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Imagine Entertainment in deal with Reliance Big Entertainment
MUMBAI: Brian Grazer and Ron Howard‘s Imagine Entertainment is among the leading Hollywood production companies to have signed development/production financing deals, entitled Creative Partnerships, with Reliance Big Entertainment.
The first project under the deal will be Mofos, a film about two 20-something best friends who are unemployed, strapped for cash, down on their luck and decide to start up a business as Los Angeles‘ most unlikely male escorts. The film will be produced by Brian Grazer and written by Josh Berghaus and Jay Shore.
Said Brian Grazer, “Ron and I are pleased to have signed this deal with our friends at Reliance. With their huge expertise in one of the most exciting film industries in the world, they bring a wholly different global perspective to our Hollywood based industry and we welcome the extra independence that their financing will give us.”
Confirming the partnership, Reliance Big Entertainment‘s chairman Amit Khanna commented, “Brian Grazer and Ron Howard have forged Imagine as a major powerhouse in Hollywood and I‘m delighted to have been able to close this deal. Our ‘creative partnerships‘ have proven very attractive to filmmakers seeking innovative ways in which to develop and finance individual films. We are now looking forward to moving into the filmmaking stage on several projects.‘
“These creative partnerships will lead to Reliance co-financing with the US Studios where existing first-look deals are in place. From the conversations to date, we know that the respective studios welcome our development silos and our subsequent co-financing ability. We broke completely new ground by empowering some of the best talent in Hollywood and continue to do so,‘” Khanna added.
The deal was brokered by CAA on behalf of Reliance Big Entertainment and Josh Berghaus and Jay Shore.
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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.
