min read1 Nov 2024Laapataa Ladies at Oscars 2025: Remarks on women by film committee spark outrage online; here’s why
The selection of Laapataa Ladies as India’s 2025 Oscar entry has ignited controversy over the Film Federation of India’s jury citation, which critics say mischaracterizes women’s roles and fails to recognize other deserving films, highlighting issues within the selection process.
2 min read24 Sep 2024Why half of India’s screens draw a blank? | Mint Explains | Mint
The video discusses the lopsided screen expansion in India that focuses on cities and states with better infrastructure and slants away from states like Bihar, Uttar Pradesh (UP), Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, and the northeast. It also highlights the fact that the high cost of real estate is one of the biggest hindrances in building new cinema halls or multiplexes, which is where most major multiplexes would like to house their properties. Due to this, mid-scale, tightly budgeted Hindi movies are banking more on a niche release plan, which completely shuns under-screened markets in the country and instead focuses aggressively on areas where print and publicity costs can at least be redeemed. This leaves significant sections of the audience unable to view these films, and also deprives cinema owners and distributors of returns on films that do reach these areas. The video also mentions how the pandemic has worsened the situation, with the theatre-going audience in India shrinking by over 16%.
24 May 2023Ayushmann Khurrana’s ‘Dream Girl 2’ to release on 25 August
The comedy-drama is a sequel to Dream Girl featuring Khurrana that had released in 2019 and ill be helmed by original director Raaj Shaandilya
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