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Big Cinemas plans to add 100 screens in one year
MUMBAI: Big Cinemas, a division of Reliance MediaWorks and a member of Reliance ADA Group, plans to add 100 screens over the next one year.
With the opening of its newest multiplex at Kedah, Malaysia, Big Cinemas has reached its 500-screen milestone.
Reliance MediaWorks CEO Anil Arjun said, “Hitting the historic milestone of 500 BIG Cinemas screens worldwide is hugely significant. This expansion underscores our attempts to build scale, quality, innovation and pioneering formats which improve the movie going experience for audiences the world over. There is a great opportunity in exhibition infrastructure worldwide and while domestic expansion continues to be an area of thrust for us, we are also fully committed to expanding our global footprint.”
In a little over three years, Big Cinemas has grown to establish a strong presence in the Indian domestic market by opening 240 screens across 75 Indian cities.
The cinema chain has also expanded internationally, with more than half of its screens located in 40 cities covering the USA, Malaysia and the Netherlands.
Big Cinemas has developed brand new premium cinemas across the globe including Big Cinemas-Golf Glen that is a five-screen multiplex in Chicago with a premium bar and lounge.
Additionally, Big Cinemas has become the third-largest cinema chain in Malaysia playing Hollywood features as well as Chinese, Malay and Tamil films which cater to the 1.5 million people of Indian origin.
Following the Reliance ADA Group acquiring the controlling stake in Reliance MediaWorks in 2005, Big Cinemas has witnessed a CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate) of 100 per cent in the scale of its operations.
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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.
