Hindi
PVR in plans to invest Rs 1.6 bn for expansion
MUMBAI: PVR Cinemas is in plans to invest Rs 1.6 billion to scale up its screen and bowling alley network in the country.
Said PVR Blu-O Director Pramod Arora, “We plan to invest Rs 1000 million to add 60 more screens by the end of this fiscal and open five bowling alleys in the next calendar year.”
The balance 600 million would be invested in setting up the five bowling alleys in Delhi, Mumbai and Pune. The company also plans to set up 60 new alleys across the country over the next two-and-a-half-years.
“These new alleys will come up in Bangalore, Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi-NCR and Cochin,” Arora added. Presently, Blu-O has a 24-lane bowling alley at Gurgaon in NCR, which has posted a revenue of Rs 150 million, Arora said.
Currently, the company runs 108 screens nationwide. PVR earned a Rs 270 crore revenue in FY 09 thus projecting a 40 per cent growth this fiscal from its cinemas.
From its bowling alley segment alone, PVR expects a 100 per cent growth this fiscal and a whopping 500 per cent growth next financial year.
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.
