Hindi
Avatar rakes in Rs 220 million in opening weekend
MUMBAI: James Cameron‘s magnum opus Avatar that has raked in Rs. 220 million in its opening weekend not only makes it the highest ever weekend collection for any Hollywood film in India beating the opening collections of 2012, Titanic & Spiderman 3, but has also left behind recent top Bollywood grossers of 2009 like All The Best and Kaminey in their weekend collections.
The film has overtaken the openings of recent high-profile Hindi films like Rocket Singh and Paa.
Like in English, the dubbed versions have also been attracting huge crowds. Collections from single-screens were also voluminous with theatres in Bihar, Lucknow, Kanpur, Bhopal, Allahabad, Varanasi, Jallandar, Jammu registering 100 per cent footfalls and people rubbing shoulders to get hold of a spare ticket..
The number of 3D screens has seen an increase from 12 screens to over 50 screens registering a growth of over 300 per cent for 3D screens.
Says Fox Star Studios India CEO Vijay Singh, “Avatar has had an amazing opening and the reactions of the audience are fantastic with a large proportion of them wanting to see it again.
“Our theatrical partners are delighted to see queues lining up outside plexes and single-screens for advance bookings of Avatar. The movie is being appreciated across all age groups and languages. Even theatres in the interiors have been doing fantastic business.”
Avatar‘s India opening is amongst the top ten weekend performances in the World, beating the likes of traditionally better performing countries like Taiwan, Singapore, New Zealand, Sweden, Holland and Hong Kong.
Avatar was first conceived by Cameron 14 years ago, when the means to realise his vision did not yet exist.
Hindi
Dhurandhar the revenge storms past Rs 1,000 crore in a week, rewrites box office records
Aditya Dhar’s spy thriller sets fastest run to Rs 1,000 crore with record-breaking weekday hold
MUMBAI: The box office has a new juggernaut—and it is moving at breakneck speed. Dhurandhar the revenge has smashed past the Rs 1,000 crore mark worldwide in just a week, clocking a staggering Rs 1,088 crore and resetting the rules of the blockbuster game.
Backed by Jio Studios and B62 Studios, and directed by Aditya Dhar, the spy action sequel opened to the biggest weekend ever for an Indian film globally—and then refused to slow down. Unlike typical tentpole releases that taper off after Sunday, this one powered through the weekdays with rare muscle, posting Rs 64 crore on Monday, Rs 58 crore on Tuesday, Rs 49 crore on Wednesday and Rs 53 crore on Thursday.
The numbers stack up to a formidable first-week haul. India collections stand at Rs 690 crore nett and Rs 814 crore gross, while overseas markets have chipped in Rs 274 crore, taking the worldwide total to Rs 1,088 crore in just eight days.
The film’s opening weekend alone delivered Rs 466 crore, laying the foundation for what is now being billed as the fastest climb to the Rs 1,000 crore club in Indian cinema. Every single day of its first week has set fresh benchmarks, from the highest opening weekend to the strongest weekday hold—metrics that typically separate hits from phenomena.
A sequel to the earlier hit Dhurandhar, the film has not just built on its predecessor’s momentum but obliterated previous records, emerging as the biggest global blockbuster run by an Indian film to date.
At this pace, the film is not merely riding a wave—it is creating one.
