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DreamWorks to co-produce Real Steel, gets Levy to direct
MUMBAI: Reliance Big Entertainment and Steven Spielberg‘s DreamWorks Studios has added yet one more cookie to its film production pipeline.
The company is co-producing the adventure film Real Steel along with Angry Films‘ Don Murphy and Susan Montford and has roped in Shawn Levy to direct the venture.
Written by John Gatins, Real Steel will have Steven Spielberg as executive producer along with ImageMovers‘ Jack Rapke, Robert Zemeckis and Steve Starkey.
Real Steel is set in the near-future when human boxing has been outlawed and replaced by a popular, new division, robot boxing. The movie is about a father and his estranged teenage son who reconnect to train an extraordinary fighter.
Says DreamWorks CEO and co-chair Stacey Snider, “I‘m thrilled to be working with Shawn on this project. He‘s a master of combining heart and human stories with fantastic visuals. I‘m sure that in his capable hands, ‘Real Steel‘ will be a film that touches and excites all audiences.”
DreamWorks Studios had earlier announced that the first three movies to roll out from the slate would be I Am Number 4, Pirate Latitudes and Harvey. They are a mix of adventure and play adaptations.
As reported in Indiantelevision.com, DreamWorks and Reliance Big Entertainment have locked their first phase of financing, sealing an amount of $825 million that would allow the joint venture to make six films annually.
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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.
